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In 2018, our Cities & Regions for Cyclists network grew considerably, and members were actively involved in the development of national cycling strategies,...

13 Dec, 2018

On the occasion of the Austrian presidency of the EU Council, the ECF has analyzed the impact of the newest WHO plan promoting physical activity (GAPPA 2018-30)...

29 Oct, 2018

More than a quarter of the world’s adults (1.4 billion) have greater risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, dementia and cardiovascular disease, because they do ...

06 Sep, 2018

Telling success stories of cities reducing congestion by walking and cycling at TRA2018  ECF brought FLOW to TRA2018, telling success stories that sho...

27 Apr, 2018

Here’s a quick round up of items cycling around in the ECF health arena. The EU seeks your input on how to make cities healthier places to live with more walkin...

19 Feb, 2018

A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that expanding designated cycling networks in cities could p...

18 Jan, 2018

The epidemic of physical inactivity was the main topic of discussion at the Sport intergroup conference in the European Parliament (EP) last week. Its €80 billi...

03 Oct, 2017

The prominent researchers Buehler & Pucher found that far fewer people have died walking and cycling over the years since the early 90s. Reviewing data...

17 Feb, 2017
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Its alphabet soup time. ECF has been continuing its fruitful work together with the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the promotion of cycling. A lot of it is...

06 Feb, 2017

The latest ECF report on the Cycling Economy puts the health value at €96.55 billion per year as calculated by the WHO’s Health Economic Assessment tool (HEAT)...

12 Dec, 2016

Research reports show: 1. Air pollution does not negate the health benefits of cycling and walking unless you’re cycling more than 5 hours daily in some of the...

10 Nov, 2016

ECF offers free webinars on two topics: i) EU Project Funding and ii) the HEAT (Health Economic Assessment Tool) and how it helps to promote cycling. ...

09 Nov, 2016

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