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Urban Laab takes second place at the European Cyclists’ Federation’s inaugural Hackathon, organised in association with the European Institute for Innovation an...

30 Nov, 2020

There are more than 210 million Europeans who are physically inactive, leading to annual healthcare cost of €80 billion, informed Laurent Thieule, President of...With ECF as a project partner, PACTE (Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe) recently concluded with the hosting of a webinar where it launched its final, and most am...

30 Nov, 2020

For the past decades, urban planning focused on crafting cities for cars. Now as attitudes and mindsets are changing, we are starting to see the tide turning to...

24 Nov, 2020
F3 - a cycle highway along a high speed railway; photo credit: Province Flemish Brabant

The F3 cycle highway connects Leuven with Brussels, most of the time following service roads built as a part of a TEN-T railway upgrade. But several investments...

20 Nov, 2020

ECF’s Cycle-friendly Employer Certification (CFE) is instrumental in creating a culture of cycling to work. ECF quantified the benefit of cycling to econom...

22 Oct, 2020

Cycling is traditionally perceived as a local issue. However, higher-level legislation, in particular national regulations on signs and signals, can significant...

09 Sep, 2020

Nine out of 10 citizens breath dirty air. Road transport remains a major source of air pollution that harms human health and the environment. To reduce the impa...

07 Sep, 2020

During the COVID-19 crisis, European policy makers have set their sights on the bicycle. Cycling has proven to be one of the safest and most efficient options for urban m...

23 Jul, 2020
Segregated cycling lane in Njimegen, Netherlands

Last newsletter we introduced the Safer Cycling Advocate Programme: The Best Practice Guide. This week we run through some of the infrastructure elements of the...

04 Feb, 2020

Road safety is a pressing issue in Europe, with over 25,000 deaths recorded on European Roads in 2019. Of these people an increasing proportion are cyclists, r...

22 Jan, 2020

A technical guide, funded by FedEx Express, provides open-source resource for organisations looking to encourage cycling and improve road safety.

14 Jan, 2020