For cyclists, being overtaken too close for comfort by a motorist is unfortunately a common, if not daily, occurrence. Apart from being a scary experience for t...In this article, we take a look at one of the most commonly experienced road safety issues for cyclists. We give a brief overview of what co...
Brought to you by our sponsors Arup, Eco-Counter, Geveko Markings and JobRad, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) is proud to introduce this year’s inaugura...ECF launches new ECF Awards, proudly sponsored by Arup, Eco-Counter, Geveko Markings and JobRad. The awards aim to promote the best practices in cycling in recent years,...
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...
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...
A technical guide, funded by FedEx Express, provides open-source resource for organisations looking to encourage cycling and improve road safety.
This article was written by Arjen Klinkenberg, Project Officer at Fietsersbond (the Dutch Cyclists’ Union). At the end of August this year, Fietsersbond was hap...
By the end of September, the yearly count of fatal road accidents reached 1,000,000 victims worldwide. Europe alone accounted for...
The European Commission has been working on proposals to update its 10 year old regulations on Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) and ECF has been pus...
Car traffic can be “filtered out” on selected streets to create better conditions for walking and cycling, and at the same time maintain necessary access to eve...
Extension of the F1 cycle highway towards Brussels is a complex task, requiring cooperation of many actors. We took a look at what is happening on a 4 km stretc...
Road markings play an important part in cycle highway’s readability and safety. They help the cyclists to follow the route, especially in poor visibility condit...
ECF welcomes the European Commission initiative to improve the EU regulatory framework for road infrastructure safety management, especially actions targeted to...