In June 2022, on World Bicycle Day, six EU Member States signed the European Bicycle Declaration. With this, they called on the European Commission to...The addition of Slovakia means that over half of EU Member States have now signed the Declaration calling on the Commission to develop a common approach to cycling promot...
After more than a year of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council came to a provisional agreement on the establishment of the EU Social Climate Fu...A recent compromise on EU climate legislation means that money from the €87 billion fund will be available for purchase subsidies, cycling infrastructure and bike sharing...
On Thursday 9 March 2023, at the Cycling Industries Europe Summit in Brussels, European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, announced that the...European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans announces ambitious plans for cycling in 2023, including the creation of an interinstitutional...
On 16 February 2023, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on developing an EU cycling strategy. The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) worked hard...The European Parliament's new resolution aims to double cycling in Europe by 2030, calling for an EU cycling strategy to achieve this. ECF explains why this is such a sig...
On 22 December 2022, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) published the 2022 edition of the “The state of national cycling strategies” report,...ECF publishes the 2022 edition of the The state of national cycling strategies report. 14 of the 44 countries analysed now have a national cycling str...
On Thursday, 8 December, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) welcomed to its premises a delegation from Greece’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, l...ECF hosts a delegation headed by Greece’s Deputy Minister for Transport Issues, Mr. Michalis Papadopoulos, to discuss ways to improve cycling in the countr...
Amidst record breaking heatwaves, and mounting pressure to address transportation issues. We have been working hard to convince EU decision-makers of the need...ECF has been spending recent weeks pushing for cycling to play a greater role in Europe. The bicycle’s link to European transport policy and the flagship TEN-T network ha...
On Wednesday 23 March, Elke Van den Brandt, the cycling-friendly Mobility Minister of Brussels-Capital Region, was one of several high-level guests at the...Elke Van den Brandt, the Brussels Minister for Mobility, and other high-level speakers spoke at the inauguration of EuroVelo 5 in Brussels, highlighting the importance of...
All new residential and non-residential buildings in the EU as well as those undergoing major renovation will have to provide mandatory spaces for bicycle...The European Commission’s revision proposal for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive will make bicycle parking mandatory in all new and renovated buildings in th...
A new journey began for cycling advocates in May 2021 when the updated EU Rail Passengers’ Rights and Obligations Regulation was formally adopted. Last year, th...After ECF’s successful campaign to change EU rail passengers’ legislation, a new ECF report on the bicycle friendliness of 53 European railway operators marks the next st...
In an exciting development, Danish Transport Minister Benny Engelbrecht announced that the Scandinavian nation would join with the Benelux countries of Belgium,...Several EU Member States have expressed interest in the Benelux Bike Declaration following a meeting of transport ministers in Luxembourg on 3 June 2021. The declaration...
European Cyclists’ Federation and Interreg Europe are together advocating for more EU funding for cycling during the 2021–2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), as p...