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Novi Sad, Serbia’s “cycling city”, is set to provide incentives for bicycle purchases, a first for the country. The landmark initiative follows successful advoc...

16 Mar, 2021
There are nearly 8000 locations where EuroVelo and TEN-T networks overlap. The number would be much higher if we included national and local cycling networks.

The European Commission has published the Inception Impact Assessment for revision of the Union Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport n...

01 Dec, 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

Member States are now obliged to take the needs of cyclists into account in major road investments. This is one of the published amendments to the RISM directive, that wi...

11 Dec, 2019

“Does legislation help you develop cycling and cycling infrastructure or on the contrary, is a hindrance?” - asked Camille Thomé, directress of the Vélo&Ter...

25 Jun, 2019
 European Parliament takes a step towards Safer Vehicles for Cyclists and Pedestrians

The European Parliament has decided that now is the right time to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Europe drastically by equipping motor vehic...

21 Feb, 2019

Mr. Adam Bodor, Advocacy Director of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), touches upon the current status of the EU Road Safety Management Directive (RISM...

15 Feb, 2019
Cycling to be explicitly referenced in new EU Regional Funding Regulation

Today the European Parliament Committee for Regional Development (REGI) adopted a proposal for a revised ‘European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion...

14 Feb, 2019
European Parliament officially takes its position to exclude pedelecs from mandatory motor insurance

As reported to ECF members a couple of weeks ago[1] the European Parliament IMCO committee, led by MEP Charanzová, agreed with ECF to exclude pedelecs from the...

14 Feb, 2019

The Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) directive (2008/96/EC) defines procedures that were supposed to ensure safety of the trans-European road infras...

10 Jan, 2019
Sum4all launches a Review of International Agreements, Conventions and other Instruments to Achieve Sustainable Mobility

Summary of the Report The Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) initiative was born following a call for action from the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong...

20 Nov, 2018

ECF has signed a joint statement along with European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), European Union Road Federation (ERF), European Transport Workers Federatio...

27 Sep, 2018

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