ECF urges OECD transport ministers to co-fund local cycling strategies at the annual summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF) in Leipzig, Germany. As the theme of this year’s summit is “Funding Transport”, ECF is sending an open letter to the participating governments, demanding them to finance bicycle promotion on the national level. “No other More
€ 1 million grant awarded to Move Week 2013 www.nowwemove.com ECF is delighted to announce that an important partnership between ECF and the International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA) has been awarded €1 million grant from the European Union budget. The grant is to be used for the 2013 edition of MOVE Week (7 to More
On Thursday a key committee of European MEPs adopted ECF’s Vision for doubling cycling in the EU by 2020 and the target is on course to be adopted as full EU policy later this year. This is the first time that the ECF target has been formally adopted in an EU action plan and is More
The size and dimensions of lorries are to be updated . ECF wants to make sure they will be safer for cyclists. Today the Commission proposed new rules updating the Weights and Dimensions legislation for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and trucks that cross the borders of Europe; in effect controlling the shape and size of More
March 8, 2013. London has planned to spend over €1 billion (£913 million) to revitalize urban cycling. Such changes would not have been possible without a strong advocacy movement. The capital’s ambitious new cycling plan backs Dutch style infrastructure with strong commitments on better cycle routes, traffic restriction and ‘Little Holland’ style developments. The £913m More
ECF has launched it cycling touring web platform, www.eurovelo.com, which provides a wealth of information to those wishing to cycle the EuroVelo routes, a long distance cycle network crisscrossing Europe. The web portal, www.eurovelo.com provides information on 14 EuroVelo routes, which when completed will stretch over 70,000 kilometers. It is the first ever website to More
Nantes (France) will host Velo-city 2015, the world’s most important cycling planning conference. “We’d like to congratulate the city of Nantes and Nantes Métropole on winning the Velo-city conference for 2015. They were up against some impressive cities and it was not an easy decision,” says Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General of the European Cyclists’ Federation. More
Cycling and EuroVelo has been included in a crucial EU infrastructure vote on funding rules, opening the door to billions of euros of investment The European Parliament’s Tourism and Transport Committee has voted on crucial guidelines for EU transport infrastructure. For the first time, MEPs have decided to include cycling within the Trans-European Transport More
Brussels, Belgium- The European Parliament has voted today for a clear separation between active and passive transport. ECF welcomes the success of its campaign, which has safeguarded the future of cycling investments. “We need a clear border line between what a bicycle is and what exceeds the definition of a ‘bicycle’,” explains Ceri Woolsgrove, ECF’s More
The car industry has bypassed transport policy to maintain its subsidies by acting as a business, not a transport choice. [fr] November 13, 2012-Brussels, Belgium. -Despite rhetoric, the European Commission is allowing the car industry to be favoured over more sustainable modes of transport. The European Commission has repeatedly called for more active forms of More
