The sixth edition of the “Report on the Quality of life in European cities” was published in December 2023. It is based on a survey among more than 70,000 Europ...At the end of 2023, the European Commission published a comprehensive survey on how European citizens from 83 cities in the EU and its neighbourhood perceive their qualit...
The contraflow cycling ratio can be considered a measure of the cycle-friendliness of traffic management in the area. Unfortunately, on average, only 10% of loc...One of the parameters we analyse in our QECIO (Quantifying Europe’s Cycling Infrastructure using OpenStreetMap) dashboard is the uptake of contraflow cycling: the percent...
On the 26-27 March 2022, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) were panel participants for an online Hackathon organised by data science consultancy, Agilytic...ECF and Agilytic host online Hackathon on using data analysis, visualisation and coding to encourage more cycling, with winning team taking home €1,000 cash prize.
Do public investments in sustainable mobility really bring about behaviour change? Can more dedicated infrastructure lead to increased levels of cycling? The re...A new study based on data from ECF’s COVID-19 cycling measures tracker shows that pop-up cycling infrastructure boosted cycling levels in European cities in the first mon...
As the impacts of the Coronavirus change our lives and daily habits all across Europe, the continent is also experiencing an unprecedented cycling wave. On Dece...
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, a growing number of national, regional, and local authorities in Europe have turned to cycling as a mobility solution...
In a joint political declaration on Tuesday (14 July), Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands called on the EU to prioritise cycling in the post-virus recovery...
According to the latest market report from CONEBI, ECF’s partners in the bicycle industry, e-bikes remain strong drivers of growth in an otherwise stable EU bic...
Cycling as a resilient and healthy mode of transport has received a lot of attention in media and politics during the last weeks. The first available data from...
The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), in collaboration with its member organisations from all over Europe, have been collecting detailed infor...
Due to the drop in road traffic during the COVID19 lockdown, many Europeans have started to realize that their cities can be much more breathable, peaceful and...
Experience shows that informed policy-making often translates into good policy-making. Today we explore another important element of road safety outlined in the...