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...
As a safe and healthy transport mode, cycling has seen an unprecedented surge all over Europe since the COVID-19 outbreak. More than 2,300 km of pop-up bike lan...
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...
2018 has been one of the best years yet for ECF’s advocacy team; heading into 2019 we really feel like there has been a sea change in thinking on transport poli...
Today MEPs sent mixed signals with regard to extending new requirements for electro-mobility infrastructure in buildings to (e-)cycling. On the positive side, t...
On the 11th July 2017 ECF was invited to the meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism and a separate meeting with Antonio Tajani...
Should the EU embrace a target of doubling cycling over the next 10 years in Europe? And should therefore at least 10% of the EU transport funds be ring-fenced...
Doubling cycling in the EU in the next ten years calls for the development of a European cycling strategy. To obtain political support at the hig...
Cycling into the future - a new approach to infrastructure, a new approach to policy-making at European level! This event, jointly organized in partnership of t...