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08. August, 08:35 Uhr

Author: City of LjubljanaLjubljana, the capital of Slovenia, with approximately 290,000 inhabitants is an environmentally ambitious city and known as green, clean, safe and friendly – as numerous international awards, among which we are happy to highlight the European Green Capital Award 2016, undoubtedly prove. According to the jury, this prestigious title was given to Ljubljana for being the...

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23. Juli, 10:46 Uhr

The European Commission has published in June 2019 the 2nd part of its Guidance Note on the implementation of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) Directive. ECF is pleased to see that it also recommends Member States to include provisions for (electric) (cargo) bicycles! What is the EPBD about?

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11. Januar, 09:48 Uhr

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has recently published two documents related to cities and urban development:

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11. Januar, 08:34 Uhr

This year the world’s biggest urban mobility and bicycle event is moving to Rio in an astonishing venue. The totally renovated area of Porto Maravilha will be the setting for Velo-city 2018.

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23. Januar, 09:28 Uhr

On January 22nd ECF attended an executive symposium on road safety at the European University Institute in Florence[1]. The symposium was organised jointly by the Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc, the European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, and the Transport Area of the Florence School of Regulation.

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22. November, 16:09 Uhr

Swedish Minister for the Environment Karolina Skog helped launch the Swedish Traffic Safety Council for Active and Sustainable Mobility “Moving Beyond Zero”; a major rethink of Swedish road safety priorities on November 16, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.

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10. September, 07:54 Uhr

Interview to Christophe Najdovski, ECF President and Deputy Mayor of Paris for Transportation, Mobility, Roadway and Public Space.

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15. Februar, 11:51 Uhr

Introducing high-quality fast cycling routes in one of the biggest European cities was a challenging task, but the completed ‘cycle superhighways’ attracted thousands of commuters. On the Blackfriars bridge bicycles constitute 70% of all traffic in a morning peak!

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09. Januar, 15:57 Uhr

The world of cycling, as a daily means of transport, is rapidly growing and evolving bringing with it both challenges and opportunities. This is partly the result of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and its members’ efforts.  ECF is the frontrunner in cycling advocacy at the EU-level and beyond, supporting its national member organisations to advocate on national, regional and local levels.

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12. Februar, 16:07 Uhr

More and more European cities have been implementing progressive civic projects in recent years to promote sustainable and efficient transportation in order to address issues of traffic congestion and air pollution. Cycling is slowly becoming recognized as an essential component when adopting new models of urban development and planning sustainable cities. Today we are focusing on a great...

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08. März, 12:07 Uhr

The European Commission has published a proposal for reforming the EU VAT system. The good news: Sales of conventional bikes could benefit from reduced or zero VAT in the future. The bad news: E-bikes are excluded and Member States would be obliged to apply standard VAT rates on them.

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15. Januar, 08:57 Uhr

As global passenger mobility is expected to rise by 50% by 2030, it is becoming increasingly important to integrate different modes of transport to create a mobility network, that can effectively serve the modern European citizen’s needs.  Combined bike and train journeys, are the ideal solution for environmentally sustainable mobility, and can provide a genuine alternative to the private motor...

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31. Oktober, 12:10 Uhr

On Wednesday, 24 October, the Government of Navarre has joined to ECF’s network Cities and Regions for Cyclists, confirming its interest in promoting cycling infrastructure, bicycle tourism, and the sustainable development of rural areas.

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23. Januar, 08:35 Uhr

The Smart City community is looking forward to give its contribution to solve one of the most complex and pressing issues in today’s urban areas: the ever more intense tension between the population’s demand for more mobility and the limits of the city infrastructure. The first step in this direction requires the digitalisation of mobility services and infrastructure, in order to identify where...

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07. März, 16:19 Uhr

The year 2017 represents a breakthrough for cycling in Belarus and a great success for ECF's member Minsk Cycling Community (MCC)! As a result of great dedication to advocacy for cycling in the previous year, the country adopted the National concept of cycling development on January 11, 2018 . Additionally, many other things the Minsk Cycling Community(MCC) has been striving to achieve in the...

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14. Februar, 12:50 Uhr

In the last article we examined the general topic of planning bike friendly cities. In particular, we focused the attention on the fact that the urbanization process requires to adopt urgent solutions in order to tackle thorny issues such as population growth, increasing pollution levels and inefficient or overcrowded transportation systems.

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09. März, 11:43 Uhr

It is no secret that cycling provides health benefits, but it is amazing how just riding a bike to work offers extraordinary advantages. The Velo-city 2018 program will broadly focus on cycling as a tool for Happiness and Quality of Life. A session on Environment, Urban and Mental Health will be an opportunity to debate the impressive benefits of a bike on physical and mental stress as well as...

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30. Januar, 15:39 Uhr

Bicycle education is a main topic in the upcoming Velo-city 2018 conference program in Rio. Under the sub-theme Learn to live, two sessions will be devoted to discuss different aspects of education, i.e. education-children and education-traffic. Looking forward to take part in these stimulating debates, let’s briefly analyze what bicycle education implies.