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Related associations

Colibi
European association for bicycle manufacturers
Acem
European motorcycle manufacturers’ association
Coliped
European association for manufacturers and importers of bicycle components and accessories
Fema
european motorcyclists’ association
ECF
European cyclists’ association
LEVA
a global trade association for the Light Electric Vehicle Industry
UCI
International Cycling Union
Polis
network of European cities and regions, which promotes, supports and advocates innovation in local transport
Global Alliance for EcoMobility
partnership for the integrated promotion of walking, cycling, wheeling and ‘passenging’ (the use of public transport) in cities. ETRA is one of the members of the Global Alliance.
Nbda
American bicycle retailers’ association
FIM
International motorcycling federation
Ueapme
European associaton of craft, small and medium-sized enterprises

 

European institutions

Curia
European Court of Justice
europa.eu.int
The European Union on-line
The European Commission
Gateway to the European Union
europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat
European institution for statistics
www.cenorm.be
The European standardization committee
ue.eu.int
The Council of the European Union
www.europarl.eu.int
The European Parliament
www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int
European ombudsman
www.eea.eu.int
The European Environment Agency
www.cor.eu.int
Committee of the Regions
www.ces.eu.int
European Economic and Social Committee
www.euro.who.int
the official website of the WHO Regional Office for Europe provides country-specific and topic-specific health information for people who influece health policy in the WHO European Region and the media
www.wto.org
The world trade organization

 

Trade Publications

europa.eu.int/eur-lex
The European official journal
care
Community database on road accidents resulting in death or injury
Enterprise Europe Network
European Commission initiative offering SMEs a one-stop shop where they can seek advice and benefit form a wide range of business support services
europa.eu.int/comm/environment/cycling/cycling_en.…
Handbook on how to increase the use of bicycles, published by the European Commission
Initial Rider Training
programme developed by FEMA with a view to assisting trainers and riders in pre-license training
www.bicycleretailer.com
The American trade-paper for the bicycle business
www.bicyclinginfo.org
American information centre on everything to do with cycling
www.bikebiz.co.uk
UK bicycle trade paper
www.bikecafe.net
American bicycle and cycling portal
www.bike-eu.com
The European trade-paper for the twowheel business
www.i-ce.info
The website of Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-ce) has a wealth of information, research and knowledge on cycling: concepts, policies and experience including issues relating to health and quality of life.
www.cyclepress.co.jp
International trade-paper for the bicycle business
www.ecoplan.org/wtpp
On-line journal of World Transport Policy & Practice with articles on a wide range of transport issues, including health. Some information available in French.
www.euractiv.com
Portal with EU news, policy positions and EU actors online
www.emapmedia.com
French bicycle and motorcycle trade paper
www.european-bicycles.com
European bicycle business portal
www.european-voice.com
Specialist European newspaper
www.fietsen123.eu
Exhaustive Dutch portal on cycling
www.fietsmarkt.com
Dutch bicycle trade paper
www.euro.who.int/healthy-cities/UrbanHealthTopics/…
Collection of papers containing information and guidance material to promote healthy transport
www-math.science.unitn.it/bike
Trento bike pages is a portal for bicycle touring and recreational mountain biking in Europe and the Mediterranean
www.radmarkt.de
German bicycle trade paper
www.tweewielerdirectory.nl
Directory of the Dutch twowheel business
www.tweewieler.nl
The Dutch trade-paper for the twowheel business
www.sazbike.de/sazbike/index.html
German bicycle trade paper
www.velo.info
The European network for cycling expertise
www.euro.who.int/physicalactivity
Website on physical activity including transport related information
Electric Bike
Consumer magazine on electric bicycles

Cycling Information Sources

The European Cycle Route Network Eurovelo
Study commisssioned by the European Parliament on cycling tourism
Fietsberaad
Centre of expertise on bicycle policy
TwoSpoke Bike & Cycling Forum
Bicycle Forum and Reviews for all types of Bikes. Road, mountain, BMX, recumbent and more

 

Cycling networks

EGWA
The European Greenways Association
www.groteroutepaden.be
Long distance cycle routes in the northern half of Belgium
www.railtrails.org
Rails-to-trails conservancy in the US
ravel.wallonie.be:
Greenways in the southern half of Belgium
Iron Curtain Trail
The Iron Curtain Trail invites people to retrace and experience the former division of the continent on a 6,800 km cycle track along the length of the former border, combining European culture, history and sustainable tourism.
www.sustrans.co.uk
The British organization behind the National Cycle Network
www.viasverdes.com
Spanish greenways

 

Road Safety

Euroncap
Website of the European New Car Assessment Programme in which the safety of new cars is tested. One test criterion is the safety of their front in the event of a collision with a pedestrian or cyclist. So far test results are disappointing.
MAIDS
The first European in-depth study of motorcycle accidents
EU Road Safety
Comprehensive website of the European Commission on road safety, including statistics and scientific research
WHO - Global status report on road safety
2009 report which shows among other things that half of the 1.27 million people killed on the roads worldwide are pedestrians, cyclists and motoryclists

 

Sustainable Mobility

CATCH
CATCH (Carbon Aware Travel CHoice) is a European funded project with the ultimate aim to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of the urban transport sector by encouraging carbon-friendly travel choices.

 

Miscellaneous

www.bypad.org
A tool for the evaluation and improvement of local cycling policies
europa.eu.int/comm/consumers/cons_safe/prod_safe/g…
RAPEX is the rapid information exchange on safety risks between the member states and the European Union has become accessible for the public. Since February 2004, the Commission publishes a weekly overview of RAPEX notifications at this address.
TARIC
All European import duties
www.epomm.org
The European Platform on Mobility Management promote and further develop Mobility Management in Europe
www.eeb.org
The European Environmental Bureau groups 143 organizations in 31 countries that are dealing with environmental issues and nature protection
www.eltis.org
The European Local Transport Information Service (ELTIS) is an interactive guide to current transport measures, policies and practices implemented in cities and regions across Europe
mkaccdb.eu.int
Import duties applied by non-European countries
www.homezones.org
The international Home Zones website. A home zone is a street or group of streets designed primarily to meet the interests of pedestrians and cyclists rather than motorists, opening up the street for social use.
www.goodgoing.co.uk
The travel awareness campaign for London, promotes the use of healthy and environmentally friendly travel options.
www.fietsnaarjewerk.nl
A Dutch campaign aimed at making people using bicycles instead of cars for commuting
www.ibike.org
The International Bicycle Fund is a non-governmental, nonprofit, advocacy organization, promoting sustainable transport and international understanding.
www.loveyourbike.org
Campaign for the promotion of cycling instead of car driving in Manchester
www.innovam.nl
The Dutch training institute for among others bicycle, moped and motorcycle retailer
www.smile-europe.org
SMILE presents good practice in the field of sustainable mobility with a view to helping lcoal authorities. The database contains a large number of good practices in the field of cycling.
www.promech.co.uk/index.shtml
ACT, the trade association for British IBD’s has given Promech sole rights to issue certificates for their CyTech accreditation scheme, the industry standard for bicycle mechanic's competence.
www.transportenvironment.org
European organisation campaigning for sustainable transport
www.euro.who.int/eprise/main/who/progs/whd4/home
Website of theWorld Health Day 2004 that marked the launch of a global campaign to prevent raod traffic injuries
www.world-of-bicycles.com
Pictures of bicycles around the world showing the lifestyle of people, by Bruno Sananes
Use Synthetic Oil
a European-wide awareness campaign promoting the use of synthetic oil for Powered Two Wheelers.
EUCG
Group of people who all work for the Institutions of the European Union and who want to encourage the daily use of bicycles by EU staff
People for Bikes
Peopleforbikes.org is an American initiative to promote cycling with an online petition - the aim is to gather one million names.

 

E-Mobility

Citelec
CITELEC is the Association of European Cities interested in Electric Vehicles
Movelo
Electric bike holidays
Subat
Research project funded by the European Commission on sustainable batteries
Elektrischefietsen.com
Information site on electric cycling in the Benelux

 

Cycling infrastructure

Bikeoff
an initiative of the UK Design Against Crime Research Centre located at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. It is concerned with reducing bicycle theft through practice based design research aimed at catalysing, and in some cases creating, cycling products and services that consider users (cyclists) but also abusers (vandals and thieves)

 

Climate Change

350.org
an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--

 

Blogs


 

Publications on cycling

Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2010 B…
Report by the Alliance for Biking and Walking
Infrastructure, Programs and Policies to Increase …
John Pucher, Jennifer Dill, and Susan Handy, Preventive Medicine, Vol. 50, No. S1, January 2010, pp S106-S125.

 

European funded twowheel projects


 

Events

Bicycle Conference
Bicycle Leadership Conference for the American bicycle business
Green Week
The Green Week is an annual event organized by the European Commission with a view to encouraging people to "think aloud" about ways to change environmental behaviour
Mobility Week
Week dedicated by the EU to promote sustainable transport including cycling, this year from 16 till 22 September