1、 The state of national cycling strategies in Europe(2024)4th edition ECF gratefully acknowledges financial support from the cycling industry via Cycling Industries Europe ECF gratefully acknowledges financial support from the LIFE Programme of the European Union ECF|The state of national cycling str

2、ategies in Europe(2024)1 Publishing credits Author Fabian Kster,Director of Advocacy and EU Affairs, Editor Anna-Karina Reibold Design Omer Malak European Cyclists Federation,December 2024 This report is also available online at ECF|The state of national cycling strategies in Europe(2024)2 Executive

3、 summary 2024 will go down in European history as the year cycling officially became a core competence of the EU.With the adoption of the European Declaration on Cycling by the European Commission,Parliament,and Council in April 2024,cycling was elevated to a strategic policy priority and recognized

4、 as a fully-fledged mode of transport.Featuring eight core principles and 36 commitments,this landmark declaration positioned cycling as one of the“most sustainable,accessible and inclusive,low-cost and healthy forms of transport and recreation,and its key importance for European society and economy

5、.”1 Under the first core principle,“Developing and Strengthening Cycling Policies”,signatories commit to“developing,adopting,and strengthening cycling policies and strategies at all relevant levels of governance.”This represents an additional,explicit pledge that complements the Pan-European Master

6、Plan for Cycling Promotion adopted in May 2021,to create and implement national cycling strategies and action plans.Yet,in 2024,Lithuania stood out as the only new country in the pan-European region to have adopted a formal national cycling strategy.Several others,including Estonia,Denmark,Greece,an