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Velo-city is the largest conference devoted to cycling in the world. The Velo-city conference will promote cycling as both a fun and functional means of getting around. It is also a unique opportunity for the Brussels-Capital Region to illustrate that it has no reason whatsoever to be jealous of other large cities which have had a cycling culture in place far longer. The conference is the highlight of the 2005-2009 Cycling Plan. It should therefore be the crowning event for the work accomplished over the previous years.
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16 October 2008 EUCG Annual general meeting
Next annual general meeting of the EUCG will take place on 16 October at 13.00 – 14.10 in Charlemagne Room to be announced. If you want to be active, or just see who we are and get more information on what we are doing, please come along.
8 April 2008: EUCG celebrates its 1000th member
The EU Cyclists' Group (EUCG),
founded in 1996, has passed the threshold of 1 000 members. To
celebrate this highly symbolic milestone, the EUCG would like to invite you to a
reception, in the presence of Commission Vice President Siim Kallas, which will
take place on Tuesday
8th of April, at 13.00 in the
"Piazza" inside the Berlaymont building
(i.e. the open space in front of
the self-service restaurant).
An symbolic award will be given to the 1 000th person to join our association, as well as some surprise awards for colleagues who have achieved – in one way or another - something uncommon or outstanding in respect of daily cycling.
Please join us for this celebration. Your numerous participation will give a strong message that cycling is no more a marginal activity by some hard-core activists, but a mainstream future-oriented form of transport that can only become ever more widespread.
Read the press release here.
February 2008: A position paper on the green paper on urban mobility and a letter to the SNCB on bicycle parking at Luxembourg Station in Brussels
EUCG has written a position paper in reaction to the green paper on urban mobility. To read the paper click here.
EUCG has written a letter about the bicycle parking at Luxembourg Station in Brussels. To read the letter click here
8-10 October 2007 Two
letters about improving road infrastructure
EUCG has sent a letter to the Brussels Mayor and the Etterbeek Mayor
about the public consultations regarding the modifications to the roads surround
Ambiorix Park and Chaussee d'Etterbeek respectively. To read the letters check
our documents page.
27 September 2007 EUCG Annual
general meeting
Next annual general meeting of the EUCG will
take place on 28 September, at 13.00 – 14.10 in C107 (Avenue Cortenbergh 107,
corner L.-Da-Vinci-Str.), 13.00 - 14.10, Room 00/52 (groundfloor). If you want
to be active, or just see who we are and get more information on what we are
doing, please come along.
Two New Campaignletters January 2007
A letters sent requesting an improvement for cyclists on rue de la loi and a letter requesting better bicycle parking around Luxembourg station have been added to the documents page.
Rent a bike in Brussels
Now you can rent a bike in Brussels. For more info go to www.cyclocity.be . You can also
28 September 2006 EUCG Annual
general meeting
Next annual general meeting of the EUCG will
take place on 28 September, at 13.00 – 14.00 in Centre Borchette. If you want
to be active, or just see who we are and get more information on what we are
doing, please come along.
Between 12 and 19 September the Commission mobility week takes place, while the Belgian mobility week takes place between 16 and 22 September. Many interesting events take place, including the car free day Sunday 17 September.
Information on the Belgian week can be found on
www.dimanchesansvoiture.irisnet.be
Join in for a lunch time bike ride with an experienced guide. Departure from a different building every day:
? Tuesday 12 September
Berlaymont (at the R. Schuman memorial stone)
? Wednesday 13 September
Beaulieu (main entrance BU-5)
? Thursday 14 September Cours
St Michel (avenue de Tervuren side)
? Friday 15 September Madou (at
main entrance)
? Monday 18 September Genève 1
(at main entrance)
Departure at 12.30, return around 14.15. Bring your lunch; we will stop to picnic.
Experienced cyclists are PARTICULARLY welcome as you can share a lot of valuable information with the participants about safety, bike maintenance, mobility plans - the guide can't speak to everyone all the time!
More information on
http://www.cc.cec/pers_admin/building_bxl/transp/docs/biketours2006_en.pdf
No bicycle? No problem! Reserve a service bicycle by
e-mail to
EC-EMAS-GHK helpdesk giving your name, DG and day on which
you will participate. Deadline 10 o'clock the day BEFORE the tour.
There will also be mobility stands in some Commission buildings. These will be staffed between 12h and 14.15 as follows:
12/9 BERL
13/9 BU5
14/9 Genève 6
15/9 Madou
18/9 CHAR
On 22 September at 12h, a group of MEPs will leave the Parliament in Brussels for a combined bike and train ride to Strassbourg.
To celebrate the
change-over to summertime we proposes a series of guided lunchtime
bicycle rides and a lunchtime lecture! More info
Commissioner Kallas receives honorable membership to the EUCG during the Annual General Meeting held on 6 October 2005
Fietsersbond, GRACQ and EUCG organised a Forum on a “Cycle Masterplan” for Brussels, in which the masterplans of Wallonia and Flanders were presented and where the requirements for such a plan for Brussels were discussed and communicated to Regional Transport Minister Pascal Smet.
Details Fietsersbond’s website
(in Dutch).
Full details on the STIB/MIVB website
in French
and in Dutch.
The EUCG, together with GRACQ and Fietsersbond,
the other main cyclists organisations in Brussels, were inviteded to
negotiations to replace the temporary permission for bikes on the metro with a
more permanent agreement. This followed strong objections to a unilateral
proposal from the transport operator to start charging 30 euro per year for
cycle access on the metro, and the intervention of the regional transport
ministry to start a dialogue.
After detailed negotiations, an agreement was
reached which involved a lot of positive results but also the need for some flexibility
on all sides. Access with a bike is now possible at all times outside peak
hours, cyclists may use escalators and lifts where they are installed, work
will be done do improve access on some stairways, cycle parking will be
increased and improved, trials will be undertaken of the feasibility of bikes
on trams when the new trams are delivered. A joint committee will be
established to monitor progress.
However, despite the cycle organisations
pressing hard for free of charge access for bikes this was clearly "a
concession too far" for the STIB/MIVB management who agreed to cut the
proposed annual cycle pass fee from 30 to 15 euros. The alternative for
occasional users is to pay a second fare (of any valid type) for your bike.
One of the big advances (but one with no
immediate material benefit) is that a bike is now basically regarded in the
same way as any other "bulky object" and not as a separate class of
item -- this sets a good precedent for improved access in the future when the
new metro trains are delivered in 2007 with more space for wheelchairs,
push-chairs, prams and cycles.