September 17, 2023 - On August 29, 2023, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) published an insightful new policy brief, presenting key figures for investments in cycling EU Structural Funds. Approximately €3.21 billion is set to be invested in cycling projects across Europe in the present 2021-2027 EU structural funding period.
This would be a 30% increase compared to the previous 2014-2020 financial period and should finance the construction of about 12,000 km of cycling infrastructure. In an optimistic scenario, where Managing Authorities adjust their planned investments mid-way in the cycle in favour of cycling as it already happened during the 2014-2020 period, even as much as €4-4.8 billion in Structural Funds could be unlocked for cycling projects, ECF calculated.
Read the full report here.