European Parliament: Resolution on developing an EU cycling strategy

In a resolution, the European Parliament has called on the European Commission to develop a specific strategy for cycling which, among other things, will encourage “companies, public organisations and institutions to promote cycling through specific incentives, including programmes for employees (…)”. This initiative is non-binding but it should bring about changes in national legal frameworks, such as in Belgium which, on 1 May, will be introducing a legal requirement for private-sector employers to pay a cycling allowance of €0.27 per kilometre travelled (capped at 40 kilometres per day) to their workers.