Governments and employers should promote motorcycling FEMA news March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Politicians want us to walk, cycle, or use public transport. Motorcyclists however have different ideas when it comes to commuting, traveling to work. Better ideas, FEMA’s Wim Taal believes. FEMA’s survey on the commuting habits of motorcyclists shows that they use several different vehicles and different ways of travel. This way
New hopes for motorcycles with an internal combustion engine Blogs March 17, 2023March 16, 2023 Six member states of the European Union will not sign the regulation to ban the sale of new cars and vans with an internal combustion engine from 2035. FEMA's Dolf Willigers says this affects motorcycles too. Motorcycles are still not mentioned in the plans to decarbonize road transport in the European
NMCU & Bikelife: working together for Norwegian motorcyclists Member news March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Norwegian motorcyclists’ organisation NMCU has joined forces with BikeLife, which focusses on the 'feelgood' side of motorcycling, to strengthen the voice of Norwegian riders. NMCU celebrated its 50th anniversary last year and is the only nationwide motorcyclists’ organisation. NMCU works to ensure that Norwegian motorcyclists are politically represented. This happens through
New driving licence proposal ignores motorcyclists’ demands FEMA news March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 FEMA is very disappointed with the proposal for a new driving licence directive, which completly ignores riders. FEMA will fight to get a better directive, which will include our needs and demands. The European Commission has published its Road Safety Package. Part of it is a proposal for a new Driving
International motorcyclists’ organisations call for road safety improvements FEMA news March 1, 2023February 28, 2023 The high numbers of motorcycle crashes that end up with fatalities and serious injuries mean that there is still much work to do on road safety. That is why international motorcyclists' organisations FIM and FEMA wrote an open letter, in which they call on the European Commission, the European Parliament, national
‘Ignoring motorcycles is a missed opportunity’ Blogs February 7, 2023 In all reports and plans that are published by EU institutions, the European Commission, the European Parliament and so on, motorcycles are not mentioned anymore. Perhaps you have noticed it too. FEMA’s Dolf Willigers did… It’s like we do not exist. This is a pity because motorcycles have many advantages to
Survey: how do motorcyclists travel to work? FEMA news February 3, 2023February 20, 2023 THIS SURVEY IS CLOSED. Please take a few minutes to fill out our survey on the mobility choices motorcyclists make to commute (travel to work) and make your voice heard! This survey is an initiative of FEMA, KNMV and RAI Vereniging. The survey will close on Friday 17 February 2023. Top photograph courtesy
President’s new year’s address FEMA news January 1, 2023December 30, 2022 The best thing about 2022 was the FEMA Spring meeting we had been waiting for: after two years we could finally organise a real meeting again, with real people (and real food and beer). The beautiful motorcycle campsite of our Danish member MCTC was the perfect place to meet old
Maria Nordqvist retires from defending motorcyclists’ rights FEMA news December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Today we say goodbye to one of Europe's strongest women in motorcycling, Maria Nordqvist, who is retiring from her job at our Swedish member organisation SMC after 23 years. Maria has been a delegate to FEMA for SMC and a FEMA board member for more than two decades. Earlier this year
2022: FEMA’s review of the year FEMA news December 22, 2022December 30, 2022 Even though after the summer break most restrictions of the Covid19-measures were lifted, it soon became clear that there would be no return to the pre-pandemic normality. This did not stop us continuing our work. The number of visits to Brussels may be less than we were used to before
