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Many Belgians deplore the inefficiency of public transport compared to other modes of transport. This is shown in a survey that was carried out in December 2019 at the request of the FPS Mobility and Transport. A panel of 2 […]
The car’s importance in the mobility mix is decreasing. The corona crisis has accelerated that process even further. People from the automobile sector and mobility experts are convinced that our mobility is currently transforming and that the pandemic is a […]
As in the private sector, local and provincial staff will, in the future, be able to opt for a bicycle lease contract as part of their salary. On the proposal of Minister of Home Affairs, the Flemish government, Bart Somers […]
From 2023 onward, the Flemish transport company De Lijn wanted to transport passengers with an autonomous shuttle on a few fixed routes in Antwerp, Leuven, Mechelen, and Genk. But De Lijn is about to call off the ambitious project because […]
More than a quarter of all journeys in the Netherlands are made by bicycle. As a result, the Dutch make the most frequent use of bicycles worldwide. For example, last year, the Dutch made 4,8 billion journeys with the bicycle, […]
The construction of 40 km of extra cycling paths and the closure of the Bois de la Cambre are a heavy burden for some Brussels motorists. Many complain about the congestion linked to these measures, taken during the lockdown, to […]
By lowering the alcohol limit in traffic, up to 17 fatalities and multiple injuries can be avoided each year in Belgium. This is the conclusion of a report by the Vias traffic institute. The fact that the new government has […]
Many e-steps sold in Belgium are unsafe and unreliable. This is shown by research from Test-Aankoop. The consumer organization subjected eleven e-steps to a quality test. For a lot of models, the results were downright bad. “A lot of models […]
The 700-meter cycle path through the trees in the Limburg Kempen may be copied in Brussels. Architect and city planner Phillipe Verdussen has put forward a cycle and pedestrian bridge through the trees in the Brussels Bois de la Cambre […]
According to Statbel’s latest statistical survey, 53% of Brussels’ residents do not own a car. The survey is based on figures collected in 2019. This is the first time that the Statbel National Statistics Institute has analysed car ownership by […]
Since this week, there is a new player in car sharing in Belgium: the Danish GreenMobility. Antwerp and Ghent are the first cities outside the Scandinavian countries where the Danish company is active. In the autumn, they will land in […]
‘Europe Endless’ sings the German electronic music group Kraftwerk on the album Trans Europ Express, as a tribute to the former network of luxury domestic and international express trains in Europe that was started in 1957. The idea of a […]
The transport and taxi company, Uber, has its taxi license back in London. A British court ruled that the American company has done enough to comply with the conditions. Uber had lost its license last year because Transport for London […]
The Dutch-British oil and gas company, Shell, is not going to look for oil in the polar region north of Alaska. It wants to sell the licenses there. Oil companies are diversifying their portfolios into more diverse and more sustainable […]
Every week, an alcolock is installed for 20 to 25 drivers in Belgium. The newspaper De Zondag writes this based on figures from the traffic institute Vias. These figures also show that ten years after its introduction, the number of […]
French oil giant Total is going to convert the Grandpuits refinery, one of its largest in France, entirely to biofuels, plastic recycling, and biodegradable plastics. That is what the group announced on Thursday. “At the end of 2023, there will […]
Major global automotive groups, such as Tesla, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo have separately filed lawsuits against the Trump administration. They demand an immediate halt to the imposition of additional tariffs on parts and products imported from China. The complaints were […]
Bpost group has today introduced new double-deck trailers to reduce its truck transport by 30%. “This is a first for the parcels sector in Belgium,” says the Belgian national postal operator. Bpost group wants to purchase more than 320 double-deck […]
Seven out of ten Belgians opt for the car for commuting to and from work. This is the conclusion of a survey conducted in June in several countries by HR service provider SD Worx. However, Belgians do not make the […]
Flemish public transport company, De Lijn, has suspended the public contract tender for the purchase of 970 electric buses this summer. That is what the newspaper De Tijd writes, and De Lijn confirms the news. According to the transport company, […]
Since Wednesday, more than 2 000 people have started testing MoveBrussels, the new MaaS (Mobility as a Service) app from the Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB. Find the right tailor-made mobility solution and guide the user from his departure point […]
The British oil company, BP, one of the five largest oil groups in the world, believes that the era of ever-increasing oil consumption is already behind us, and that 2019 will go down in oil history as the year in […]
LeasePlan Belgium, the Belgian division of the international specialist in the field of leasing and fleet management, delivered Friday 30 Polestar 2 models to the company’s staff. With the delivery, the leasing specialist continues it’s ambitious and strategic sustainable mobility […]
The ‘Park + Bike’ offer introduced in the Brussels region after the lockdown is extended. Brussels Mobility is announcing this. Until 15 October, commuters will be able to park (almost) for free on the outskirts of the city and continue […]
A pilot project with 13 fully electric buses of Flemish public bus company De Lijn is starting in Leuven, Antwerp, and Ghent. By 2025, Flemish Mobility Minister, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), wants public transport in city centers to run entirely […]
In the long term, it is cheaper to keep two Belgian nuclear power plants open than to close them and switch to alternatives in 2025. This is the conclusion of a study by EnergyVille, a research center linked to KU […]
The problems with average speed checks in Flanders remain unsolved. No fewer than 137 of the 215 average speed checks that will be in place by the end of this month will not work. This is due to the centralization […]
The traffic sign ‘straight on/turning right through a red light’ for cyclists at intersections can now also be placed on Flemish regional roads since Monday. Since 2011, it has been possible to do so on local roads. “Without compromising cycling […]
After a reasonably good summer, Brussels Airlines hoped to see the number of passengers stabilize at 40% but instead falls back to a merely 23% with the second wave of Covid-19. Dieter Vranckx, CEO of Brussels Airlines, warns for more […]
The people of Brussels can make their proposals for a new name for the Leopold II tunnel. The condition is that it is a woman’s name. This should symbolically reinforce the presence of women in public spaces. Today, only 6,1% […]
Europe is too dependent on China for crucial raw materials such as lithium for the Green Deal. That is why it wants to support recycling, its own extraction, and processing, precisely to achieve ‘strategic autonomy’. The EU is thinking of […]
Mobility organization Touring has an alternative bicycle and pedestrian plan which does not require the removal of lanes for cars in the Brussels region. In this way, Touring asks that several new cycle paths on busy approach roads in the […]
The Belgium gas grid operator, Fluxys, will test in the UK whether old natural gas pipelines can be used to transport hydrogen. Fluxys Belgium thus aspires to play a leading role in the development of an international hydrogen network. “Hydrogen […]
The French environmental group Veolia wants to take over its sector colleague Suez. The waste giant has made an offer for the historical control interest of the energy giant Engie. Veolia has made a bid of 2,9 billion euros for […]
From 1 September, the speed on the Brussels Ring Road will be reduced to 100 km/hour. On Friday, the three competent ministers from the Flemish and Brussels Governments unveiled one of the 280 new road signs that will indicate the […]
