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More than one Belgian in three admits to not respecting the speed limits. Traffic safety institute, Vias, hopes that the increase in speed cameras and the arrival of extra average speed checks will finally lead to a change in mentality. Speeding […]
The Walloon Public Transport Operator, TEC, and Walloon Mobility Minister, Philippe Henry (Ecolo), have adjusted the Wallonia Easy Line (WEL) after an evaluation and decided to create the Walloon Express Line network. This network will consist of 11 existing TEC […]
The City of Brussels signed on Wednesday with Bertrand Piccard, the Solar Impulse pilot with two world tours under his belt, a collaboration agreement for its ecological transition. The agreement aims at providing concrete and immediate responses to the climate […]
The Ghent Low-Emission Zone (LEZ) will be extended during this legislature. However, when and in which districts will be thoroughly examined the next few years. The Ghent majority parties confirmed this on Monday during the municipal council. There will be […]
The car is losing ground to other means of locomotion. That’s clear from the January edition of the mobility barometer of road safety institute, Vias. This sort of snapshot of modes of travel in Belgium is based on a questionnaire […]
The city of Antwerp introduces speed limits for speed pedelecs: the maximum speed goes down to 25 km/h, and cycle paths with a double direction will have a dotted line in the middle. Since 2016, the number of accidents involving […]
The city of Vilvoorde wants to tackle the nuisance caused by abandoned shared cycles and e-steps. These often come from Brussels and are left by users at the end of the journey at the station and at parks and squares […]
Nearly 40% of the Walloons are not close enough to a railway station to get there on foot or by bike. This is the conclusion of a study by the Walloon Institute for Evaluation, Prospective, and Statistics (Iweps). By bike […]
A motion by the opposition party, Vlaams Belang, to introduce a ‘standstill’ in the area of low-emission zones (LEZ) did not obtain a majority in the Flemish Parliament on Wednesday. However, the doubts about the sense/nonsense of the LEZ also […]
Of the almost 30 000 speed pedelecs registered in Belgium, 40% are leased bicycles. This is apparent from figures collected by CD&V MP, Jef Van den Bergh. In Wallonia, the super-fast e-bikes with pedal assistance up to 45 km/hour have […]
On Monday, the Antwerp Labour Court ruled in favor of the trade unions in a lawsuit against Flemish public transport company De Lijn. The latter had plans to change the company structure so that instead of six local works councils […]
Car owners must expressly agree to the use of virtually all data from their vehicles. Otherwise, a manufacturer, insurance, or navigation company may not store and use the data. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) states this. The European watchdog […]
The new emissions inventory 2017 shows that in Antwerp CO2 emissions have been reduced by 23,5% compared to the 2005 reference year. The largest profits were made by the industry outside the port area (-48%) and households (-38%). With this, […]
The green buses of German FlixBus on the Dortmund-London line, which also runs through Belgium, are equipped with solar panels. The initiative fits in a green test project of FlixMobility, the German company behind the FlixBuses that cross Europe at […]
Every day, the Brussels Region attracts 356.000 Flemish and Walloon commuters, six out of ten from Flanders, and four out of ten from Wallonia. 36% of them use a car, compared to 12 years earlier. This is shown by new […]
Thirteen accidents occur every day in Belgium, in which people are injured because someone did not respect the priority rules. In 2018, 49 people lost their lives due to this. Although the number of accidents fell from 7.883 in 2009 […]
Approximately half of Belgians would change their online buying behavior if 5 euros had to be paid to return orders. This is the conclusion of a study commissioned by the Federal Minister of Economy and Consumers, Nathalie Muylle (CD&V). “We […]
In its annual report on Belgium, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) sees room for a CO2 tax and road-pricing. In this context, OECD senior executive, Angel Gurria, points to international tendencies whereby countries reduce corporation tax and […]
The Brussels public transport company, MIVB/STIB, has a total of 922 vacancies, of which almost 700 are for drivers. In anticipation of the extension of its network and the introduction of new vehicles, MIVB/STIN is seeking for 525 bus drivers, […]
For one in three drivers who are on the road after 22 hours, the ‘biological night’ has already started, resulting in a higher risk of accidents. From 3 February to 1 March, the Flemish Foundation for Transport Studies (VSV), therefore, […]
A team of administrative staff has just been set up in Brussels to check whether the rules on free-floating devices such as e-steps, scooters, and bicycles are being properly complied with. With this measure, Brussels wants to reduce the nuisance […]
The Ghent blogger and cycling enthusiast Dries Robberechts has created a map of Ghent that shows the travel time between various locations. The maps, taken from Google maps, allows the user to calculate what his time savings will be if […]
Mobility Club VAB advises Belgian cities and municipalities not to introduce new low-emission zones (LEZ), for the time being. There are still too many uncertainties, they say. Measurements taken by the Flemish Environment Agency show that the impact on air […]
The Belgian Federal Public Service Justice sent out traffic fines digitally for the first time on Wednesday. Immediately the number of fines was 5.000. This is done via the eBox, the digital letterbox of the government. In time, the paper […]
The American company Bird, a pioneer in electric scooter sharing, has acquired a European competitor, Circ, based in Berlin and present in 43 cities in 12 countries, the two companies announced on Monday. Bird CEO and founder, Travis VanderZanden, says […]
Traveling by train and bus will be slightly more expensive from the 1st of February in Belgium. Prices of standard and weekend tickets become more expensive at Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB. At Flemish transport company, De Lijn, the price of […]
After a year and a half of silence, the Belgian railway NMBS/SNCB gets the renewal of the Ghent St.Pieters station underway again. A new design places one large roof with solar panels above the rest of the old platforms. The […]
The cycling brigade of the Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone carried out a total of 84.674 PVs for traffic offenses in 2019, double the number of the previous year. “We try to in the right place at the right time.” […]
On Thursday European Union published the ranking of the Member States for renewable energy. Especially the traditional industrial countries in the core of Europe – the Benelux, France, Germany, the UK, but also Poland – are failing well. A serious […]
In 2019, more than nine out of ten trains (90,4%) were on time, according to the official punctuality figures of the Belgian railway, NMBS/SNCB, and railway infrastructure manager, Infrabel. However, these official punctuality figures do not show the full picture. […]
The arrival of the Nightjet, the night train connection between Brussels and Vienna, has aroused a lot of interest. There is not only the mobility and ecological aspect, according to action groups, but the climate impact of such a night […]
More than fifteen years after the demise of the Donauwalzer, a night train has been running between Vienna and Brussels since Sunday. For 2020, a round trip is planned twice a week, from Brussels on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Austrian […]
Belgians pay an average of 400 euros per month for fuel, insurance, taxes, and car maintenance. However, only 10,7% of drivers are really aware of this. That is the conclusion of a Transport & Mobility Leuven survey. Although the figures […]
Car manufacturer Toyota invests 394 million dollars in Joby Aviation, an American start-up that wants to make flying taxis. “Aviation is a long-term goal for Toyota,” says CEO Akio Toyoda in a press release taken over by De Morgen. “With […]
An electric car has a smaller ecological footprint than a car with an internal combustion engine. However, the critical question is whether there will be enough electricity in the future to charge these cars. For example, is the Brussels electricity […]
