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The Flemish majority parties (N-VA, Open Vld, CD&V) seem to be opening the door to road pricing for passenger cars again. In any case, they think that the debate should be held. This appears from a question in the Flemish […]
While the average number of cyclists in Brussels increase by 64% in 2020, two-wheeled journeys varied widely with the health measures. That’s the conclusion of the observation of cycling trends in 2020 by the non-profit organization Pro Vélo at the […]
The Mobility Committee in the Walloon Parliament has given the go-ahead for a decree framework for e-scooters in the free fleet. This means that the e-scooter does not have to be returned to a fixed place but can be left […]
In the Oostakker district of Ghent, activists closed a bus stop with a black cloud on Monday in protest against the new transport plans of Flemish public transport company De Lijn. According to the activists, the Flemish government and De […]
In total 5 578 people have registered for CurieuzenAir, the citizen survey on air quality in the capital. That is almost double the number of measuring kits available. ULB and the urban movement BRAL, two of the project’s driving forces, […]
Brussels Airlines is preparing for 1 million passengers in the summer holidays. Especially destinations in the south of Europe are top-rated, and Brussels Airlines is planning 150 extra flights due to the high demand. Popular countries are Spain, Portugal, Greece, […]
The Brussels Court of First Instance has condemned Thursday the Belgian authorities for negligence in their climate policy. It reckons that Belgian environment policy violates the legal duty of care and human right. The non-profit organization Klimaatzaak (Climate Case) went […]
The Estonian micro-mobility company Bolt is launching a fleet of 1 100 shared e-scooters in the 19 municipalities of the Brussels Region. The company announced this on Thursday in a press release. In the coming weeks and months, Bolt wants […]
The French-Belgian high-speed railway company Thalys, which has been badly hit by the health crisis sees itself on the right track now. It celebrated on Monday the 175th anniversary of the Paris-Brussels rail link. Thalys wants to bounce back with […]
The buses of the Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB will disappear completely from the pedestrian zone in the capital. Until now, they only ran on a short stretch between Verversstraat and Fontainasplein, but that loop is being scrapped. The reason […]
Air Antwerp is shutting down its operations. The company, known for its connections between Antwerp and London, has been bankrupted by the corona crisis. The airport is now looking for a new airline to operate the route. Air Antwerp hardly […]
Brussels Airlines resumes flights to the United States on Monday. A flight to New York will be the first transatlantic flight since March 2020. “A symbolic milestone in our relaunch,” says the airline. This week, Brussels Airlines, wholly owned by […]
The new electrified railway line Mol-Hamont was officially inaugurated on Thursday with the first electric train running from Mol to Neerpelt and back. The total investment for the electrification works on the Mol-Hamont railway line, which will provide better access […]
The Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB has, together with the Accessibility Collective Wallonia Brussels (CAWaB), developed a new solution to help people with reduced mobility to get on and off trams easily. It involves installing a rubber border on the […]
The Leuven-based company OTRA Solutions is launching a digital platform for drivers, companies, and parking operators in the transport sector. The real-time parking tool has to offer a solution for the increasing parking problems along the major European traffic axes. […]
The battery of an e-scooter that was charging exploded in a flat on the Leuvensesteenweg in Evere on Sunday morning. The e-scooter could be extinguished, but the resident of the flat suffered first-degree burns. According to the fire brigade, this […]
Near the Port House on the Antwerp Eilandje, the company CMB has opened a multimodal hydrogen filling station on the border of the city and the port. According to CMB, an Antwerp shipping company that focuses on hydrogen solutions for […]
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Germany has “systematically and persistently” exceeded the air pollution limit for nitrogen dioxide, a gas pollutant mainly produced by diesel engines, in cities like Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg between 2010 and 2016. […]
The political party Groen took action on Wednesday in Wemmel (Flemish Brabant) against the widening of the Ring Road around Brussels. “That’s not the solution to the traffic bottleneck around Brussels,” said Groen MPs Stijn Bex and Arnaud Verstraete. “A […]
A ‘virtual power station’ has been opened in Ghent to allow residents to save electricity. The Nieuwe Dokken residential area is one of the first in Belgium, where several apartment buildings and a school, among others, are supplied with stored […]
The Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB is in the upper middle of the range compared to other European cities. This is what CEO Brieuc De Meeûs announced in a review of 2020. Yet, the health crisis did have an impact […]
In Flanders last year, the police recorded 7 539 offenses against the law on driving under the influence of drugs. That is an increase of 8% compared to 2019 (6 983 offenses) according to figures from the federal police. In […]
With MIA (Mobility Innovative Approach), there will be no-regulation zones all over Flanders. For example, problematic intersections, roundabouts, and approach and exit roads can be tackled more quickly. This is a three-year experiment in which the Flemish government wants to […]
Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), wants to test, via pilot projects, how bicycles can be more easily used for goods transport. She has drawn up a regulatory framework for this. “Certainly, in an urban context, transport by […]
Interest in Mobility as a Service (MaaS), a mobility concept where consumers use various means of transport via a single subscription, is rising among employers. This is evident from a new study by the Federal Public Service (FOD) Mobility and […]
Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB wants to introduce a system of direct trains with reservations to and from the coast during the summer holidays. Those ‘Coast-Express’ trains will be in addition to the usual offer. In the first weekend of June, […]
Beliris, a cooperation agreement between the federal and Brussels-Capital Region, has a budget of 845 million euros ready for the capital for the period between 2020 and 2022. More than a third of this will be invested in mobility, amounting […]
The new M7 subway trains ordered by the Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB were officially launched on Wednesday. Comfort and performance are most important in the new subway trains that will be put into service from this summer. The new […]
The Dutch province of Utrecht plans to build up to ten hydrogen filling stations by 2025 and to put a total of 1 800 hydrogen-powered Hyzon Motors vehicles into services. The initiative is part of the province’s agreement and overall […]
The railway crossings project in Diepenbeek (Limburg province) entered a new phase this weekend with numerous construction works on future bridges and a tunnel under the track at the station. Railway management company Infrabel is carrying out major infrastructure work […]
There seems to be no end to the story of the delay of the e-buses in Flanders of public transport company De Lijn. Mobility Minister Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) reported on Thursday in the Flemish Parliament that the dossier was […]
The Belgian railways NMBS/SNCB is launching Flex Subscription, a pilot project with which it wants to offer the right answer to the changing commuter traffic of the commuter worker. The pilot project will start in June with some 6 000 […]
The French energy giant Engie has unveiled plans to invest massively in renewable energy. This is stated in the strategic plan announced by the group on Tuesday, AFP reported. The group wants to move from average annual growth in renewables […]
The City Council of Paris is planning to reduce car traffic in the city center sharply and turn it into a low-traffic zone. David Belliard from the green party EELV, who is responsible for mobility in the City Council and […]
The average speed has fallen, fewer accidents occur, and the travel time for road users has not increased. That is the first conclusion after introducing Zone 30 on 1 January in the Brussels Region, Europe’s largest 30 km/hour zone. “Not […]
