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Thanks to investments in radars and average speed checks, the Brussels police zones are going to carry out targeted checks and impose fines for compliance with the 30 km/hour rule that has been in place in the Capital Region since […]
With the new Brupass XL tickets and season tickets, as from 1 February, there will be a single ticket and a common fare for public transport in Brussels and an extended zone of 11,5 km around the capital region and […]
Last year, 25 807 new motorbikes were sold in Belgium. That is 3,5% more than a year earlier. This is shown by figures provided by Febiac, the Belgian federation of car and two-wheelers importers. It is a remarkable increase because, […]
Online sales are rising worldwide due to the corona pandemic, but those who want to buy a new car still prefer to do so physically rather than online. This is shown by a market survey among consumers by Belgian sector […]
Almost 4 in 10 Flemish (36%) think that ‘the other road users’ have become more aggressive since the start of the corona crisis in March. Road users in Wallonia (42%) and Brussels (35%) also experience more traffic aggression. This is […]
“The Brussels city toll will certainly not be introduced during this legislature, not before 2024.” That is what Paul Magnette, President of the PS, says in the business newspaper L’Echo/De Tijd. In a reaction, Brussels Prime Minister Rudi Vervoort (PS) […]
New car sales were hit by more than 21% in 2020. The second-hand car market, too, did worse than in 2019, but the drop is strikingly less: -6,3%. Figures from the Traxio mobility federation show this. Therefore, the corona crisis […]
The corona pandemic has led to fewer journeys in Brussels. As a result, there has been a stop in the boom in the number of shared mobility operators that the city experienced two years ago. Several operators, such as Hive, […]
The use of mobile phones behind the wheel has been prohibited for a long time, but it remains a persistent practice. To increase the chances of being caught, MP Joris Vandenbroucke (sp.a) wants the police to use traffic cameras for […]
Since 1 January, Brussels is a 30 km/hour zone, except for the major axes where the speed limit remains 50 or 70 km/hour. While the reduction in speed in the city has led to undeniable progress in road safety, the […]
No place to recharge the battery, having to carry a helmet and saddlebag to a meeting or a bicycle shed that is anything but provided for your bicycle. The more than 700 000 e-bike and 33 000 speed pedelecs users […]
The Brabantnet of the Flemish public transport company De Lijn, a network of three brand new tramlines in the northern periphery around Brussels as an important lever to reduce congestion, should be ready in 2026. That’s what Het Laatste Nieuws […]
A new year means several new rules, laws, and measures. Press agency Belga made an overview, and we briefly list what is changing in the field of car taxation in Belgium and Flanders. For example, this means that company cars […]
Structural traffic jams in Belgium have decreased this year by more than 60% compared to 2019. This is shown by a report by mobility company Be-Mobile. The decrease is due solely to the corona measures. The exceptional traffic jams even […]
The discussions between the three Belgian Regions on the Brussels Smartmove city toll, scheduled for last Friday, have finally been postponed. In the meantime, the measure continues to be criticized, although the proposal also receives support from opinion-makers to transport […]
The survey ‘Mobility in your neighborhood’ shows that more than half of the cars of more than 4 000 respondents drive less than 10 000 kilometers a year. Four out of ten respondents also indicate that their second car is […]
The trade unions of the Flemish public transport company De Lijn are calling for a strike as of 21 December. They complain about problems with the transport company’s technical service. The management reacted sharply after a failed new consultation: the […]
The Flemish public transport company, De Lijn, has restarted the dossier on electric buses. It is launching an invitation to tender for 200 e-buses, estimated at 180 million euros. During the summer, De Lijn stopped the first call for tender […]
Tram and bus networks in Flanders will be operated by the public transport company De Lijn for another ten years. That is what the Flemish Government decided on Friday evening. The decision follows a benchmark with the private sector, which […]
Engie-Electrabel, part of the French energy giant, joins forces with Walloon lime producer Carmeuse and hydrogen specialist John Cockerill to produce ‘green’ e-methane gas from captured CO2. With the Charleroi project, an investment of almost 150 million euros is involved […]
On 1 January 2021, the Brussels-Capital Region will switch to a general zone 30 with 30 kph becoming the capital’s rule. The ‘Stad 30’, or ‘City 30’, aims to make Brussels a more liveable, healthy, and safe city. Just like […]
There will be a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the Scheldt near the Kennedy tunnel in Antwerp. The Flemish government decided this, the city of Antwerp, and Lantis – the builder of the Oosterweel link – at a steering committee […]
Leasing company Arval has made its calculations based on the fuel cards used by its customers. Between January and November, the company cars dependent on it consumed 31,8 million liters of fuel, compared with 37 million a year earlier in […]
Truck drivers in Calais are standing in long queues because of the sharp increase in freight traffic to the UK, just under a month before the EU rules no longer apply to the country. The National Road Transport Federation of […]
Travelers who want to combine their train journey in the Netherlands with a shared scooter or car ride can do so from this Thursday onward in a single app, the so-called NS Lab app. These are electric cars and electric […]
Dutch cargo transporters have paid 22 million euros too much toll in Germany in recent years. This has been calculated by the Dutch Transport and Logistic (TLN) following the European Court of Justice ruling in October. The trade association calls […]
Car sharing is, in many cases, much cheaper than owning a private car. Especially drivers who drive up to 15 000 km per year are almost cheaper with car sharing. That’s what Autodelen.net reports. Together with the consumer organization Test-Aankoop […]
The Flemish government aims for 40% more solar energy by 2025, or an extra 1 500 megawatts (MW). One way to achieve these targets is to introduce a solar panel premium of up to 1 500 euros. The aim is […]
The Seamade wind park with 58 windmills off the coast of Ostend is finished. It will produce the equivalent of electricity for the consumption of some 500 000 families. “Belgium is number four worldwide in the field of wind energy […]
Although the Flemish public transport company, De Lijn, has suspended the purchase of 970 fully electric buses and the associated charging infrastructure, it has already concluded a cooperation agreement with the operator of the electricity network, Fluvius. Both companies will […]
The low-emission zones (LEZ) in Antwerp and Ghent have an impact on these cities and reduce the number of polluting cars throughout Flanders. This is shown by a study carried out by the Flemish Environment Agency and the Environment Department […]
Belgian federal government has to make a final decision this year or in January at last, on the possibility of keeping two reactors in the Doel and Tihange nuclear power plants open longer than 2025. This is what the chairman […]
Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), will invest 30 million euros in new public charging points. Today, there are 3 920 public charging points and 96 public fast-charging points in Flanders. This extra investment will add up to […]
On Saturday, Europe and the United States launched a new satellite, which must accurately measure where and how sea levels are rising. Scientists have been monitoring sea-level rise from space for decades. The new probe should replace the current one, […]
