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The Flemish Minister for Energy, Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen), wants to install an underwater electricity connection between Belgium and Denmark, the Belga press agency announced on Wednesday. Energy provider Elia and environmental organization Greenpeace are in favor of the […]
The call-up bus service, the ‘bell bus’ as we know it today, will disappear in 2022. In the future, people in the countryside who need public transport will have to order a taxi, a private shuttle or a shared means […]
On Monday, energy provider Luminus and Zefier, a communal holding participating in environmentally friendly energy production, have created Zo-Fier, a common subsidiary that will focus on developing, constructing, and exploiting projects for renewable energy in the 168 municipalities Zefier is […]
Amsterdam is taking legal action against one of the apps that warn people about ‘scan cars’. The latter can register parked or driving cars that are breaching regulations. Since the introduction of scan cars, there is a proliferation of apps […]
Flemish Members of Parliament Annick Lambrecht (sp.a) and Stijn Bex (Groen) want to discuss the possible introduction of 30-kph zones in Flemish city centers. In an opinion article in the newspaper De Morgen, they plead for the measure, arguing that […]
When you’re involved in a traffic accident, it is not always clear whether or not you were responsible. That is why the Belgian attorney’s office Intolaw developed a special tool to help you. Surf to mijnverkeersongeval.be (my traffic accident) and […]
According to a survey by HR service provider Acerta, three out of ten Belgian employees (28%) want to lease a bicycle via their employer. Acerta questioned more than 2 000 working Belgians. About one-fifth of the employees already receive cycling […]
Last year, the general traffic intensity decreased by 18% compared to one year before. According to figures from the TomTom Traffic Index, a report about the traffic situation in 57 countries (416 cities), traffic increase was most spectacular in large […]
Belgian traffic safety institute Vias, mobility organization VAB, and Dutch motorcyclists of MotorNL ask car drivers not to hang their face masks on their driving mirror. “It obstructs their view and may cause distraction,” they say. “It makes motorcyclists, cyclists, […]
Many cars sold worldwide over the past decade were white, and even today, the number of white cars in traffic is impressive. But why? Is it a question of fashion? Or is it a technology-related trend? Let’s try to find […]
VDL Group will build 102 electric Citea buses for the city of Oslo (Norway’s capital). It’s VDL’s largest order of e-buses ever. The buses will be manufactured in Roeselare and should be operational in Oslo as of January 2022. Norway’s […]
According to the annual figures from the electricity network administrator Elia, several renewable energy records were broken last year. The production of solar and wind energy increased by 31% to 15,1 TWh or 18,6% of the energy mix. Wind energy […]
Ten thousands of Dutch citizens would like to move to seek for better air quality. Some actually do but others don’t have the possibility (or financial means) and stay where they are. That is the conclusion of the Lung Fund, […]
The bicycle became popular among Belgians in corona times, but sales figures of speed pedelecs dropped. According to figures from sector federation Traxio, last year, 12 589 speed pedelecs were registered, or 6% less than the year before. Speed pedelecs […]
The Antwerp civil platform Ringland has developed an online tool for citizens to analyze and improve their mobility behavior. The so-called ‘modal selfie’ is intended to discourage the use of the car and increase the use of alternative transport. But […]
According to figures from the Dutch Royal Meteorological Institute, the Netherlands is warming up faster than other countries in the world. The temperature in the Netherlands in the last 30 years has increased by an average of 1,1 degrees Celsius. […]
The Antwerp Oosterweel project’s construction works – the so-called ‘construction site of the century’ – can finally start on the right bank of the river Scheldt in the summer of this year. The preparatory works on the left bank already […]
From Monday, British airline Jota Aviation, specializing in cargo transport, starts a new airlift between Ostend (Belgium) and Birmingham (UK). Both airports want to prevent possible interruptions or delays in the harbors due to Brexit. Jota Aviation will organize the […]
Germany will introduce two energy transition projects. On the one hand, the country will invoice every ton of CO2 emitted by transport and households; on the other hand, it will gradually close a first total energy plant. According to the […]
More than 20% of buses in the Dutch public transport system have become ‘green’ in five years. Since December, 1 163 emission-free buses are driving around in the Netherlands, almost 400 more than last year. According to knowledge platform Crow-KpVV, […]
Those who want to travel to the UK have to make thorough inquiries into the new travel restrictions and customs regulations from January due to Brexit. Apart from the mandatory Covid-19 forms travelers have to fill in, there are several […]
The air quality was relatively good this year, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. That is shown by the first partial measuring figures over the whole year, by IRCEL, the Belgian Interregional Environment Agency. The corona measures and especially the first […]
Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) announced on her website she’s planning to add at least 19 new average speed radars in Flanders, among other measures to increase road safety. In 2021, the Minister will provide more than […]
According to the United Nations and the Global Carbon Project, 2020 has been a great year for the climate. CO2 emissions decreased by almost 7% due to the corona measures. Still, according to the UN, greenhouse gases should decrease by […]
“The electric vehicle boom is threatening to drain communities and the planet resources,” warns SOMO in a report called ‘The Battery Paradox‘. SOMO is a Dutch, ‘critical, and independent non-profit knowledge center’ that focuses on multinationals. SOMO, short for Stichting […]
Gas consumption in Belgium this year has decreased by 1,3% (from 187,2 TWh to 184,7), according to figures from gas network operator Fluxys. Families and SMEs used 4,7% less gas compared to 2019 (from 89,7 TWh to 85,4). Consumption in […]
The viaduct in Vilvoorde – Part of the RO Brussels beltway – will be renovated in the coming years. The 44-years-old infrastructure that was supposed to last for a hundred years will be braced on the inside and underneath. The […]
The Belron Group, owned for 54,8% by Belgian D’Ieteren, and the parent company of Carglass, has got the green light from German competition authorities to take over ATU’s car glass department. As a car glass business’s market leader, Carglass operates […]
The Belgian railway company, NMBS/SNCB, has ordered 200 additional M7 double-deck carriages from Bombardier in Bruges. The order is positive news for Bombardier’s 500 employees. It represents one and a half or even two years of job security, Peter Boels, […]
According to figures from the European bureau of statistics Eurostat, only 9,9% of the energy Belgians used in 2019 came from renewable sources while the European average is 19,7%. Forerunners are Sweden (56,4%), Finland (43,1%), and Latvia (41%). The Netherlands […]
Antwerp will have a new shared e-scooter platform as of February 2021. The Dutch Go Sharing will introduce 500 flashy green electric scooters in the city. Users only have to download the Go Sharing app to find, unlock, and pay […]
Now that Southern Finland has officially announced its second corona wave and new strict restrictions have again been imposed, local Prisma supermarkets, owned by HOK-Elanto, the largest retailer in the region, has taken an original initiative. They decided to give […]
A British court has decided that a nine-year-old girl’s death was caused by air pollution. It’s the first time a British court links a death case to pollution. The judgment could have far-reaching consequences for plans against air pollution. Ella […]
Several European organizations specialized in collecting used lithium-ion batteries have joined forces and created Reneos. A European platform to collect, recycle and reuse batteries of hybrid and electric cars, buses, trucks, forklift trucks, cranes, boats, e-bikes, home batteries, etc. Reneos […]
According to the European Environmental Agency (EEA), greenhouse gas emissions from European power plants and factories decreased significantly in the year before the corona pandemic, 2019. The emissions went down by 9,1% on an annual basis, the strongest decline since […]
