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The registrations of speed pedelecs (1 257 units) in March 2021 were record-breaking: +57,5% more than in March last year. Even compared to the year before – in pre-corona times – the figures for this category of bikes are spectacular: […]
On Thursday, April 8th, Flanders has officially kicked off ‘De Grote Versnelling‘ (High Gear). The Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), has joined forces with the Flemish provinces, cities, and municipalities. Together they will gear up the bicycle […]
Belgium is the first country to be able to monitor and maintain nitrogen emissions above the North Sea. According to a press release from the Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, KBIN), Belgium is a […]
Two Flemish entrepreneurs – Louis De Jaeger and Louis Lammertyn – are planning a new night train connection between Brussels and Berlin. The luxurious Moonlight Express will ride three times a week from Brussels to Berlin via Liège, starting in […]
Wind farms at sea are only producing one-third of their energy production capacity despite the wind. According to the Belgian Offshore Platform representing investors in renewable energy at the North Sea, many wind turbines are switched off because the surplus […]
Efteling, the fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel, near Tilburg in the Netherlands, just opened the largest charging hub in the Benelux. This week, energy provider Eneco eMobility added 60 charging stations, each with two charging points, bringing the total to […]
According to the newest Oeco report about the environmental and climate policy, Belgium is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Harmful emissions and energy consumption decreased during the past ten years. Still, Belgium’s performance remains […]
Volvo Cars Family Bond will offer all its employees with at least one year’s service a total of 24 weeks of paid parental leave as of April 1st, 2021. The new policy applies to more than 40 000 employees worldwide […]
The new, long-expected bicycle connection to Brussels Airport was officially inaugurated on Monday. The almost two-kilometer-long bicycle highway connects the existing F3 bicycle path between Louvain and Brussels with the airport in Zaventem. Brussels Airport already announced in December 2017 […]
According to the annual report of the Flemish Traffic Center (Vlaams VerkeersCentrum, VVC), the Antwerp belt-way in the direction of the Netherlands, is the most congested in Flanders. Even in corona times. The Kennedy tunnel and the junction of the […]
Ecolo has nominated Thibaut Georgin (53) the new president of the Belgian railway company. That was confirmed by the Belgian federal Minister of Mobility Georges Gilkinet. Georgin, a former bpost manager, replaces Jean-Claude Fontinoy (MR), who was at the helm […]
Last year, about 38 000 air pollution-related premature deaths were avoided in Europe thanks to the corona measures, the drop in fossil fuel burning, and the increase in renewable energy use. According to a study by CREA, the Center for […]
“Cities could permanently achieve pandemic-low air pollution levels by accelerating the ongoing switch to zero-emission vehicles.” That is what a new study for NGO Transport & Environment reveals. The study appears one year after the first corona lockdowns were imposed […]
The combined energy production of nuclear power plants, solar panels, and wind farms leads to an electricity surplus and lower or even negative energy prices. Wind farms risk being shut down this summer on one out of four weekends. According […]
The Brussels Master Plan for bicycle parking places should provide qualitative and secure bicycle parking spaces in the whole of the Brussels Region, Brussels Mobility Minster Elke Van den Brandt (Groen) stated during the Plan’s presentation in the Brussels Parliament’s […]
Mobility organization Brussels Mobility is planning to improve, renovate, and make sidewalks in the city more accessible to people with limited mobility. The so-called ‘pavement plan’ has two objectives. The first is to improve the accessibility, and the second is […]
The Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), just launched a courtesy campaign to improve drivers and cyclists’ traffic safety. More than 5 000 special road signs will be posted on strategic locations in the whole of Flanders. The […]
Flanders proudly opened its first rollerblade route on Sunday. The signposted stretch between Hasselt and Genk contains several loops and combines the region’s most beautiful spots. Skaters can choose their point of departure, decide how many kilometers they want to […]
The Flemish Minister for the Environment, Zuhal Demir (N-VA), wants to expand the game detection system along the Limburg roads. The system warns drivers when wild animals are crossing the road. According to the Institute for Research of Nature and […]
Swapfiets, the bicycle subscription formula with the blue front wheel, recently announced further expansion in several European cities. The company just opened Swapfiets stores in Barcelona (Spain), and later this year, also Vienna (Austria), and the French cities of Lyon, […]
Limburg cyclists soon will have a new cycling attraction. In May, the first cyclists will be able to inaugurate the new cycling bridge in Opgrimbie (northern part of Maasmechelen, Limburg). The new 6,5-meter high bridge is the showpiece in the […]
Independent lab tests have proven that Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) future air purification technology for car interiors can stop 97% of viruses and bacteria in the air, the car manufacturer claims. The prototype of the new heating, ventilation, and air […]
The Flemish Minister of Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), is working out an innovative plan to reduce the number of traffic deaths drastically. She will use innovative technology – cameras, drones, automatization, and artificial intelligence – to analyze driving behavior, […]
Despite the stormy weather on Thursday, energy provider Eneco had to inactivate its wind farm – Seamade – at the North Sea. The surplus of electricity from nuclear power plants, solar panels, and wind farms made energy prices plunge and […]
Ford Trucks, a joint venture between the American Ford concern and its Turkish partner Koç, is coming to Belgium. This year, Ford Trucks wants to open five dealerships spread over the country and a webshop for trucks. The first one […]
The Dutch environmental organization Mobilization for the Environment (MOB) calls on municipalities to become ‘woodfire smoke-free’. In a letter, MOB calls for action because it says, “citizens shouldn’t be exposed to the harmful effects of burning wood”. Banning open fires, […]
In Brussels, the 4G networks for mobile telephony and data already risk becoming overloaded as soon as this year. That is what a study by telecom regulator BIPT reveals. BIPT has to assign the radio frequency for the new 5G […]
On Saturday, rail manager Infrabel installed the first ‘green’ – in both senses of the word – cross ties in Europe. The literary green cross ties used currently in Puurs are made from sulfur concrete, which is a solid and […]
Belgium still exceeds the limit for unhealthy air pollution set in 2010. That is environmental organization Greenpeace’s conclusion based on the model charts Ircel – the Inter-regional Cel for the Environment – published on Friday. The charts again show that […]
The car remains the most popular means of transport in Belgium, but the number of e-bike users has doubled in five years. Last year, one in five Belgians rode an electric bicycle. The figures come from the ninth edition of […]
Creating an artificial Belgian energy island in the Nort Sea will cost 400 to 450 million euros. That is what energy provider Elia announced on Wednesday in the margin of its annual results. The plans for such an island fit […]
On Tuesday, Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), has announced 38 construction sites this year along the Flemish highways. The 38 construction sites include the renovation of 52 km of the road surface and the […]
Bonheiden is planning an experiment with a 30 kph zone within the entire built-up area of its territory. The experiment starts on Friday, March, 5th and will last three weeks, until March 26th. Traffic lights will no longer turn red […]
The Flemish government will allocate 150 million euros to local authorities who intend to construct new bicycle infrastructure. The initiative comes from Flemish Minister of Internal Administration Bart Somers (Open Vld). Flemish authorities will invest one euro for every two […]
The corona pandemic has seriously impacted the Belgian public transport companies. In 2020, the number of passengers of De Lijn in Flanders halved, and revenues dropped by one-third, press agency Belga discovered. In Brussels, the number of passengers and rides […]
