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According to a survey by HR services company Acerta, employees still prefer company cars for their daily commute. Alongside, more and more people are discovering the advantages of cycling, which made a significant leap forward. Public transport loses ground and […]
The number of traffic fatalities on Belgian roads fell by 22% last year, with 484 deaths, or 134 fewer than in 2019 (618). This is what Vias Institute’s Road Safety Barometer 2020 reveals. The number of injured people fell by […]
Almost one out of ten Dutch adults expects to buy an e-bike within a year. That would mean that 1,2 million e-bikes will be sold in 2021 in the Netherlands, reports research agency Multiscope. According to the study conducted among […]
Beliris, the public construction expert for Brussels, is conducting a feasibility study to extend the Brussels cycling network by three bicycle routes. The studies are for the Dilbeek-Brussels, Leuven-Brussels, and Anderlecht-Brussels-North routes. The potential routes are part of the Bicycle […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
French automotive supplier Valeo launches a center motor for electric bicycles. The drive is revolutionary because an automatic gearbox is provided in the drive on the pedal shaft. Pedelecs usually have a classic shifting device on the rear wheel. Valeo […]
Last year, 30 296 bicycles were officially stolen. Among them numerous e-bikes, which increases the amount of the loss. In 2019, it was rounded up to 144 million euros. Mobility organization Touring analyzed the figures originating from the federal police […]
French motorbike manufacturer Voxan will bid for the world speed record for an electric bike – 400 km per hour or more – at the famous Bolivian salt lake Salar Uyuni in 2021. Voxan is a motorcycle manufacturer owned by […]
The Bolt mobility platform will invest 100 million euros in extending its offer of shared e-scooters and bicycles to more than fifty new cities in Europe, including Brussels, Zurich, and Hamburg. This was announced on Thursday by the Estonian micro-mobility […]
The bicycle bridge over the North-South connection (N74) in Houthalen-Helchteren (Limburg, Belgium) – near holiday park Molenheide – will be ready in 2022. This week, the project group of Flemish administrations, local authorities, public transport company De Lijn, and Limburg’s […]
German premium car manufacturer BMW has presented the first pictures and details of the iX, the iNext concept car’s production version. This full electric, big SUV is due for the market at the end of next year. Meanwhile, an e-Scooter […]
On Monday, a Belgian cyclist made the headlines because the man was driving at 87 km/hour on the highway. The man turned out to be riding an electric Gulas motorbike (with pedals) which, incidentally, appears to be perfectly legal. Gulas […]
American motorcycle legend Harley-Davidson (HD) is somewhat going back to the future by showing an electric bicycle called Serial 1. The elegant e-bike with its white tires, brown leather saddle, and handgrips is a clear wink at the first Harley […]
Three Antwerp organizations – mobility organization Bycykel, thrift store Kringwinkel, and building material company Ecomat/Circomat – have invested in seven electric cargo bikes and accompanying trailers. Other companies and people living in the neighborhood can borrow those vehicles. The city […]
As in the private sector, local and provincial staff will, in the future, be able to opt for a bicycle lease contract as part of their salary. On the proposal of Minister of Home Affairs, the Flemish government, Bart Somers […]
According to the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Science (Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde, VSV), half of all Flemish citizens are not familiar with traffic regulation with regard to new means of traffic, like e-scooters and speed pedelecs. This is the conclusion of […]
More than a quarter of all journeys in the Netherlands are made by bicycle. As a result, the Dutch make the most frequent use of bicycles worldwide. For example, last year, the Dutch made 4,8 billion journeys with the bicycle, […]
The die is cast: the controversial Stint can hit the road again in the Netherlands. The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has finally found a way out of the impasse. Stintum, however, the popular electric cargo cart manufacturer, […]
Flemish Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), has given the cities of Courtrai, Deinze, and Boechout the title ‘Bicycle City 2020’. The minister wants to spotlight those communes as forerunners when it comes to local bicycle policy. The winners […]
The recovery plan of the Flemish government provides huge investments in mobility. The government intends to spend 885 million euros of the 4,3 billion reserved on bicycle paths, traffic safety, and sustainability. Last Monday, the Flemish prime minister, Jan Jambon […]
Genk has inaugurated a new bicycle network, ‘Fietsnet Genk’, that connects all areas and remote corners of the city. With the new bicycle project, Genk wants to present itself more as a bicycle city. Genk is, by its own account, […]
The growing number of cycling commuters working for BASF in the port of Antwerp also results in more accidents. Thanks to a cycling course and a prevention policy by the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Science (Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde, VSV), the […]
Limburg might be known as the ‘bicycle paradise’ of the country, but the bicycle paths along the regional roads are in deplorable condition. That is the conclusion of a study by the Agency for Roads and Traffic (Agentschap Wegen en […]
According to the latest study from the SPF Mobility and Transport, bicycles with electric assistance allow for greater distance, making them competitive on 10 to 25 km commutes. Thanks to e-bikes, the cycling potential for daily home-to-work commute doubles to […]
Seven out of ten Belgians opt for the car for commuting to and from work. This is the conclusion of a survey conducted in June in several countries by HR service provider SD Worx. However, Belgians do not make the […]
The sales of e-bikes, e-steps, and electric cars are breaking all records in the Netherlands. Cold feet have disappeared, people no longer fear the technology, newspaper AD writes. The share of EVs is 10% of all new cars sold, a […]
The Dutch electric bicycle manufacturer, VanMoof, collected 34 million euros and hopes to have a turnover of one billion euros within three years. The company recently opened a pop-up store near its competitor Cowboy in Brussels. “We want to get […]
The red electric shared bicycles of Jump should reappear on the Brussels Region’s street next week. After leaving without drum or trumpet as the coronavirus lockdown hit in late March, the free-floating service comes back under the umbrella of American e-scooter […]
The ‘mobility budget’ whereby Belgian workers entitled to a company car can exchange their vehicle for a smaller and greener one, with a budget for the train, a shared bicycle, or other sustainable means of transport, is proving unsuccessful. Little […]
There is a clear shift in car sales because private customers in particular more often choose a used car over a new one. This is one of the reasons why sales of new vehicles dropped dramatically by a quarter last […]
The start-up Classified Cycling developed a revolutionary gear system and has a first contract with bicycle manufacturer Ridley. The arrival of Tom Boonen, former Belgian cyclist, as financier and advisor, should accelerate the expansion. New gear system Classified Cycling pioneers […]
Founded by two friends from Rouen, France, Le Vélo Mad produces simple, retro-styled, and made-in-France electric bicycles that cleverly hide their electric assistance. The young, two-year-old start-up has grown during the lockdown as the demand for e-bikes has been booming. […]
