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May 31, 2020

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Walloon plan against railway noise nuisance

Luc Joris Posted On May 29, 2020

Living close to railroad tracks can be a real ordeal. The noise pollution emitted by rail traffic can be unbearable in everyday life. Based on European directives, the Walloon Mobility and Infrastructure Public Service now has drawn up a draft […]

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Belgian start-up ‘electrifies’ iconic Mercedes roadster

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 28, 2020

Converting a ‘Euro-0’ six or eight-cylinder Mercedes SL roadster into a swift ‘zero-emission’ electric vehicle with even better performances; it’s the core business of the Liège-based Belgian start-up Monceau Automobiles. Start dreaming if you have 159 000 euros (ex VAT) […]

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Viapass: ‘Euro 6 trucks account for 70% on Belgian roads’

Gert Verhoeven Posted On May 28, 2020

The proportion of toll kilometers covered by Euro 6 trucks on Belgian roads, the trucks in the ‘cleanest’ emission category, has continued to rise significantly during 2019. While this was still 62,8% at the beginning of 2019, by the end […]

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Swapfiets rounds cape of 10 000 bikes in Belgium

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 26, 2020

Swapfiets, the rented bikes with the eye-catching blue front tires, is on the market since 2018. Meanwhile, 10 000 Belgian citizens have a subscription to the popular bicycles. The concept seems – more than ever – to be the basis […]

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German court ruling gives hope to Belgian dieselgate victims

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On May 26, 2020

The German courts have ordered Volkswagen to repay in part a customer that bought one of their diesel cars equipped with emissions-cheating software. The decision could influence tens of thousands of other lawsuits against the VW Group. It has now […]

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Belgian-Dutch start-up covers truck trailers with solar panels

Gert Verhoeven Posted On May 26, 2020

IM Efficiency, a Dutch start-up financed by a Belgian entrepreneurial family, wants to equip the roofs of thousands of truck trailers with thin, flexible solar panels to reduce the trucks’ fuel consumption. Solar power “The system of IM Efficiency consists […]

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‘Teleworking is here to stay’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 25, 2020

After ten weeks of teleworking, companies are carefully welcoming their employees back at work. The question, financial newspaper De Tijd puts however, is: do we want to go back? According to a short survey among top-employers shows teleworking is here […]

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Brussels: air pollution dropped by 50%

Félix Bouland Posted On May 22, 2020

According to data from Brussels Environment, the 62% reduction in traffic in the capital during lockdown has had drastically positive effects on pollution, noise, and air quality. On average, noise levels near highways or major axes dropped by 90%, while […]

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Particle filter fraud detection ‘clashes’ with legal framework

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 22, 2020

According to the Flemish car inspection federation GOCA, they’re ready to tackle the problem with diesel particle filter fraud with a particle counting device. But Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), slams on the brakes. She wants to wait […]

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UK scientists: ‘Corona will not save the climate’

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 20, 2020

The emissions of greenhouse gases have decreased in the first four months of the year. But what are the effects on global warming? Greenhouse gases indeed went down spectacularly due to the corona measures. Plants were shut down, car traffic […]

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Brussels offers commuters free P+R car parks and bike sharing

Luc Joris Posted On May 18, 2020

Several peripheral car parks in Brussels will become free of charge as of Monday, 18 May. Commuters will also receive a free six-month subscription to pedal with a shared bike to their destination. With this Park + Bike initiative, the […]

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Flitsmeister to launch ‘Uber-like’ parcel delivery service

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 18, 2020

The free Dutch traffic and navigation app warning drivers for traffic jams or speed checks, is launching a package delivery service, Flitsmeister Pickup. It invites its 1,7 million users to participate in an ‘Uber-like’ parcel delivery service for storekeepers. Retailers […]

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Flanders: ‘sustainable mobility toolbox’ to keep on cycling

Luc Joris Posted On May 15, 2020

Flemish Minister of Mobility and Public Works, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), has put together a ‘toolbox on sustainable mobility’. Together with the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Science, Fietsberaad Vlaanderen, and the Pedestrian Movement, she also launched the campaign #blijvenfietsen (All […]

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Governments don’t want to be milch cows anymore

Tony Verhelle Posted On May 12, 2020

The corona crisis has led to significant economic fall-out. Many companies are looking to governments and public authorities to save them. In principle, those authorities want to comply, but not at any price. They don’t want to be simple milch […]

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Belgian experts warn: ‘traffic meltdown waiting to happen’

Arnaud Henckaerts Posted On May 12, 2020

A number of Belgian experts have published an opinion article in the newspaper De Standaard criticizing the lack of attention for mobility in post-corona relaunch plans. They feel that the exit lockdown measures don’t take into account the limitations and […]

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VDL Roeselare to build electrical buses for Leipzig

Gert Verhoeven Posted On May 12, 2020

VDL Roeselare, the coach manufacturer, based in the Belgian city of Roeselare, is allowed to supply electric buses to the German city of Leipzig. VDL announced this on Monday, May 11th. Made in Belgium VDL Roeselare is the former Jonckheere […]

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Rome is getting ready for bikes, Romans surely not

Luc Joris Posted On May 11, 2020

Romans think cycling is heavy, dangerous, slow, and unhandy. But they’ll have to put up with it. The city government uses the corona crisis to make way for the bicycle. Even before the schools reopen in September, there should be […]

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VAB expects lots of breakdowns at restart

Gert Verhoeven Posted On May 11, 2020

Flemish Mobility club, VAB, expects a significant increase in battery and particulate filter problems in cars in the coming days and weeks. A survey carried out by VAB among more than 10 000 motorists shows that they hardly used the […]

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Shell plans 200 MW hydrogen plant if it wins wind farm tender

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 8, 2020

Oil giant Dutch Shell is planning a 200 MW ‘green’ hydrogen plant using surplus wind energy in the harbor of Rotterdam if it manages to win the tender for a new offshore windmill park 19 km before the coast of […]

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Car fleet gets ‘greener’ but emissions remain too high

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 8, 2020

In 2019, the average ecological score of the car fleet in Flanders went up, but CO2 emissions didn’t go down that much as in previous years. That is what the Flemish Department for the Environment communicated on Thursday. ‘Eco score’ […]

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‘Electric Avenue Louise’: 300 EV charging points for Brussels

Joris Van Roy Posted On May 8, 2020

If there is one spot in Brussels where it will be easy to find an EV charging point shortly, it’s the Avenue Louise. Private partners are installing 300 additional charging stations in private parking facilities along the street this year. […]

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Traffic in Brussels down with 40%

Luc Joris Posted On May 7, 2020

Brussels breathes again through the lockdown. Since 13 March, there has been an average 40% drop in traffic. This also has its positive consequences for cyclists, who continue to grow enormously in Brussels. For example, the city has changed a […]

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Colruyt goes fully for wind energy

Tony Verhelle Posted On May 5, 2020

The Colruyt Group and the Colruyt family are putting all their wind energy companies in one holding, Virya Energy. They also take over Parkwind, the biggest Belgian developer of offshore wind parks. Virya (an allusion on the Buddhist word for […]

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Dutchman gets Paris to invest €300 million in cycling paths

Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On May 5, 2020

Stein van Oosteren, a Dutchman living in one of Paris’ suburbs, is one of the initiators who managed to convince the Paris authorities to invest heavily – 300 million euros – in bicycle infrastructure. Van Oosteren gathered all French bicycle […]

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