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The mobility budget is likely to start with a wider choice of cars than initially stated. Approximately 10% instead of 4% of the existing models will be considered. The strict emission standards will only be introduced gradually from 105 g/km […]
The Walloon Public Transport Operator (OTW) presents its ambitious plan for 2023. It aims at increasing the number of transported passengers by 25% and by 150% for 2030. It wants to reduce CO2 emissions by 30%. Free public transport still […]
In the future, newly produced cars will have to be much safer. The Internal Market commission voted on Thursday for the mandatory integration of more safety systems in new cars. Goal is to halve the number of traffic victims on […]
The electricity networks have major problems keeping up with the growth due to diversification of the power supply and rising demand. That is what Ingrid Thijssen, CEO of the Dutch network administrator Alliander, says. She warns against an imminent capacity […]
The new Mobility Budget will allow employees to allocate their company car budget to other, supposedly greener, means of transport. Yet, electric scooters, hoverboards and unicycles aren’t included in the bill. Ecolo points to a much too slow adaptation of […]
By 2030, twice as many goods will have to be transported by rail. It is a lot more ecological and it would also make our traffic more fluent. However, different handicaps might slow down the breakthrough of the freight train. […]
The Dutch national Planning Bureau (PlanBureau voor de Leefomgeving, PBL) was considered an impartial, all-knowing referee. Severe miscalculations of the boom of electric cars in the Netherlands among others, costing double the estimates, put it now under fire. On the […]
The Stuttgart office of the public prosecutor has opened an administrative procedure against Porsche and Daimler in the dieselgate affair. Both might have to pay substantial fines like Volkswagen and Audi before. In both cases the administrative procedure adds to […]
With seven out of ten Formula One teams based in the UK, experts are wondering what effect Brexit will have on their performance. Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolf, worries about longer customs clearances that could affect the logistics. Others worry […]
Every year more large drones fly in Belgium. The Federal Public Service Mobility has already registered more than 2.300 devices. Small leisure drones don’t need to be registered, but the heavier ones do. The number of pilot’s licences to control […]
Belgian-Luxembourg transport giant, Jost Group, is furious about the confiscation of 19 trucks by the federal public prosecutor. The company is accused of social fraud, social dumping and human trafficking. Summary proceedings The federal public prosecutor wanted to confiscate 300 […]
Negotiators of the EU Parliament and the European Council have come to a final agreement to reduce CO2 emissions of trucks by 30% (compared to 2019) in 2030 and by 15% in 2025. These are the first emission rules for […]
Belgian national mobility club Touring pleads for a re-federalisation of decision making about mobility and wants a Marshall plan for Belgian transport and its infrastructure. In view of the coming general elections (May 26th 2019), the mobility organisation has send […]
Belgium supports fossil fuels with some 2,7 billion euro a year in tax breaks. This is the conclusion of a study by the Climact consultancy commissioned by WWF for the period 2014-2016. For example, Belgium encourages the use of individual […]
With elections on the horizon on May 26th, the Belgian Federation for cars and cycle (Febiac) publishes a document asking for an inter-regional pact on car taxation. The federation wants a simpler and greener tax system with an intelligent kilometre […]
With the shift from petrol to electricity in Belgium’s mobility, governments and experts wonder what would be the best solution to compensate for the tax loss. Last year, cars and trucks brought 5 billion euro into the government’s bank accounts through […]
According to an estimation of Transport and Logistics in the Netherlands (Transport en Logistiek Nederland, TLN), there must be 136.000 trucks driving around in the Netherlands, of which 2.000 so-called super trucks or eco-combis. Breakthrough? Since Belgian and German authorities […]
Thursday, the Walloon government approved the draft decree on administrative fines. As of now, technical Highway Code violations and minor speeding tickets will not pass through the prosecutor’s office anymore. Offenders will receive an automatic payment order. “In Walloon cities […]
With the upcoming elections in sight, Stéphane Obeid, in charge of Mobility for the MR group at the Brussels Parliament, presents the party’s mobility program from the Brussels Region. The program includes a tax reform with an eco-bonus, a mobility […]
Anyone who sticks stubbornly to the middle lane on a highway will pay a 116 euro fine instead of 58 euro from April on. The Parliamentary Commission has approved a bill to consider it a violation of the second degree. […]
Walloon Mobility Minister, Carlo Di Antonio (cdh), wants to promote car sharing in the Region. He asks major cities to provide free parking for shared cars or at least give a preferential rate. Goal is to reach one shared car […]
On Tuesday, Dutch State Secretary for Finance, Menno Snel (Democrats 66), has presented a European tax on CO2 emissions of airplanes. He emphasized the urgency for measures related to climate change. Most polluting Minister Snel wants a tax on the […]
Former Alliance President, Carlos Ghosn, under custody in a Japanese jail since mid-November, chooses other defense lawyers. Meanwhile, the board of Renault scraps the compensation payments linked to his non competition clause and the validation of stock actions he received […]
The Paris police traffic video surveillance unit (UVV) will use CCTV to fine drivers who find themselves stopped in the middle of a junction after the lights have changed. This gridlock will cost them 90 euro. In 2018, the UVV […]
Benelux and France will fall far behind the targets the European Union has defined for the community in 2020. In 2007, the European Union promised to reduce CO2 emissions with 20% by 2020, to use 20% of renewable energy by […]
Given the stringent CO2 emission rules in Europe, manufacturers have no choice than to roll out electrification. It requires huge investments in a difficult market and it’s not sure if the customer can be convinced so quickly. In the next […]
With the elections approaching, traffic safety institute, Vias, is calling on politicians through a ten-point program to make traffic in Belgium drastically safer. The most striking proposals are an obligation for bicycle helmets for children younger than 14, an alcohol […]
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) agreed two years ago that by 2020 a new standard for sulphur limit for boat fuel would be applied worldwide, dropping from 3,5% to 0,5% outside of designated Emission Control Areas. The University of Delaware […]
Fifteen projects have won the Smart Mobility Call and will benefit from the four million euro investment. Belgian Federal Ministers of Digital Agenda, Alexander De Croo (Open Vld), and Mobility, François Bellot (MR), launched the Call last year with an […]
If it were up to the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG), the police can impose a fine when an electric car is occupying a charging station without charging. The association advocates the amendment of the law and the […]
Dutch Stint manufacturer, Edwin Renzen, hopes to have his Stint legally allowed on the road again before the beginning of the new school year. The once so popular ‘bolderkar’, as the vehicle is called in Dutch, is a kind of carrier […]
The Walloon government announces a restructuring of its administrations roads and mobility will become one entity. The Directorate of Roads and Buildings (DGO1) and the Directorate of Mobility and Waterways (DGO2) are fusing into a single administration called ‘Infrastructure and […]
A growing number of owners of vintage/veteran cars is worried where and when they will still be able to drive their beauties. An (expensive) solution could be to make it electric. A small number of (exclusive) manufacturers is already offering […]
At the end of January the Luxembourg government has reinstalled a premium for all kinds of electric driving, from cars over scooters to electric bikes or mopeds. Also in Luxembourg the sales of electric vehicles is not very high yet. […]
Making calls while driving may soon be a thing of the past in Belgium’s capital. The Brussels region is working on a digital solution that would allow the smartphone screen to be blocked in order to prevent motorists from calling […]
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