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Lufthansa’s ‘Compensaid’ program is the first of its kind to allow passengers to compensate for the CO2 caused by their flight immediately. Compensaid proposes two ways to compensate, a forestation program in Nicaragua or SAF, a sustainably produced biofuel. While […]
Transport economists Bruno De Borger (University of Antwerp) and Stef Proost (University of Louvain) plead for ‘supersmart’ road-pricing. With a road tax varying every 5 minutes you can spread traffic so efficiently that congestion disappears. “The departing times of the […]
The electric bike capable of reaching speeds up to 45 km/hour, the so-called ‘speed pedelec’, dominates the sales statistics of best-selling mopeds in Belgium with seven out of ten. The speed pedelecs from Swiss Stromer and German Riese und Müller, […]
FlixBus, the German provider of long-distance bus journeys, is taking over its Turkish competitor Kamil Koc and will expand its offer to Turkey, the German bus company announced on Wednesday. The company said to be standing at the beginning of […]
The Dutch mobility provider, Pon, is going to start leasing bicycles in its home country. It taps into the growing market of corporate bikes, which is expected to explode in the Netherlands next year. From 2020, bicycles will get favorable […]
Even when you don’t notice it anymore, the presence of noise can make you sick. Noise nuisance is an underestimated problem. Some people are so used to the noise in their surroundings that they don’t even hear it anymore. Healthy […]
Previously seen as a multimillionaire’s dream, space tourism is set to become a reality next year, as Virgin Galactic plans its first passenger flights. Besides a costly way to spend some minutes in zero gravity, space travel is seen by […]
There are three candidates for the construction of the Belgian railway’s new headquarters near the South Station in Brussels. It concerns a tower with 70.000 to 75.000 m2 of office space. Estimated cost: 100 million euros. In November, the decision […]
NS, the Dutch railway company, is giving up its monopoly of selling train tickets and is calling in mobility partners, like hotels, tour operators or leasing companies, to sell part of the tickets. With the new partnerships, the Dutch rail […]
On 15 December the Dutch railway company is introducing a new schedule with hundreds of extra trains. Today, there are about 5.500 rides a day, with the new timetables there will be some 400 more. Freight trains will be longer, […]
According to the city’s public transport company BVG, residents of Berlin will now be able to board a small self-propelled bus. On a trial basis, it travels a route in the north-west of the German capital. Public road test The […]
Today, the largest bicycle facility in the world will be opened at Utrecht Central Station, with 12.656 new bicycle spaces. Utrecht is thus beating Tokyo where, so far, with 9.400 places, the largest bicycle parking facility has been located. This […]
After the launch of the electric Uber Jump bikes in Brussels, the company is looking to expand its services in Belgium further. New Uber products will be added in Brussels shortly, but no dates are set. In some cases, a […]
Riding an e-bike is healthier than pedaling an ordinary bicycle. That’s the surprising conclusion of a recent European study among 10.000 cyclists. The explanation for the remarkable outcome is that e-cyclists cover more kilometers, and they’re also more easily motivated […]
More and more Dutch citizens opt for the train. In the first half of the year, the number of passengers increased by 5%. This means that the maximum capacity of the Dutch rail will probably be reached by 2025, and […]
Mercedes has just organized the first test drives with the e-Vito, which can reach a distance of up to 150 km with only one charge. However, like electrically-powered passenger cars, the price tag is considerable, and versatility is limited. Lower […]
Every day, more than three people are injured or killed in an accident at a mobile or fixed road construction site in Belgium. This is a remarkable increase with 19% compared to five years ago, says road safety institute, Vias. […]
If it were up to the Federal Minister of Mobility, François Bellot (MR), he would rather merge national railway company, NMBS/SNCB, and railway manager, Infrabel back into one company. Bellot doesn’t believe in the separation of competences. “We have to […]
Last year, the Flemish car buyer paid 15,7 million euros more than budgeted to register his new car. That might be good news for the treasury, but not for the climate. It means the ‘greening’ of the car fleet is […]
The Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic (Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer, AWV) is reconsidering its decision to reconvert the temporary arrangement of the traffic lights at five ‘black’ crossings on the A12 and the Boomsesteenweg (N177) in Aartselaar (Antwerp, Belgium). […]
Shared electric step scooter providers Hive and Wind will stop offering services in Brussels. They have only been active there since June 20th and July 17th respectively. It is not clear if the stop is temporary or permanent. The Brussels […]
Car-sharing app Drivy allows private car owners to share their vehicle when it’s not in use. Recently, an increasing number of professional renters have made a business out of renting numerous cars on the app. Drivy welcomes those ‘Pro’ users, […]
While electric step scooters are not road legal in The Netherlands, France is debating stricter rules because of their popularity. Since there is no European legislation for electric step scooters, the regulations in every country are different. Many Dutch buy […]
For three weeks, Belgian Road Safety Institute VIAS has checked the speed of vehicles driving in front of their Brussels office. On average, 32 motorists drove on the Haecht road at speeds north of 86 kph every day. A biker […]
The Brasschaat municipal administration is working on a regulation that prohibits trucks from parking within the city boundaries due to the number of vehicles that are causing problems. Parking is allowed According to Mayor Jan Jambon (N-VA), residents are increasingly […]
The new government of the Brussels Region is going to scrap 65.000 on-street parking spaces, a measure many Western European cities are taking. Less than 200.000 should remain by 2030, while there are around 265.000 at the moment. The objective […]
From 23 September, the Helicus company will start a regular drone transport service once a week between 21 hospitals from Antwerp and the surrounding area. The crewless aircraft will transport tissue, samples, medicines, and blood. And from December, all the […]
More and more commuters opt for a leased bicycle to avoid traffic jams. “Today, there are 40.000 leased company bikes, while the phenomenon still was non-existant hardly two years ago,” says Tom Vlaminck, who is responsible for leased bikes at […]
The Antwerp aviation company, Air Antwerp, together with KLM, and the Irish CityJet, is going to organize three flights between the airports of Deurne (Antwerp, Belgium) and London City on weekdays. It received the necessary exploitation permit for it from […]
Deutsche Post DHL, the German postal service, couldn’t find an appropriate electric delivery van on the market for its parcel deliverers. That’s why it started to build one itself, the StreetScooter. Due to a lack of supply, the Post Office […]
Uber has made a loss of 5,24 billion dollars in the second quarter of 2019. Moreover, the company’s 2,9 billion dollars turnover has risen less than expected. Following the announcement of its disappointing results, Uber shares lost 11% of its […]
With one million electric vehicles in Belgium by 2030, this fleet of EVs could deliver a backup solution for the electricity grid. It could equal nearly today’s 5 MW nuclear capacity of the Thihange and the Doel powerplants combined. It’s […]
Four years later than planned, the construction of the bicycle bridge over the Brussels ring road in Zaventem will start at the end of this year. New cycle paths will also be constructed around the bridge. The bridge is situated […]
The community of Bierbeek (Belgium) wanted to install ANPR cameras to discourage cut-through traffic, but the neighboring municipalities of Leuven and Lubbeek had opposed to the measure. Maybe an ‘abacus’ or ‘counting frame’ – telraam in Dutch – could help…? […]
The Institute for Mobility of the Hasselt University has developed an app for parents and school children to find the safest way to school. Route2School, as the app is called, has to do something about the unsafe feeling that four […]
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