On Wednesday morning the hundredth CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) petrol station in Belgium was inaugurated at Groenveldstraat in Heverlee (Belgium). This was done at a DATS 24 petrol station, Colruyt’s fuel supplier. Number of CNG stations is rising According to […]
Thanks to China’s incentives toward electric cars, the market is booming. Numerous European car manufacturers are investing billions into BEVs and PHEVs for that market, seven times more than in Europe. Last year car manufacturers announced they will invest nearly […]
The Belgian-Luxembourg car and two-wheeler federation, FEBIAC, has announced on its annual assembly the creation of a dedicated section for ‘new mobility’ to prepare for the paradigm shift expected not only in the car industry, but in the wide spectrum […]
Property of the Walloon Region, the Lidar speed cameras have seen a significant increase in the number of loans to local police zones. The effective semi-mobile speed cameras have a ticketing rate of around 2%. With its grey armouring, the […]
Wiebe Wakker, the 31-year-old man from Haarlem (Netherlands) who is travelling around the world in an electric Volkswagen Golf, has finally arrived in Darwin (Australia). His journey started in March 2016 and he’s already on the road for 827 days […]
French-Belgian rail company Thalys launches a new 300 million euro investment plan that will bring new and renovated trains, a new Premium Mini offer and three new train lines. In 2018 Thalys has transported about 1,9 million passengers and has […]
Last year more cyclists and pedestrians died in Antwerp traffic. It enhances the discussion whether it is due to the increase in the number of cyclists or the inadequate infrastructure. Moreover, the new Flemish Mobility Decree threatens to undermine the […]
Public transport company De Lijn is failing: first the number of (empty) buses was drastically reduced, later on the buses were replaced by the smaller ‘belbus’ (bus on call), and even they risk to disappear. Vicious circle Especially people living […]
Twenty taxi drivers from the Belgian Cab Federation (Febet) are taking steps to request a ban on Uber BV (in the Netherlands) and ten drivers working on the platform. They want Uber drivers to stop driving in Brussels with a […]
After months of opposition from bikers, car drivers and politicians, the new regional road speed limit has been made official. From July 1st on, 400.000 km of secondary roads will now be limited to 80 km/h. Announced on January 9th […]
More and more people older than 75 are attached to their car, they also do a lot of kilometres. Today this group of people has grown with one third compared to ten years ago, and therefore is the fastest growing […]
The Japanese giant Toyota announced on Wednesday an investment of 1 billion dollar in Grab, specialist in chauffeur-driven passenger cars in Southeast Asia. Grab, Uber’s Singaporean competitor, is strengthening thus its presence in services in the face of a rapidly […]
The Montgomery and Marlow police zones are now equipped with a high-tech, infrared, six lanes scanning speed cam, a new anonymous police car and a special van equipped with a signalling trailer. This Wednesday Road Safety Secretary of State Bianca […]
In ten years the petrol/diesel proportion in Belgium’s car market has been inverted, helped by increasing fuel taxes and diesel’s bad press. The ‘dirty fuel’, however, still makes sense for drivers doing more than 30.000 km a year. It all […]
The Belgian railway company is continuing its plan for a more sustainable environment by installing 6.100 solar panels on the roof of its Forest/Vorst workshop. When production is high, they will also provide electricity to the company’s offices. Go greener […]
The world’s first autonomous driving wedding chapel. Where else than in Las Vegas (Nevada), known for its quirky wedding stunts, to expect something like that? Only this stunt is an idea of the American Automobile Association (AAA) from Nevada to […]
The overnight train will soon be back on the rails in the Netherlands. The sleeper disappeared a few years ago because the Dutch and German railway companies, NS International and Deutsche Bahn, considered it not profitable anymore. Sustainable alternative As […]
Last weekend the federal police carried out alcohol and drug tests in Belgium, on highways, regional roads and municipal roads. A total of 32.299 car drivers were tested, 2,24% of them were intoxicated. A positive evolution, however, according to the […]
Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, met with car manufacturers and mobility service providers this Monday to study other solutions of shared electric mobility in the capital. Autolib, created and operated by French group Bolloré, is turning out to be a […]
The Brussels mobility problem keeps foreign investors away from Belgium’s capital. That is what consultancy agency Ernst & Young (EY) says in its annual survey of investment in our country. The foreign investments in Belgium are reaching record levels, but […]
Belgian railway management company Infrabel has organized a stage-managed crash between a train and a car to learn from the experience. A world première. The crash not only provides spectacular images but also numerous interesting data for safety services. The […]
Statistics are rarely so revealing: the number of speed pedelecs in Belgium has risen in the past six months from 6.760 to 9.521. Almost half of all new super fast e-bikes, up to 45 km per hour, were purchased in […]
The 125A train line previously reserved for commercial trains will be open to passenger trains from this Sunday. It will connect Seraing to Liège in only eight minutes. Presented last year in the Liège Province’s new mobility plan, the 125A […]
The Belgian government confirmed that it will use the WLTP data to base the company car tax system in 2021. Until then, expenses deduction and benefits (ATN/VAA) will be calculated with NEDC 2.0 data. Ever since the Worldwide Harmonized Light […]
This autumn the water bus on the river Scheldt in Antwerp will be expanding in the direction of the port. This new connection is mainly intended to transport people from the north of the port area quickly to and from […]
In ten years the Car-Pass system has managed to eradicate nearly all odometer fraud on secondhand cars. The government will add new data on emissions and Euro standards to make the system even more reliable. More data Ten years ago […]
Protected orchids that stood in the way of the Oosterweel connection, one of Europe’s biggest road construction sites, have been moved by biologists and replanted. They are doing even better than before. Protected plant In February biologists from Antwerp University dug […]
Flemish-Brabant is the first province in Belgium that starts promoting electric car-sharing. Therefore, the province has invited ten test drivers. They will be provided with a test car, a Nissan Leaf, for a period of one year. Test case Hilde […]
Belgium’s Mobility Minister, François Bellot (MR), is fed up by the Regions’ inaction toward a better mobility. He thinks the country’s institutional system prevents any global vision to be followed by acts. Called back to a post of Minister by […]
With advancements in technology, the electric car is becoming more interesting for company’s fleet each and every day. In April, France has recorded a major growth of the electric car share in company cars. Leasing companies are also offering better […]
Uber jumps on the electric bike-sharing market in Germany. Uber’s top executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, announced it on Wednesday at a conference in Berlin. Uber will introduce its electric bike-sharing program this summer in Berlin. It will then be extended to […]
The University of Ghent has decided to cut back on flights to about 60 European destinations. University personnel travelling on duty to London, Cambridge, Paris or Amsterdam from now on only can book a train or bus ticket. The Flemish […]
Minister of Digital Agenda, Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) and Minister of Mobility, François Bellot (MR), are planning to facilitate the use of open data for smart mobility apps. Goal is to improve digital solutions for mobility. The two ministers […]
Since 1 June, employees of the Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB, who bring in a new female colleague receive a remuneration of 500 euro. This is the remarkable initiative that the company takes to increase the number of female drivers in a […]
Saudi Arabia has started to hand out the first driver’s licenses for women on Monday, three weeks before the royal decree, authorizing women to drive a car in the ultra-conservative Muslim country, will be valid. Today, and until June 24th, […]
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