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SD Worx: ‘One-third fewer cycling commuters in 2021’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 22, 2021


This year, the number of commuters with a bicycle compensation decreased from 22% to 14% compared to last year (2020) and pre-corona (2019). The decline is most striking among employees who often were forced to work from home. The number […]


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Wallonia: five cycling highways to join Brussels and Flanders
Félix Bouland Posted On September 21, 2021


With cycling growing in popularity, pushed by the revolution of electric bikes, the Walloon government is preparing five major bicycle highways. The aim is to join those already existing in Flanders and Brussels to give quick and safe access to […]


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Antwerp cargo bike project avoids 3 000 van trips every year
Luc Joris Posted On September 21, 2021


In Antwerp, city distributor CityDepot and bicycle courier Cargo Velo had some 3 000 delivery trips made by cargo bikes, which delivery vans would have normally made. The trips were made during the first year of their collaboration.  Both consider […]


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Bill Gates collects one billion to develop clean energy
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 21, 2021


Several American companies – American Airlines, Microsoft, Bank of America, and General Motors, among others – have donated a total of one billion dollars to support the Breakthrough Energy project. The project is Microsoft’s founders Bill Gates’ initiative and intended […]


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French Sailcoop: carbon-free sailing to replace flying
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 21, 2021


If your ‘flygskam’ (flying shame) level is high and you can spare a few extra days, why not take a sailboat for your next trip? To Corsica or the Americas – like Greta Thunberg did – instead of flying? Sailcoop, […]


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Mobility Minister Gilkinet wants special train pass for teleworkers
Luc Joris Posted On September 20, 2021


Federal Minister for Mobility Georges Gilkinet (Ecolo) wants Belgium’s national railway company NMBS/SNCB to introduce a special train pass for teleworkers by January 2022. “People no longer work in the office every day and, therefore, expect flexible train formulas,” he […]


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Lucid Air’s official 837 km range rating is baffling
Piet Andries Posted On September 20, 2021


The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US’s official measurement and verification body for consumption figures of cars, has a new winner. According to the agency, the Lucid Air can cover a distance of 520 miles – or roughly 837 kilometers […]


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Acerta: ‘Minority of employers to offer freedom of teleworking’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 20, 2021


More than six out of ten companies in Belgium (60,9%) want their employees present on the work floor for at least three days a week. One in ten managers even demands full presence. These are the conclusions of a survey […]


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Ford forced to double production of electric F-150 Lightning
Piet Andries Posted On September 20, 2021


Ford has started pre-production of its first all-electric pickup, the F-150 Lightning. It is assembled in its specially erected Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, which Ford only started building one year ago in Michigan. The model should hit the market in […]


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France celebrates 40 years of TGV
Félix Bouland Posted On September 17, 2021


On 22 September 1981, French President François Mitterrand inaugurated the first high-speed rail TGV connection between Paris and Lyon. Since then, the revolution in passenger transport has affected short-haul air travel and the whole landscape of travel in France and […]


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Car-Free Sunday in 36 towns in Flanders, Wallonia only two
Luc Joris Posted On September 17, 2021


Next Sunday, the car is taboo, and pedestrians and cyclists rule the Belgian roads. Car-Free Sunday, which traditionally is part of Mobility Week, is the opportunity to let people get to know sustainable solutions, says organizer Mobiel 21. Remarkable: in […]


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Flanders wants 125 junctions conflict-free this year
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 17, 2021


Flemish Mobility Minister Lydia Peeters (Open Vld) wants to reorganize 125 junctions of Flemish regional roads this year and make them conflict-free. Conflict-free junctions are crossings where cyclists and pedestrians never get the green light when cars can turn off […]


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Belgian car fleet grows by 16 861 EVs and 104 109 hybrids
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 17, 2021


According to Statbel, the Belgian statistical office, the Belgian car fleet counted exactly 5 927 912 registered passenger cars on August 1st, 2021. That’s 0,7 percent more than in 2020, the corona year where the total fleet shrunk by 0,01% […]


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Swedish Voi launches 2 000 shared e-scooters in Brussels
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 16, 2021


After successfully launching its shared e-scooter platform in more than 70 cities across Europe, the Swedish Voi is introducing its service in Brussels. Some 2 000 e-scooters will be available to rent. Voi aims at being present in the nineteen […]


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Brusol to quickly install 1 000 charging stations in Brussels
Luc Joris Posted On September 16, 2021


Energy supplier Brusol, an initiative of solar panel company EnergyVision, aims to install a thousand semi-public charging stations in the Brussels region in the coming months. The charging stations will be rolled out according to the same formula that Brusol […]


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Flemish entrepreneurs ask for smart road pricing
Tony Verhelle Posted On September 15, 2021


An association of Flemish entrepreneurs (Vlaamse Ondernemers) asks authorities to install a budget-neutral smart form of road pricing as soon as possible. This should be accompanied by extended use of technology to steer traffic flows. The corona pandemic halved traffic […]


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Flanders to install 161 additional average speed checks
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 15, 2021


Flanders already has 238 average speed checks, but Minister for Mobility, Lydia Peeters (Open Vld), wants to install 161 more – spread over 135 locations – to improve safety. Minister Peeters also urges her federal colleague of Internal Affairs, Annelies […]


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Mobia’s Mobility White Paper pleads for affordable individual choice
Joris Van Roy Posted On September 14, 2021


Mobia, the cooperation between Belgian car federation Febiac, garage sector federation Traxio, and the leasing federation Renta, has presented its ‘Mobility White Paper 2021 – 2022‘. It pleads again for an affordable, individual choice for everyone’s mobility needs. They estimate […]


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Mobility Week: sustainable mobility takes center stage
Luc Joris Posted On September 14, 2021


From 16 to 22 September, Belgium will host Mobility Week, organized for the 25th time this year. In Brussels, Flanders, and Wallonia, various initiatives and numerous actions will be organized to put sustainable mobility in the spotlight. In Brussels, for […]


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ALD: ‘More and more Dutch 45+ professionals commute by bike’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 14, 2021


For the second time in a row, leasing company ALD Automotive organized a survey to analyze bicycle use among Dutch professionals. The conclusion is clear and encouraging: more and more Dutch commuters go to work by bike. Apparently, the corona […]


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VSV: ‘New Mobibus will focus on children with special needs’
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 14, 2021


Mobibus, the interactive and traveling exhibition of mobility and traffic safety, will focus on children with special needs this school year. The bus was initially intended for pupils of secondary schools, but the project was stopped when the corona crisis […]


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Most people on Belgian trains and metro since start of pandemic
Luc Joris Posted On September 14, 2021


The number of passengers on the trains of the Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB and the subways of the Brussels transport company MIVB/STIB was at the beginning of September at the highest level since the start of the corona crisis about […]


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Bebat and Brussels announce winning circular battery projects
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 14, 2021


Bebat, the Belgian non-profit organization collecting used batteries, and Brussels Environment, the public service for the environment in the Brussels Capital Region, have announced the winners of the first call for innovative and circular battery projects. Both organizations launched a […]


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German-American ViaVan to provide customized transport in Flanders
Luc Joris Posted On September 13, 2021


The Flemish government had signed a contract with the private German-American company ViaVan to operate the Flemish mobility center. This center, a kind of umbrella taxi center or combi-mobility center for the whole of Flanders in the context of basic […]


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Federal authorities to ban diesel based on palm and soybean oil by 2023
Hilde Van Raemdonck Posted On September 13, 2021


The federal government has decided to ban palm and soybean oil for transport as of 2023. Basically, both products are biofuels, but they’re usually cultivated on deforested land, making them even more polluting. Biodiesel, based on palm and soybean oil, […]


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Brussels taxi sector ‘ready to hire 600 Uber drivers’
Félix Bouland Posted On September 13, 2021


Waiting on the Brussels Region’ Taxi Plan, the sector has come up with its own proposals regarding the operating conditions of chauffeur-driven cars. According to the three associations, a distinction between the two jobs must be made clear, with taxis […]


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Flanders wants to boost shared mobility in towns and cities
Luc Joris Posted On September 10, 2021


Flemish Minister of Home Affairs, Bart Somers (Open Vld), wants to encourage Flemish cities and municipalities to focus more on electric shared mobility. That is one of the conclusions of a study day together with, among others, the Association of […]


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Flanders: 220 proposals for 6 000 semi-public charging stations
Luc Joris Posted On September 10, 2021


The Flemish government has received 220 proposals following a project call for semi-public charging stations in the private domain. These represent about 6 000 normal charging points, 90 rapid chargers, and 270 ultra-rapid chargers. This was announced by the Minister […]


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MoveBrussels MaaS app ready by the end of 2022
Félix Bouland Posted On September 9, 2021


Brussels public transport’s CEO, Brieux de Meeûs, has confirmed in an interview: the operator’s new Mobility as a Service (MaaS) app will be ready by the end of 2022. MoveBrussels will allow commuters to plan their itinerary, book tickets, e-scooters, […]


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Only 4% of Belgian employees have a mobility budget
Luc Joris Posted On September 9, 2021


Only 4% of Belgian employees currently receive a mobility budget from their employer. These are the results of a survey held by HR service provider Securex among more than 1 500 employees in May. A quarter of the employees who […]


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TEC’s self-driving shuttle test: ‘positive feedback’
Félix Bouland Posted On September 9, 2021


On August 31, the TEC’s autonomous shuttle ended its six-month test phase in Louvain-la-Neuve as part of the Navajo Project. According to projects officials, this test allowed them to know the limits of the technology and its interaction with changing […]


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Brussels to combat bicycle theft with new action plan
Luc Joris Posted On September 9, 2021


Brussels Minister of Mobility Elke Van den Brandt (Groen) will fight bicycle theft in the capital with a new action plan. Secure bicycle racks, more officers on bicycles, and ‘bait bikes’ are part of the plan and should help triple […]


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SD Worx study: ‘23% of Belgian employees benefit from company car’
Félix Bouland Posted On September 8, 2021


Nearly a quarter of all employees in Belgium have a company car. This is what comes out of the latest study from HR company SD Worx, based on a sample of 21 000 businesses. Most of the company cars are […]


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Used-car market booms due to chip shortage
Félix Bouland Posted On September 8, 2021


According to the latest data from the Belgian federation for the mobility sector, Traxio, the used car market is further taking off. In August alone, Belgium recorded only 27 734 new car registrations while second-hand numbers doubled that, at 57 […]


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Cargo-bikes in Brussels get incentive of 4 000 euros
Piet Andries Posted On September 8, 2021


The chances are that cargo bikes will become a much more common sight in Brussels and its surroundings. This is because the region of Brussels has launched the Cairgo Bike fee. Companies that chose a cargo bike, or a bike […]


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