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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Electric cars suffer twice as much damage as petrol or diesel cars. Besides, the costs for mending are much higher too. That is the conclusion of a Dutch study by Focwa, the sector organization of damage repair companies after analyzing […]
Many drivers in the Netherlands don’t want to use their seatbelt, causing unnecessary traffic deaths. In 2017, 18 people without seatbelts died in traffic in The Netherlands. This represents more than a quarter of highway traffic deaths. The Dutch organization […]
Two Frenchmen have started an organization for the regulation of free-floating electric step scooters. Both of their partners got hit by this mode of transport they call dangerous. The association is called Apacauvi, short for ‘Association philanthropique action contre l’anarchie […]
The Dutch police are seriously concerned about the increasing antisocial behavior on the road. That’s why they’re going to be tougher and more forceful with road hogs. In addition to traffic police officers, all other police officers will also have […]
“The government should restrain the sales of nitrous oxide, the so-called ‘laughing gas.’ Youngsters inhale it to get high, and the phenomenon is becoming a real plague.” These are the words of Pieter Debaets, CEO of the recreation domain De […]
In recent weeks, there was some commotion about the requirement for electric and hybrid vehicles to emit noise. The increasing popularity of the electric car could be a relief for all those who crave for silence, but the lack of […]
The Belgian telecom operators are launching a joint campaign that advises against cell phone use behind the wheel. In a new awareness-raising campaign, on the initiative of the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Studies (VSV), Base, Mobile Vikings, Orange, Proximus, Scarlet, […]
Flemish Minister of Mobility and Public Works, Ben Weyts (N-VA), set 10 million euros free to make school surroundings safer, but the money is hardly used. Scarcely 14 municipalities submitted a request for 63 schools. “Parents often are afraid to […]
With the next generation of cars coming out in 2020 all connected to the internet, the ‘horror movie scenario’ of a whole fleet of thousands of the same vehicles being ‘hijacked’ simultaneously by malicious hackers is becoming a real threat. […]
Spain is going to use drones to detect traffic infringements from Thursday. For the time being, three drones with a high-resolution camera will fly above the roads of the Canaries. Later, other drones will be deployed in different regions of […]
After six years of darkness on the Dutch highways, the Netherlands has decided to switch on the lights again for safety reasons. In Belgium, Flanders has no intentions to follow the Dutch example, Wallonia is rather betting on ‘intelligent lighting’. […]
Electric cars are criticized because, according to critics, they emit a lot of fine dust, produced by the tires and brakes. Today, it also becomes clear that the road surface wears out much faster from EVs, compared to ICE vehicles. […]
Traffic regulation is different in European countries. Every country has its specific rules, and that is confusing for drivers. That is why former Belgian Minister for Economy and Vice-premier, Kris Peeters, and Cindy Franssen (CD&V), both European members of Parliament […]
About half a million cars, 5,3% of all Dutch passenger cars, still drive around on winter tires these days with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. It results in life-threatening situations in traffic because the braking distance at these temperatures can […]
Speed pedelecs have been included in the Belgian road code since 2016, and are now part of the new category ‘class P moped’. In Antwerp, speed pedelecs are to be regarded rather as a bicycle than a moped. Additional rules […]
Professor in electromechanics at the Liège University, Damien Ernst, explains that cars aren’t optimized to drive at low speeds. In theory, Brussels’ new 30-zone in 2021 could induce an increase in pollution. The best solution would be to drive at […]
The electric bike is getting more and more popular, especially in Belgium and the Netherlands, but also in other European countries. The problem is that it seems to be three times more dangerous as well. The Dutch company Accell is […]
People under the age of 30 are using the car less and less. This is the conclusion of a study by road safety institute, Vias, on the travel behavior of young people in Belgium. If the car is used by […]
The new Brussels government presented its declaration of general policy on Wednesday. With mobility at the center, the Vervoort III government wants to reduce the number of car commuters by half in ten years and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. […]
It’s good news. During the first semester of 2019, the average time of traffic jams in Belgium has reduced compared to the previous year. Touring, which published those numbers in its Mobilis barometer, points out to an increase in ‘soft […]
According to the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic (Vlaams Agenstschap Wegen en Verkeer), some crossings along the Flemish regional roads will be equipped with traffic lights, allowing cyclists to turn to the right even when the lights are red. […]
The law on stubborn mid-lane or left-lane driving recently adopted and from July 1st to be fined at 113 euros instead of 58 euros, is still a dead letter. Sloppy in its phrasing, the law makes it very difficult to […]
After Antwerp and Mechelen, the new Brussels government also wants to make a priority of confiscating the cars of road pirates. How the latter is to be put into practice is not entirely clear yet, but the idea has been […]
With Brussels following the example of Ghent and Antwerp to install a general ‘zone 30’ in the city center, the cry for adequate enforcement is getting louder. Antwerp wants to fine infringements itself with a municipal administrative sanction (GAS fine […]
The Brussels’ majority that is negotiating for the future government advocates to generalize the 30 kph speed limit in the entire Region by 2021. All roads will be concerned except the structuring axis, such as the small and great ring […]
For the next thirteen months, Toyota Motors Europe will run a Lexus LS equipped with a series of sensors around the streets of Brussels. The aim is to gather data on European driving behavior as part of the L3Pilot program. […]
