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A new train departure procedure called ‘LINDA’ is currently being tested by train attendants of Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB. With LINDA, or Location Based INtelligent Departure Approach, the train attendant and train driver would communicate via smartwatch, smartphone, and tablet. […]
Superethanol, a mix of petrol and 85% bio-ethanol, might soon be officially available in Belgium. The royal decree allowing it is being finalized by the federal energy minister, Marie-Christine Marghem (MR). If the process goes well, the decree will be […]
Using his famous tweets weapon, US President Trump has attacked the car manufacturers that concluded a deal about future emission rulings with the state of California. He calls their CEO’s weak and crazy, considers the companies to be disloyal. Four […]
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 […]
Recently, a study of HR service provider Acerta concluded that banning company cars would be bad for the environment. Chief Economist Etienne de Callataÿ (Orcadia Asset Management) contradicts this and gives four significant arguments. The Acerta study has found that […]
The company Drive Technology Holland has developed a worldwide patented gearless drive system that can significantly improve the efficiency and performance of (electric) cars, vehicles, ships, windmills, bicycles, and machines. Controlled Rotation System Drive Technology Holland is located in the […]
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 […]
The new Flemish government in the making will have to decide if the new, more stringent, WLTP emission rules will have an impact on car taxes. If so, this will only count for individual car owners; company cars are taxed […]
Safelite, the US car glazing branch of D’Ieteren, takes over its direct competitor TruRoad. Financial details are not disclosed. Safelite was already the market leader in the US. By buying the number two in the sector, it acquires an additional […]
An electric bicycle without a massive battery that you never have to plug in to charge. That’s what a French electronics company, Veloci Industries, is betting on with its UFeel prototype of a bike using super-capacitors, charged by muscle power. […]
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 […]
On Friday, researchers of the Brussels free universities, VUB and ULB, are launching an elaborate testing program with an autonomous shuttle on their Health Campus in Jette (Brussels). During six months, the man/machine relation will be the focus of the […]
While a Walloon Region decree from February bans them under the act of waste prevention, car retailer cards still find their way on windscreens. An increasing number of municipalities have started a crusade against the small plastic-covered paper cards. Offenders […]
More than 50 Flemish entrepreneurs have written an open letter to Belgian politicians outlining 36 proposals for a better policy. Besides a radical reform of the Belgian fiscal system and a new view on migration, the entrepreneurs also have recommendations […]
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 […]
After prototypes of motorbikes that can’t fall over emerging as early as 2012, the self-balancing electric bicycle is becoming a reality in the Netherlands. At his bicycle dynamics lab at the Technical University of Delft, Arend Schwab created a prototype […]
Everywhere in the world car manufacturers are preparing themselves for a bumpy ride. The German car industry is suffering; the neighboring countries are dragged with it; the big US manufacturers are building strategic reserves. The industrial activity in Germany shrinks, […]
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 […]
Luc Vandenbulcke is the new CEO of dredging company DEME. He sees growth in the future, but also obstacles to overcome. In any way, this growth has to be sustainable. As one of the fathers of the windmill parks in […]
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 current economic climate with slow car sales is detrimental to Belgian automotive suppliers. According to technological industry federation Agoria, their turnover is down by 15% in the first semester, with 8 out of 10 suppliers affected. Belgium has 130 […]
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 […]
Car manufacturers and importers that previously concentrated on new car sales are now creating a comfortable nest in the used car market. It’s easy to see why. In France alone, that market grew by 7,8% between 2016 and 2017 while […]
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 […]
