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Jay Inslee, a Democratic candidate for the presidency and governor of the state of Washington (US), pushes the climate issue way forward on the democratic agenda. He is solely talking about this, to make his point perfectly clear and convincing. […]
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 […]
In his seven-pages-long starting note to assist negotiations for a new Flemish government, Bart De Wever limits the ‘climate ambitions’ to achieving the ‘sky-high’ goals already set. But at the same time, he sees a role for Flanders to become […]
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 Dutch mobility organization VVN (Veilig Verkeer Nederland) asks more attention for the use of laughing gas in traffic. According to new figures from the police, the number of incidents due to laughing gas is steadily increasing. Until July 2019, […]
During the first week of September, the 450 first-year students of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AFI) will get a remarkable assignment. In addition to books and writing materials, they will receive a tool kit with a mouth mask, a pair […]
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 […]
So far German FlixTrain, the new branch of the popular FlixBus, is the only candidate to challenge the Belgian rail operator NMBS/SNCB on one of its state lines from 2021 on. On January 1st, 2021, the first step of the […]
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 […]
Several Belgian non-governmental organizations want Belgium to reduce its objectives to use more biofuels. They launched their joint statement following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report last Tuesday. The report confirmed that large-scale biofuel production has a negative […]
For the first time since long, the Indian car industry is in recession. Things started going wrong in the third quarter of last year and are getting worse. Last Wednesday, the sector pleaded for different urgent aid measures before the […]
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 […]
Huge protests have made the British Rail Delivery Group (RDG) reconsider its position. The special train passes Interrail and Eurail continue to be valid in the UK. Only yesterday the Utrecht (the Netherlands) based company Eurail announced that the British […]
French car manufacturers often boost the ‘Frenchness’ of their cars. But more and more they aren’t built in France anymore. Next year the planned car production within the Hexagon will reach 1,71 million units, 22% less than the 2,21 million […]
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 […]
The Jtekt Torsen limited-slip differential manufacturing plant, based in the Belgian province of Hainaut, is suffering from slow diesel car sales, as do other automotive suppliers, like Bosch. Advanced automation and the development of products for electric cars have to […]
According to the Bloomberg press agency, the Chinese car manufacturer Dongfeng is talking to several interested parties to sell part of or all its interests in the French manufacturing group PSA. Yesterday, the PSA share was climbing 7% higher on […]
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…? […]
After 47 years, on January 1st, 2020, the United Kingdom is pulling out of the Interrail and Eurorail program. The European rail pass system allows – mostly youngsters – to travel up to three months around 31 countries by train […]
The giant automotive supplier Continental is changing course. The company saw an important regress in its financial results and will now focus on electrification. The whole automotive industry is getting under pressure, and the suppliers of those car manufacturers are […]
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 […]
Politicians in France’s less central areas are angry about the growing lack of public transport outside metropolitan areas. Local train services are being discontinued in favor of the TGV and bus services canceled, deemed uneconomic. Rural France feels disconnected from […]
Bosch is one of the biggest automotive suppliers in the world. Because of the severely diminished demand for diesel cars, the company fears that several thousands of jobs will disappear. Worldwide, the German industrial giant employs around 410.000 people. The […]
The Pukkelpop festival in Belgium has a first. The Hasselt festival will draw part of its power from the very first Green Energy Mill (GEM), a sustainable, collapsible energy tower designed by researchers from the Dutch Technical University of Eindhoven. […]
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 […]
Mining giant Glencore has announced that it will close the largest cobalt mine in the world. The price of cobalt has decreased, and the offer is starting to exceed the demand. In a letter to the personnel, British-Swiss mining giant […]
Dutch rail operator, NS, has ordered an additional 18 Coradia Stream intercity trains from French train manufacturer Alstom to be deployed on the high-speed line between Amsterdam and Brussels. The trains will offer an extra 8.200 seats and can travel […]
The 33 communities of the Antwerp transport region are considering the start-up of a network of more than 1.000 shared e-bikes. The news was announced by the Flemish newspaper, Gazet van Antwerpen, but was later confirmed by the local authorities. […]
