{"id":180661,"date":"2026-01-21T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=180661"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:43:34","slug":"vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/","title":{"rendered":"VVC: &#8216;In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"2025 was, once again, the year of traffic jams. Never before had Flemish people spent more time stuck in traffic than last year.\u00a0All vehicles together lost an average of almost 105,000 hours per day in traffic jams. \r\n\r\nThis marks the first time the 100,000-hour mark has been surpassed.\u00a0The figure<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\">This content has been archived. <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/subscription\/\">Log in or Subscribe<\/a> to a level that has access to archived content.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 was, once again, the year of traffic jams. Never before had Flemish people spent more time stuck in traffic than last year.\u00a0All vehicles together lost an average of almost 105,000 hours per day in traffic jams. This marks the first time the 100,000-hour mark has been surpassed.\u00a0The figureThis content has been archived. Log in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":180689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[77170,7,31,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-belgium","category-mobility","category-road-safety","category-top-stories-today","category-weekly-newsletter"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1",2002,1312,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=300%2C197&ssl=1",300,197,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=640%2C419&ssl=1",640,419,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=640%2C419&ssl=1",640,419,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=1536%2C1007&ssl=1",1536,1007,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1",2002,1312,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=18%2C12&ssl=1",18,12,true],"related-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1",400,400,true],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"mailchimp":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=560%2C367&ssl=1",560,367,true],"unipress-phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=640%2C100&ssl=1",640,100,true],"unipress-tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=1536%2C240&ssl=1",1536,240,true],"unipress-tablet-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=1536%2C180&ssl=1",1536,180,true],"unipress-tablet-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=2002%2C180&ssl=1",2002,180,true],"unipress-smartphone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=1080%2C168&ssl=1",1080,168,true],"unipress-wide-screen":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?resize=2002%2C180&ssl=1",2002,180,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>2025 was, once again, the year of traffic jams. Never before had Flemish people spent more time stuck in traffic than last year.\u00a0All vehicles together lost an average of almost 105,000 hours per day in traffic jams. This marks the first time the 100,000-hour mark has been surpassed.\u00a0The figureThis content has been archived. Log in or Subscribe to a level that has access to archived content.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/belgium\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/mobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mobility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/road-safety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Road safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/category\/weekly-newsletter\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Weekly Newsletter<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Hilde Van Raemdonck","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/author\/hilde-van-raemdonck\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VVC: &#039;In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams&#039; - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VVC: &#039;In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams&#039; - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2025 was, once again, the year of traffic jams. Never before had Flemish people spent more time stuck in traffic than last year.\u00a0All vehicles together lost an average of almost 105,000 hours per day in traffic jams. This marks the first time the 100,000-hour mark has been surpassed.\u00a0The figureThis content has been archived. Log in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-21T16:26:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-23T10:43:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18-1024x671.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"671\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hilde Van Raemdonck\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jorisvry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@jorisvry\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hilde Van Raemdonck\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Hilde Van Raemdonck\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e57c278780b041b8d42f2ce28dd9ec82\"},\"headline\":\"VVC: &#8216;In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-21T16:26:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-23T10:43:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":455,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Belgium\",\"Mobility\",\"Road safety\",\"Top Stories Today\",\"Weekly Newsletter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/\",\"name\":\"VVC: 'In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams' - newmobility.news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-21T16:26:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-23T10:43:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1\",\"width\":2002,\"height\":1312,\"caption\":\"June last year was the worst month of traffic jams ever, with an average of 167 kilometers of traffic jams and around 21 accidents per day \\\/Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/21\\\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"VVC: &#8216;In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/\",\"name\":\"newmobility.news\",\"description\":\"A B2BNews Agency\u00ae news service for mobility business proessional\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"B2BNews Agency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png\",\"width\":\"581\",\"height\":\"117\",\"caption\":\"B2BNews Agency\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/search\\\/top\\\/?q=newmobility.news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/jorisvry\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/jorisvanroy\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/nl.pinterest.com\\\/jorisvanroy\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e57c278780b041b8d42f2ce28dd9ec82\",\"name\":\"Hilde Van Raemdonck\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df873a81c6773757375a21da8c2465de0552095dede94d299763768ab1b36cef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df873a81c6773757375a21da8c2465de0552095dede94d299763768ab1b36cef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/df873a81c6773757375a21da8c2465de0552095dede94d299763768ab1b36cef?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hilde Van Raemdonck\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newmobility.news\\\/en\\\/author\\\/hilde-van-raemdonck\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"VVC: 'In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams' - newmobility.news","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"VVC: 'In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams' - newmobility.news","og_description":"2025 was, once again, the year of traffic jams. Never before had Flemish people spent more time stuck in traffic than last year.\u00a0All vehicles together lost an average of almost 105,000 hours per day in traffic jams. This marks the first time the 100,000-hour mark has been surpassed.\u00a0The figureThis content has been archived. Log in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/","og_site_name":"newmobility.news","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=newmobility.news","article_published_time":"2026-01-21T16:26:28+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-23T10:43:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":671,"url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm\u00adafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18-1024x671.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Hilde Van Raemdonck","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@jorisvry","twitter_site":"@jorisvry","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Hilde Van Raemdonck","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/"},"author":{"name":"Hilde Van Raemdonck","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e57c278780b041b8d42f2ce28dd9ec82"},"headline":"VVC: &#8216;In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams&#8217;","datePublished":"2026-01-21T16:26:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-23T10:43:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/"},"wordCount":455,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1","articleSection":["Belgium","Mobility","Road safety","Top Stories Today","Weekly Newsletter"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/","name":"VVC: 'In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams' - newmobility.news","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-01-21T16:26:28+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-23T10:43:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1","width":2002,"height":1312,"caption":"June last year was the worst month of traffic jams ever, with an average of 167 kilometers of traffic jams and around 21 accidents per day \/Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/2026\/01\/21\/vvc-in-2025-flemish-drivers-lost-more-hours-than-ever-in-traffic-jams\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"VVC: &#8216;In 2025, Flemish drivers lost more hours than ever in traffic jams&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/","name":"newmobility.news","description":"A B2BNews Agency\u00ae news service for mobility business proessional","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#organization","name":"B2BNews Agency","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/b2bnews-agency-logo.png","width":"581","height":"117","caption":"B2BNews Agency"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=newmobility.news","https:\/\/x.com\/jorisvry","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jorisvanroy\/","https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/jorisvanroy\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/#\/schema\/person\/e57c278780b041b8d42f2ce28dd9ec82","name":"Hilde Van Raemdonck","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df873a81c6773757375a21da8c2465de0552095dede94d299763768ab1b36cef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df873a81c6773757375a21da8c2465de0552095dede94d299763768ab1b36cef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/df873a81c6773757375a21da8c2465de0552095dede94d299763768ab1b36cef?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Hilde Van Raemdonck"},"url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/author\/hilde-van-raemdonck\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Scherm%C2%ADafbeelding-2026-01-21-om-12.01.18.png?fit=2002%2C1312&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9wJdU-KZT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180661"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180699,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180661\/revisions\/180699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}