{"id":194351,"date":"2026-09-22T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=194351"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:32:08","slug":"one-in-five-bike-paths-along-flemish-regional-roads-is-still-a-death-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/09\/22\/one-in-five-bike-paths-along-flemish-regional-roads-is-still-a-death-strip\/","title":{"rendered":"One in five bike paths along Flemish regional roads is still a &#8216;death strip&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"Just over a quarter of the bike paths on Flemish regional roads, or 2,623 km (26%) of a total network estimated at over 10,000 km, do not meet safety standards and are not sufficiently elevated or separated from the roadway.\r\n\r\nThe province of Limburg has the highest proportion of dangerous road str<div class=\"leaky_paywall_message_wrap\"><div id=\"leaky_paywall_message\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nag_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nmn-logo-long-transparent-small-4.png?w=300&#038;ssl=1\"  alt=\"New Mobility News\" \/>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"text-center\">\r\n\tRead this article now for free!\r\n<\/h2>\r\nRegister a free account and gain access to this article and get more from New Mobility\r\n\n\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register\" class=\"inline\">\n\t\t\t<form id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-form\" method=\"POST\" action=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field email-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"email\">Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"email\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Enter your email address\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"form-field password-field\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"password\">Password<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<input class=\"password\" type=\"password\" name=\"password\" placeholder=\"Create a password\" value=\"\" required>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<input name=\"company_url\" type=\"text\" value=\"\" autocomplete=\"off\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"display:none !important; position:absolute; left:-9999px;\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"level_id\" value=\"20\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Register for free\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/form>\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"leaky-paywall-quick-register-errors\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>\u2014 OR \u2014<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>Subscribe now<\/strong> Get unlimited access to the original content of our publishing partners, be alerted on breaking news and get a daily business summary, composed by our specialist journalists, of the top stories about your sector you have to read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"nag_buttons\">\r\n\t<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/subscription\">Subscribe Now<\/a> \r\n\t<span class=\"nag_button_divider\"> or <\/span> \r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/log-in\/\">SIGN IN<\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just over a quarter of the bike paths on Flemish regional roads, or 2,623 km (26%) of a total network estimated at over 10,000 km, do not meet safety standards and are not sufficiently elevated or separated from the roadway. 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