Bikes

The new plan for the Center of Brussels is taking form. Announced by the Mayor Yvan Mayeur at the beginning of the year, the Boulevard Anspach will be pedestrian as of the 18 July 2015. A first test will be made at the beginning of December 2014, as part of the Winter Wonders. On the long run, the pedestrian zone will spread and new parking lots will be created.

Brussels' cycling associations are getting together to offer motorists the opportunity to try life as a cyclist. From the 27th April to the 8th of May 2015, people can trade in their cars for a bicycle and make their daily trips to work or to the children's school on 2 wheels instead of 4...

The Brussels minister for mobility Pascal Smet ratified the protocol agreement for the implementation of the ten first fixed speed cameras in the Brussels region. They started functioning, and more and more boxes fitted with cameras have been installed since then. There should be around one hundred such contraptions.

Despite its brand new terminal building and its ideal location about ten kilometres from the city centre, the Brussels-National airport in Zaventem (Flemish region) does not hold the monopoly when it comes to air travel in Belgium.