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Policy advisor KNV wanted: steer target group transport in the right direction
Royal Dutch Transport (KNV), the federation of business associations in passenger transport, is looking for a policy advisor for target group transport. This role, available for 32 to 40 hours per week, offers a unique opportunity for professionals with a background in mobility or the…
Eckhardt about the future of KNV: Fred Teeven has big shoes to fill
Bertho Eckhardt, chairman of Royal Dutch Transport (KNV), recently raised the increasing problems in the Dutch taxi sector in an interview at BNR Zakendoen. This sector is under great pressure due to various challenges, including making public transport more sustainable,…
KNV: VVD celebrity Fred Teeven nominated as new chairman
The process to nominate Teeven started in the spring when a joint confidential committee was established. The boards of KNV Zorgtransport & Taxi and Bus Transport Netherlands have decided to nominate Fred Teeven as chairman of both...
ILT: KNV Webinar highlights the future of digital inspections in the taxi industry
Fraud and shady constructions are a thorn in the side of the enforcement authorities. Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) recently organized a webinar in collaboration with the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) and the Social Mobility Fund (SFM). The goal was to…
KNV: coaches wrongly punished for truck violations
For bus operators, the closure comes as a bolt from the blue. Rijkswaterstaat's intention to impose a ban on trucks and buses over the bridge on the A29 near Purmerend with effect from Monday, April 7, has…
KNV: Mobility innovators join forces for a green future
KNV Connected Mobility offers a unique platform where companies from all segments of the mobility sector can collaborate. The mobility sector in the Netherlands is undergoing a significant transformation with the aim of transitioning to a greener, more efficient and more demand-driven mobility structure. This change is…
Future vision: how KNV meets the challenges of tomorrow
The pursuit of a future-proof healthcare transport and taxi sector is more than an ambition. It is a necessity for Dutch society. To realize this vision, the Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) emphasizes three crucial key points. These guiding principles are not only…
Digital revolution in the taxi market requires stricter rules
Enforcement parties have noticed a growing number of 'missing companies' in the taxi market. ILT indicates that this problem mainly occurs in the ordering market, specifically with companies that offer rides via platforms. The Dutch taxi market is at a crossroads between traditional services and innovative,…
Chairman Bertho Eckhardt emphasizes the importance of 'connected' mobility
KNV Connected Mobility plays a crucial role in the transition to a future of mobility that is both sustainable and technologically advanced, while also taking into account the needs and expectations of the modern traveler. The annual New Year's reception of the…
Councilor van der Horst speaks at KNV meeting about urban mobility
Councilor Melanie van der Horst's speech at the KNV meeting provided a glimpse of the complexity and direction Amsterdam is taking. The annual meeting of the Royal Dutch Carriers (KNV) in The Hague, a moment…
KNV welcomes Amsterdam councilor Melanie van der Horst as a guest speaker
According to Van der Horst, the figures show that the 'pressure' on public space is increasing due to 'a growing and densifying city'. Melanie van der Horst, the Amsterdam councilor for Traffic, Transport and Air Quality, Public Space and Green, has been selected as…
KNV is looking for solutions to growing problems in student transport
Should KNV play a more positive role in the sector and contribute to improving the situation in student transport? The criticism of Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) about student transport is increasing after another year of imbalance between demand and…
Practical test Central Taxi Database (CDT) is entering its final phase
The practical test will run until mid-December, after which an extensive evaluation will take place. Three months were set aside for the CDT Practical Test, which is part of the Realization Variant BCT program, which works to improve the acquisition and processing…
Royal Dutch Transport launches KNV Connected Mobility
With the launch of KNV Connected Mobility, the trade association is proposing a new course. After the farewell of Sonila Metushi and the subsequent silence around the MaaS lab, Royal Dutch Transport (KNV) now presents its new initiative: KNV Connected Mobility. According to the…
Healthcare transporters are sounding the alarm: student transport on the edge of the abyss
The chairman of the trade association calls for a critical evaluation of the influx of transport and would like to see the number of route changes reduced. In an urgent appeal to all Dutch councils of mayors and aldermen, the…
GTL warns of social and economic carnage in the taxi sector
GTL's call is a wake-up call for all parties involved. The National Group of Companies with Chauffeured Taxi and Location Vehicles (GTL), the interest group representing the taxi industry, has sounded the alarm about a growing shortage of taxi drivers. According to GTL…
Healthcare transport sector threatened by driver shortage caused by CBR
It is a complex situation with many different factors contributing to the driver shortage problem in the taxi industry. Healthcare transport companies are increasingly affected by capacity problems at the Central Bureau for Driving Skills (CBR), leading to significant problems…
Royal Dutch Transport welcomes new board members
Three new appointments during the general meeting of members of KNV in De Bilt. Diana Begeman is willing to be part of the board and replaces Wim Leewis who stepped down as a board member due to the closure of his company. She is…
Jeffrey van Gils has to further develop MaaS for the KNV trade association
"I declare and promise that." This week, Jeffrey van Gils (28) started at KNV, where he will be involved in work for the national interest group for public transport companies, OV-NL, and will take the lead on behalf of KNV in further developing…
GTL-Taxi on collision course after annulled taxi decision and legal vacuum
The sector now wants to increase the pressure on the Flemish government. Last week, GTL was received together with the other social partners at the cabinet of Minister Lydia Peeters. The conclusion after that meeting, according to GTL, was that there was absolutely no…
VNO-NCW chairman Ingrid Thijssen is a guest at the KNV meeting
After a short dip at the end of 2022, the economy may slowly pick up again in 2023. As is customary every year, affiliated members from the Healthcare Transport and Taxi, Bus Transport Netherlands, Public Transport and the MaaS-Lab sectors met each other in De Nieuwe or Littéraire…
Bus transport Netherlands, the quality requirements are embedded in the DNA of the association
The quality requirements of Bustransport Nederland must be checked by independent companies. Bustransport Nederland considers quality so self-evident that compliance with established quality requirements has been a condition for membership of the trade association since 1 January of this year. The relevant quality requirements has…
Sonila Metushi's departure from KNV is a great loss for MaaS-Lab
“Business as usual” is not an option for travelers and the environment. That is why Sonila Metushi called on all relevant stakeholders to accelerate their use of MaaS. After almost 5 beautiful years, as Sonila Metushi herself writes in her farewell email to…
KNV and CNV sign CAO healthcare transport and taxi
Employers' organization KNV Zorgtransport is very pleased with the finalization of the collective labor agreement. KNV Healthcare Transport and Taxi and CNV Vakmensen have signed the new collective labor agreement for healthcare and taxi transport. The new collective labor agreement came into effect on 1 January…
KNV: “FNV attitude socially irresponsible”
FNV did not present the final offer to its members, but announced actions and strikes. Royal Dutch Transport finds the attitude of FNV socially irresponsible. The new collective agreement is for the members of both KNV Zorgtransport and Taxi and CNV Vakmensen…
CLA final offer for healthcare and taxi transport rejected
FNV: Employers refuse a good CAO. Strikes continue! Employers gave the unions until noon on Tuesday 29 November to respond. KNV assumed that the unions would present the final offer to their supporters. However, the union…
New CLA final offer for healthcare and taxi transport
Finally, due to the too great technical challenges, employers propose to cancel the proposed online registration of services. The employers in healthcare and taxi transport, united in KNV Healthcare Transport and Taxi, have made an ultimate attempt to…
Taxi and healthcare transport strikes are a diabolical dilemma
Employers indicate that their backs are against the wall and the impossible cannot be demanded by the unions. With a short email to the members, Royal Dutch Transport confirmed that there is a dialogue with the trade unions again.…
Final publication date of NEA index postponed
Strikers are not obliged to report to their employer that they are going to strike. The determination and publication of the NEA Index has been postponed again by 2 weeks to November 28, 2022. Contrary to the latest message that the NEA index will be…
Strike after expired healthcare transport and taxi ultimatum
The employers called the unions' demands rather unrealistic and said they were surprised at the action "on the back of the group they say they want to help" Employees in healthcare transport are going to strike because employers left an ultimatum...
Ultimatum unions surprise employers
KNV also sees that it makes no sense to try to make an adjusted proposal for parts. Employers Care Transport and Taxi (KNV) recently made a final offer to the unions, which included a wage increase of more than 12%.…