Mobility under pressure due to new asylum seeker dispersal law

Mobility under pressure due to new asylum seeker dispersal law

Financial incentives for municipalities in new asylum reception law. The dispersal law in the Netherlands has a significant impact on the mobility of Dutch people, mainly in the context of the reception of asylum seekers...

Coaches as a false solution in student transport

Coaches as a false solution in student transport

The answer to a coach driver shortage seems to be a solution that raises more questions than it answers. At first glance, the use of coaches seems like a pragmatic solution, but…

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Online driving license renewal is possible at more and more municipalities

The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management has decided to introduce online renewal of driving licenses nationwide. Renewing your driver's license online is now possible for 250 of all…

Implementing student transport can become a public task

Implementing student transport can become a public task

Politics in The Hague points out the responsibility of the municipalities. Today's committee debate discussed in detail the current problems in the implementation of student transport by the municipalities.…

Thousands of journeys a day cause incidents

Thousands of journeys a day cause incidents

The execution of many tens of thousands of journeys per day causes incidents. Provided that every incident is really one too many, we must still stand up for carriers and drivers.…

Service House Parking and Residence Rights starts project

Service House Parking and Residence Rights starts project

The SHPV (Parking and Residence Rights Service House) has started the Digital GPK project together with a large number of municipalities to better arrange parking for people with disabilities. It must…

More and more nuisance from parked bicycles on the sidewalk

More and more nuisance from parked bicycles on the sidewalk

Cycling has several advantages, you get exercise, you reduce CO2 emissions and other unhealthy substances and the bicycle takes up less space than a car. Becomes…

Orphaned bicycles are cleared from bicycle sheds

Orphaned bicycles are cleared from bicycle sheds

You are familiar with full bicycle racks, especially at the free and unguarded bicycle sheds in the Netherlands, where the bicycles are literally bulging out of the racks. How on earth do you find…

Supervision of compliance with the RIVM protocol for taxi and healthcare transport

Supervision of compliance with the RIVM protocol for taxi and healthcare transport

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, together with Royal Dutch Transport, RIVM and Healthcare Insurers Netherlands, has drawn up two protocols for responsible taxi and healthcare transport during the corona crisis. These protocols have now been...

KNV asks municipalities to continue to pay for transport

KNV asks municipalities to continue to pay for transport

Royal Dutch Transport urges municipalities to continue providing transport during the coronavirus outbreak, even if the contract states 'no work, no payment'...

New license for taxi services in Flanders

New license for taxi services in Flanders

From January 1, 2020, the municipalities will issue permits and authorizations for street taxis, station taxis, ceremonial transport and public transport taxis. Old permits can no longer be issued. They will be replaced by one…

Municipalities may no longer be able to pay their bill

Municipalities may no longer be able to pay their bill

From next year, the government will put an end to the scheme that makes it possible for taxi companies to reclaim the BPM. This concerns taxis used by municipalities…