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Infrastructure plans on the brakes, focus on maintenance and truck parking

The Netherlands is pausing 17 major infrastructure projects for maintenance and renovation, focusing on more truck parking and supporting small transport companies with subsidies and infrastructure improvements. In terms of infrastructure and transport, the…

Electric driving in Belgium remains a road full of challenges

Electric driving in Belgium remains a road full of challenges

The lack of sufficient fast chargers along highways is not only an inconvenience for electric vehicle drivers, but it is also undermining broader efforts to transition to…

Entrepreneurs and residents suffer from long street works in Flanders

Entrepreneurs and residents suffer from long street works in Flanders

There are many major infrastructure projects in the pipeline. In Flanders there is growing dissatisfaction about the lengthy process of street repair, which leads to closed streets, inaccessibility for entrepreneurs and significant…

Cabinet is taking steps to strengthen public transport and infrastructure

Cabinet is taking steps to strengthen public transport and infrastructure

Investments in maintenance and innovation contribute to the accessibility and sustainability of the Dutch transport network. The Netherlands faces significant infrastructure challenges. The cabinet, led by…

Three weeks of adjustments and maintenance at Schiphol station

Three weeks of adjustments and maintenance at Schiphol station

Travelers who use Schiphol as the start or end point of their trip are advised to prepare their travel plans carefully. From November 13 to December 4, train traffic around the station…

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John Voppen, CEO of ProRail, argues for an exceptional position for…

According to John Voppen, the rail sector is finding itself in a split. It must do more and more work to keep the Netherlands easily accessible after 2030. ProRail argues for an exceptional position…

Agreement to increase infrastructure for alternative fuels

Agreement to increase infrastructure for alternative fuels

By making a minimum of charging and refueling infrastructure available across the EU, the regulation will put an end to consumer concerns about the difficulty of…

Cabinet takes control of energy infrastructure projects

Cabinet takes control of energy infrastructure projects

For example, in the spring of 2023, each province will deliver a provincial MIEK with projects of a regional scale. The government is taking charge of five new national energy projects...

Municipality must do more to help taxi companies

Municipality must do more to help taxi companies

“the municipality must do more to help taxi companies purchase an electric car” Taxis in Tilburg must be electric or run on hydrogen from January 1, 2025.…

Increase in road safety due to registration obligation

Increase in road safety due to registration obligation

The registration obligation for (agricultural) construction vehicles contributes to increasing road safety. “Safer on the road, more supervision of the technical condition of these vehicles and less theft,” Paul summarizes…

Infrastructure electric driving is in dire need of an upgrade

Infrastructure electric driving is in dire need of an upgrade

According to a new European survey, commissioned by parking solutions tech company EasyPark, a majority of Europeans are considering buying an electric vehicle as their next car or in...

Need more money to solve transport problems

Need more money to solve transport problems

More money is structurally needed to solve the transport problems in the Netherlands. There is currently a danger that the negotiators for a new cabinet will only…