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Major European cities such as Amsterdam, Geneva and Brussels, have adopted the doughnut model to guide their green transitions.
An assessment report on the effectiveness of Low Emission Zones between 2018 and 2020 found a sustained and significant reduction in emissions in the city
On Monday, the environment and energy administration in the Brussels-Capital region published the results of an assessment report on the effects of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) on the city’s air quality and the types of vehicles citizens prefer to operate.
Researchers link the zones to sustained improvements in the air quality, especially when it comes to pollutants like nitrogen, soot and fine dust particles, detrimental to physical and mental health. Furthermore, the zones prove an effective tool for reshaping the car habits of private citizens, promoting the usage of more efficient vehicles.
ECF’s new article series shines the spotlight on the cargo bike, a rising star in the sustainable transition of our cities, by taking a closer look at what roles cargo bikes play in Brussels and Lisbon, two major European cities.
Without a doubt, cargo bikes show great potential to increasingly shift away from motorised vehicles. In Europe, it is estimated that 50% of all motorised trips that involve the transport of goods in cities could be shifted to cargo bikes and bicycles. Private trips represent the biggest potential with two-thirds of all motorised trips being convertible to cargo bikes, an estimation that foreshadows a bright future for cargo bikes and families.
Tout réussi à Billy Bike, la plateforme bruxelloise de vélos électriques partagés. Après avoir quintuplé son chiffre d'affaires, l'entreprise belge a réussi sa campagne de financement participatif en dépassant l'objectif fixé à 200.000 euros.
There has been an on-going shift in mobility in cities but that has accelerated as cities cope with the coronavirus crisis. Martin Kuebler discusses latest developments in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. Coronavirus inspires cities to push climate-friendly mobility Cities around the world have been at a standstill, trying to stop the…
The purpose of this report is to investigate the contexts of large-scale social estates in Brussels, Milan and Paris. It does this by providing an overview of the architecture and planning history of social housing within the 3 city regions and by positioning the production of large-scale social estates within this framework. Special attention is given to the last 15 years and the different measures developed for tenant participation and housing regeneration, be it informed by institutional policies, inhabitants initiatives or third sector promoted interventions. Indeed, we try to consider all types of social and spatial interventions that impact on these sites and its inhabitants. By zooming in on several sites within the three cities, these regeneration practices are discussed and critically evaluated in terms of social-spatial quality. Being an ongoing LivingLab experience, in the case of Milan, the main focus is on the site under study, while the analyses of the city regions of Brussels and Paris, in which new LivingLabs are set up, are informed by regeneration practices in similar estates.
Une étude de Beobank sur les alternatives en matière de mobilité vient de sortir et confirme que la première mesure à prendre pour que les gens utilisent moins la voiture est la gratuité des transports en commun. Depuis longtemps, le PTB plaide pour cette mesure qui est à la fois « sociale et écologique ». Le parti de gauche avance ses plans de financement et critique également les différents gouvernements qui augmentent les tarifs et mènent des politiques de mobilité tant antisociales qu’anti-écologiques.
Brugel, le régulateur bruxellois de l’énergie a annoncé ce lundi la fin des compteurs qui tournent à l’envers. Un mécanisme qui permettait aux détenteurs de panneaux solaires de déduire de leur facture ce qu’ils avaient produit. Quelle conséquence sur la rentabilité d’une installation ? On fait le point.
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The new vice-president of the Belgian capital’s transport operator (STIB) has suggested rolling out free public transport for residents during the evening or on weekends. His socialist party has upped the ante and suggested it should be free every day.
SolarClick a pour mission d’équiper près de 85 000 m2 de toitures de bâtiments publics bruxellois de panneaux photovoltaïques d’ici 2020. À la clé : une réduction d’environ 4500 tonnes des émissions de CO2 à Bruxelles.
Ce programme repose sur un principe de « win-win » : le pouvoir public bénéficie gratuitement de l’électricité produite pour couvrir ses besoins, tandis que la Région, propriétaire des panneaux, perçoit les certificats verts et alimente le Fonds Climat avec le produit de leur vente.
Après l'Allemagne, l'Italie. Mercredi, la maire de Rome, Virginia Raggi, a annoncé sur sa page Facebook que les véhicules diesel seraient interdits du centre-ville dès 2024.
La veille, mardi 27 février, la plus haute cour administrative d'Allemagne a jugé que, dans le but d'améliorer la qualité
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Le 2 juin 2022, la stratégie Good Food 2 (2022-2030)
s'ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre a été approuvée par le gouvernement bruxellois.
La stratégie Good Food 2 ambitionne que tou·te·s les Bruxellois·es aient accès à des aliments Good Food adaptés à leurs besoins, dans le respect d'un prix juste pour les producteurs·rices. Afin d'atteindre ces objectifs, la Région bruxelloise a impliqué les acteurs·rices du secteur social et de la santé et a adopté une approche de l'alimentation « par quartier », au plus proche des citoyen·ne·s.
How to make urban transformation truly engaging, just and sustainability-oriented? This toolbox offers innovative concepts and practical ideas, based on lessons learnt from the city quarter of Cureghem in Brussles. It is especially valuable for disadvantaged neigbhbourhoods. The vision: cities in balance with natural resources, where residents, no matter their socio-economic or cultural background, can live, work and learn in synergy with the place, growing and renewing it together.
La Région bruxelloise mettra ces terres agricoles à disposition d’agriculteurs dans le but de favoriser les circuits courts, a précisé Alain Maron ministre bruxellois de l’Environnement.
The European Commission has been urged by to set up a multi-billion euro grant scheme for zero-emission buses and to help cities build new cycle paths, as part of the EU’s coronavirus recovery package.
This report aims to contribute to developing customized approaches for setting up, questioning and/or elaborating Urban Living Lab (ULL) approaches in the context of the regeneration of large-scale social estates and, more generally, deprived contexts. The literature review is illustrated with several existing foreign and domestic best practice examples of Living Lab cases in underprivileged areas. It therefore revisits literature on participatory planning, co-design and Urban Living Labs.
In the context of the SoHoLab research, this is the result of the second investigation (T2.2) that intends to guide the development of a tailored methodological framework for Urban Living Labs. Each university partner adopts different research angles, in relationship to its own institutional and planning context (Paris (Longjumeau, Taverny, Fresnes), Milan (San Siro) and Brussels (Peterbos), stage of the Living Lab and according to its own research disciplines
La reconstruction « post-corona » nécessitera de forts investissements publics. Il s’agira de restaurer la vie sociale, la participation citoyenne et garantir le bon fonctionnement de la démocratie. Les grandes villes comme Bruxelles seront en première ligne. Par Eric Corijn, philosophe, sociologue et professeur à la VUB
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Le site du journal Le Soir Plus, premier site d'information en Belgique francophone. Actu en continu, archives gratuites, galeries photos, podcast, vidéos, blogs de la rédaction, résultats sportifs
La majorité a changé à la Ville de Bruxelles.
the PLAN QUIET.BRUSSELS is organized around three visions: to reduce the transport noise, to promote tranquillity, to manage diversity, sub divided into nine themes. The moderation of automobile transport, the management of public transport, constraining the planes noise, the realisation of comfort zones in the neighbourhoods and the green spaces, alongside raising the awareness of citizens regarding the effects of noise on health are among the previewed actions.
A new project in Brussels is giving citizens a chance to influence cycling infrastructure within the Belgian capital: and all with the push of a button.
"PING if you care", which started in May, enables bike riders to mark unsafe traffic situations or unsatisfactory cycling infrastructure that they encounter.
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