Public works & mobility
Mobility
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Mobility is an important aspect in a city of more than 150.000 inhabitants, where thousands of people from other parts of Brussels, Flanders or Wallonia come to work each day.
Mobility is a power that is regulated at various levels. In the City of Brussels there is a Mobility and Public Space unit that is primarily responsible for running the Municipal Mobility Plan.
In a city like Brussels one can move in different ways: on foot, with public transport (bus, tram, metro, train), with the bike, motorcycle or car. There are different rules for the parking of coaches and the movement of trucks.
For longer journeys to and from Brussels one can also use several airports, such as that of Brussels Airport. This airport is easily accessible from Brussels.
COMMUNITY NEWS
The City of Brussels has a procedure to approve the operators of car sharing on its territory, whatever their legal shape: physical person, association or company. The service of shared cars consists in giving vehicles to users beforehand registered for short and occasional use.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
On the territory of the City of Brussels, parking spaces are reserved for disabled persons. These places are painted in blue. The new list of June 2010 (in PDF) can be consulted online now.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
The Stib company (metro, streetcar and buses) passed to the holiday schedule on Monday 28 June 2010. This schedule means 6 passages instead of 12 in the rush hours and 3 passages instead of 6 in slack periods.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
On Friday 30 July 2010, from 7 pm, Brussels will welcome a new Roller Bike Parade at the Place Poelaert (Law court). Traffic can slow down near the event.
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ON THE AGENDA
From Thursday 16 to Wednesday 22 September 2010. The Car Free Sunday will take place on 19 September.
The Mobility Week takes place in Brussels and all over Europe, in the same period. One week to teach everyone alternative ways of traffic: train, cycle, streetcar, buses, skates...
The center of this meeting will be the Car Free Sunday without on 19 September 2010 on the territory of the City of Brussels and on the whole territory of the Brussels Region.
The Car Free Sunday will be valid for everybody, except taxis, journey buses, assistance services, police and persons with a special permit. Vehicles authorized to circulate in Brussels during this day will have to respect the maximal speed of 30 kilometres per hour.
The whole Brussels Region will be closed for traffic from 9 am till 7 pm. The public transport of the STIB and De Lijn will be free on that day.
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