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Elke Van den Brandt

Road injuries hit five-year record low in Brussels

Brussels has recorded a 20% drop in road injuries since 2025 and a five-year record low. Zag sits down with Mobility Minister Elke Van den Brandt on what interventions are driving the progress and what the latest figures mean for a city set to ban shared e-scooters.

Elke Van den Brandt

Road injuries hit five-year record low in Brussels

Brussels has recorded a 20% drop in road injuries since 2025 and a five-year record low. Zag sits down with Mobility Minister Elke Van den Brandt on what interventions are driving the progress and what the latest figures mean for a city set to ban shared e-scooters.

Oxford Street, London’s busiest shopping street, will become traffic-free on 26 October 2026 as the capital begins the first phase of a long-running plan to pedestrianise the West End thoroughfare.
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A German car sharing pilot is using its customers and local businesses to handle some of the work normally carried out by operators.
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Cambridgeshire County Council has confirmed that it is not considering a 15mph cycling speed limit for any more routes across the UK city.
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