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Insights and stories

Welcome to our insights and stories page. Here, we share inspiring updates, practical experiences and fresh perspectives on sustainable mobility. Discover how we and our partners are setting people in motion, in Belgium and beyond. One step, pedal and policy at a time.

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Research

2024 in figures

2024 was another year to remember. Our annual review, neatly packaged in an infographic packed with telling figures, is the ideal reminder.

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Research

This is how people in Flanders, Belgium look at sustainable mobility

How does the average Fleming actually view sustainable mobility? Our extensive survey of 2,000 Flemings in June 2024 gives a clear answer to that question.

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Best practice

Cycling school XS: Fight against mobility poverty starts with children

More and more children cannot cycle (properly). Fietsschool XS' low-threshold cycling lessons help to overcome this cycling deficit. With success. Because after four lessons, 75% of the participants achieve the expected cycling proficiency. Cycling school XS is thus a crucial step in the fight against mobility poverty.

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Best practice

Volunteers give less mobile people wind in their hair

Volunteers who allow less mobile people to enjoy a ride in a rickshaw or other adapted bicycle. That is Shared Cycling Fun in a nutshell. We asked one of those volunteers, Luc Gadeyne from Oud-Heverlee, why he enjoys cycling together so much.

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Whitepaper

The New Parking: your compass for better parking policy

Integrated parking policy is a lever with positive effects on our liveability, road safety, spatial quality and mobility. In a white paper, Mobiel 21 offers local and Flemish policymakers a compass to work on such an integrated parking policy.

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Opinion

Our letter to Annick De Ridder, the new Flemish minister for mobility

The oath has been taken, the new Flemish coalition agreement is in place. Time for a letter to Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Annick De Ridder. On support and found political courage for more sustainable mobility.

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Best practice

VIPs on the Bicycle

Demanding more space for young cyclists in traffic? Mobiel 21 did just that with an eye-catching guerrilla action on one of the busiest streets in Leuven. And so, one morning in the second week of the school year, you could see 10 children cycling to school with bodyguards.

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Best practice

Volunteering at The Cycling School: commitment with impact

At The Cycling School, Mobiel 21 works with cheerful volunteers to teach adults how to ride a bike. One of those volunteer instructors is Jill. We asked her why she enjoys this volunteer work so much.

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Let’s collaborate!

Are you ready to join us on the road towards a more sustainable future? Want to set up a project with Mobiel 21? We'd love to hear your plans, proposals and questions.