Belgium has some of Europe’s most cycling-friendly cities
Our cycling-mad country has three cities listed among Europe’s ten most cycling-friendly cities, and one is even among the top three.
It’s official, based on a report by Clean Cities Campaign, an ngo. The report considers the number of car-free streets or streets where car use is limited in time, the number of streets where the speed limit is 30 kilometres per hour, and the prevalence of separate dedicated cycling paths.
Taking into account these three criteria, Antwerp can quite proudly state that it’s the third most cycling friendly city in Europe, trailed by Brussels in fourth place. Ghent constitutes the tail end of the top 10, before cities like Copenhagen, Munich, Vienna and London.
In Antwerp, one in three streets have a separate cycling path and around 1 in 4 streets meet the first criterium, whereas Brussels’ strong point is the fact that 86% of its streets have a speed limit of 30 kilometres per hour. Between the three categories considered, that’s Ghent’s quality factor as well.
Well done to these three Belgian cities for their continued effort to make urban mobility safer and greener for all. This ranking follows shortly on the news that Brussels ranks among the top cities in the world for mobility in general.