BRUSSELS, Belgium — Brussels has made its choice: to reduce emissions and encourage greener, two-wheeled transport options, the road speed limit will have to come down. By January 1, 2021, cars, vans and trucks will face a 30 kph limit everywhere apart from key thoroughfares — grand avenues and the inner ring-road. But even with this 18-month delay, the measure is regarded as ambitious by many experts and unwelcome by many road-users already mired in Brussels’ notorious road chaos. “A pedestrian hit by a vehicle traveling 30 kph has around three times more chance of survival than one hit by a vehicle traveling 50,” he said. “They just put their heads down and go.”And, as for the new speed limit, she sees a problem: “Little by little, they’re trying to get rid of cars.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 20, 2019 08:37 UTC