Last Friday, De Telegraaf conducted a poll in the context of the “What you say” section. Readers responded to the statement of the day in which the consideration was put forward to establish environmental zones in major cities...
The mayor and aldermen of Utrecht were allowed to establish an environmental zone for the city center, the station area and the Jaarbeurs site. This is evident from a ruling by the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State today (8 February 2017). In return for…
The environmental zone news continues to stir people's minds and create distinctions in urban policy. On February 1, the Flemish equivalent of the Dutch environmental zone - the Low Emission Zone - will become operational in Antwerp. Meanwhile, it was announced in the Netherlands that the college…
On Tuesday, December 6, the Council of State will hear the appeal that the KNAC has filed against the ruling of the Utrecht District Court in connection with the environmental zone in Utrecht. On January 10, the Utrecht District Court ruled…
The municipality of The Hague is opposed to an expansion of the environmental zone in The Hague, which has been in force since 2008. The AD published this today. Polluting trucks are currently banned there. This decision means that old(er) passenger cars, taxis, vans and scooters will be...
A man from Grootschermer was rightly fined for driving into the Utrecht environmental zone in 2015. This was determined by the subdistrict court judge. The man had lent his old diesel car to Telegraaf columnist Rob Hoogland, who thus confirmed the validity of the…
The Central Netherlands District Court (Utrecht subdistrict court) has reversed an environmental zone fine, because the signage around the zone is unclear. This concerns the signs that indicate that one is approaching the environmental zone in Utrecht. The subdistrict court judge noticed a lot of uncertainty in the signage. The argument of…
TNO has added a new chapter to the prevailing discussion about the usefulness of environmental zones in major cities. De Telegraaf writes this today. The newspaper writes that the expected effect cannot be proven according to the researchers. TNO…
Classic car enthusiasts will take part in a drive through the Netherlands next Sunday against environmental zones. The protest ride starts at 11.00 a.m. at P+R Meijersplein in Rotterdam. The vintage cars start in the Port City. This is where the largest environmental zone in…
We were near the Utrecht Jaarbeurs and had to eat something to avoid hunger pangs. To find a place for three in a restaurant during dinner time and an apparently busy VSK fair (we look up)…
