Benelux, Mobility

Benelux, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hauts-de-France define the mobility challenges of tomorrow

15 Oct. 2025

The Directors-General for Transport from the Benelux countries, the Belgian regions, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hauts-de-France gathered for their annual meeting on transport and mobility. This year, the meeting took place in Luxembourg, under its presidency of the Benelux Union. The members of the Steering Committee on Traffic and Transport and Deputy Secretary-General Michel-Etienne Tilemans welcomed the very first participation of Hauts-de-France in this high-level gathering.

During the meeting, the countries and regions discussed the status of ongoing projects and potential new topics such as drones and autonomous transport. They will focus, among other things, on the digitalisation of transport documents, which will facilitate both the ticketing system at borders for public transport passengers and cross-border freight transport. They also aim to support the greening of various modes of transport. To this end, they advocate for a harmonised European regulatory framework for light electric vehicles such as e-scooters and fatbikes, investments in cross-border cycling infrastructure, the rollout of charging infrastructure for trucks, and further development of sustainable aviation.

Regarding cycling policy, the Steering Committee expressed its satisfaction with the Benelux position on bicycle theft prevention. This position will be handed over to the Luxembourg police during the Benelux event dedicated to cycling policy on 4 November.

Finally, the group visited the LuxTram depot, the tram facility of the Luxembourg tramway. There, they were introduced to the command post and control centre of the city’s tram network, as well as the maintenance operations. LuxTram is an example of public transport diversification and the development of sustainable and fully free mobility in Luxembourg.