City Slicker |
Bustling Brussels This year’s Tour de France began in Belgium’s
capital. The logistical challenges of managing traffic
for such events is covered on p38, but here is the
traffic lowdown on the Grand Départ city …
Two airports service
Brussels - Zaventem
(7 miles in 18 mins by train)
Charleroi (34 miles in
1 hour by shuttle bus)
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metro lines (plus two
premetro lines) run
frequently:
every 3 minutes at peak,
every 10 161.4
minutes after
8pm, every 5 minutes on
weekends. tram lines mean
Brussels has one of
the largest tram
networks in the world
39th in TomTom’s congestion
ranking of 403 cities globally
Composed of 19 municipalities, Brussels
occupies an area measuring
square kilometers (62.2 sq. mi)
Taxis in Brussels are the
most expensive in Europe
152,256km
Total highways in Belgium
(94,607 miles)
1,763km
Total expressways in Belgium
(1,095 miles)
The worst day for
traffi c congestion
in the city in 2018
22 mins extra journey time for
typical 30 min journey during
rush hour
27 percent
of the city’s residents
are not Belgian citizens
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