Most Brussels residents favour Good Move scheme

Most motorists in the Brussels region support Brussels’ "Good Move" regional mobility plan, according to a study by Brussels Mobility into the capital’s car ownership and travel needs.

“Overall, the sample of respondents seems to recognise to a very large extent that air quality is a public health issue and that car traffic contributes to air pollution," the report found.

Only 9% of respondents disagreed with the "public health issue" statement and 13% disagreed that cars were a contributor.

In addition, a little more than 60% of the motorists questioned at least tend to agree (from "tend to agree" to "agree" and "strongly agree") with Good Move’s premise of reducing through traffic in residential areas “to make them more pleasant and safer, even if this means motorists sometimes having to make more detours”.

Almost 70% of those questioned for the research support the development of additional bus and tram routes, even at the cost of removing parking spaces.

Moreover, a little more than half of the interviewees think that the Brussels government should develop additional cycle paths, even if it means they would have to pay for them.

Good Move is the wide-ranging mobility plan for the Brussels region. Approved in 2020 by the Brussels government, it defines the main policy guidelines in the field of mobility.

The plan aims to improve the living environment of the people of Brussels, while supporting the demographic and economic development of the Brussels region.

It is the result of a vast participatory process involving all Brussels stakeholders - mobility and institutional partners, the municipalities, the economic and associative world, as well as citizens. This participatory process took place over a four-year period.

The Good Move plan is “a new way of getting around and living in Brussels”, Brussels Mobility said.

To achieve its objectives, the region has adopted a regulatory framework and an ambitious action plan divided into six themes: good neighbourhood, good network, good service, good choice, good partner and good knowledge.