Living
17:16 30/04/2021
Some 30 street lamps are being equipped with wildlife-friendly orange LED lights along Avenue du Sacré-Coeur in Jette, announced the municipality in a statement on Friday.
The Bat Light District conservation project will help safeguard the nocturnal animals in the urban neighbourhood. Up to 20 of the protected species have been recorded in Brussels.
Traditional white lighting is too bright and puts the flying mammals at risk of becoming easy prey for raptors. Artificial illumination of the night sky also shortens the dark periods necessary for bats to hunt. They can eat up to 3,000 insects per night, thereby playing an essential role in the ecosystem and biodiversity of the capital.
Un éclairage orange pour protéger les chauves-souris de Bruxelles
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Transport
21:57 17/04/2021
As bicycle use skyrockets in Brussels an anonymous donor has given another €800,000 via the King Baudouin Foundation to support 10 new bicycle infrastructure projects in the city.
The Bikes in Brussels Fund was set up at the end of 2018 at the King Baudouin Foundation and is funded by an anonymous benefactor. The fund distributes money on a regular basis to support bicycle projects in Brussels.
As per the foundation, the aim is to enable more people to choose the bicycle as a preferred, safe and efficient means of transport in and to the Brussels-Capital Region.
Brussels Mobility, for example, will receive aid in the amount of €350,000 to widen one of the oldest cycle paths on Boulevard du Souverain from two to four metres and to paint it the ocher color that is characteristic of Brussels cycle paths. In Ixelles, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) obtained support in the amount of €290,390 to build a cycle path between its campus and that of
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