The city of Gent, in Belgium, removed cars from the CBD some time ago – Here’s what the people of Gent think of their bicycle city.
Brussels is not the easiest city to ride in: the large number of cobbled streets make for, not an unpleasant, but a jarring journey and still Belgium’s bicycle planners are pushing on through the pain barrier.
While Brussels is struggling with getting politicians and the people to take a bike, other Belgian cities have taken bold bicycle steps including in Gent where they stopped cars from entering the main shopping streets in the city center.