Traffic in Belgium

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 959.99kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 44.10 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 3.98%
Walking 10.76%
Car 36.65%
Bicycle 25.90%
Motorcycle 0.00%
Bus/Trolleybus 8.76%
Tram/Streetcar 3.59%
Train/Metro 10.36%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance 15.75 km
Average Travel Time 32.60 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 4.30 km
Walking 18.11 min
Waiting 1.11 min
Driving Car 2.22 min
Bicycle 0.56 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.37 min
Train/Metro Ride 2.78 min
Overall 25.15 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 26.18 km
Walking 0.96 min
Driving Car 37.19 min
Overall 38.15 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 5.64 km
Walking 0.43 min
Bicycle 17.74 min
Overall 18.20 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 7.78 km
Walking 6.95 min
Waiting 6.50 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 23.32 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.59 min
Overall 38.45 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 9.78 km
Walking 7.11 min
Waiting 7.00 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.33 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 23.22 min
Train/Metro Ride 4.44 min
Overall 45.44 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 25.24 km
Walking 8.69 min
Waiting 7.35 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 2.50 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.58 min
Train/Metro Ride 25.81 min
Overall 47.58 min

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Last update: 6 February 2026

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Belgium

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Antwerp 164.3 38.8 1296.1 210.9 5623.9
Brussels 146.5 36.6 818.1 181.3 4604.6
Gent 91.8 25.2 25.2 173.3 2349.3
Leuven 84.2 25.1 25.2 91.0 1976.3
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