The proposal was made by Annick De Ridder, Ludo Van Campenhout and Paul Van Miert of the Flemish nationalist N-VA, Dirk De Kort and Lode Ceyssens of the Christian democrat CD&V and Mathias De Clercq of the liberals of Open VLD.

'Dial-a-bus' as De Lijn calls the initiative, is meant to provide a public transport service to people living in remote areas where there are no buses or trains. Passengers have to dial a specific number to order the bus (a kind of van) which comes to pick them up at certain hours.

The MPs suggest that the taxi service Uber could be a good alternative. They want to go even further and scrap existing lines that are still being served by De Lijn, but that are not seeing many passengers because the area is not very populated. They say that Uber could make services much more flexible. It would also allow De Lijn to concentrate more on its main lines and provide a better service there.