“More highways to build in EN does not help against files’

Posted on 12-05-2016 at 8:54 by shjdejee – 66 Comments”

You found that brand new piece of asphalt between Delft and Schiedam is fine?

Bad luck, according to the Central Planning bureau (CPB) and the Planning bureau for the living Environment (PBL). More highway, just as the new stretch of A4 to continue to lay doesn’t help in the long term, according to the researchers. In the published today report Promising Mobility policy (PDF alert) to the construction of more highways and measures such as road pricing are considered. Here were economic growth and accessibility are taken into account, but also the consequences for road safety and the environment.

What turns out? More or wider highways are not necessary. The traffic is growing less fast than before and there is already ‘a lot of’ highway built. In addition, around densely-populated, urban areas is extremely expensive to provide new roads. It is also uncertain whether the traffic will continue to increase and or create new projects ‘cost-effective’. With other words, or not every new highway for the same price as the A4 is going to be.

No, the solution appears according to the researchers, with road pricing. That measure would be very effective at reducing congestion. Because no dog in this way, more the road, it is also beneficial to the environment. Disadvantage according to the CPB and PBL is that people are less willing is a piece of to travel to work. This would be resolved by only at busy times on certain road taxes.

The conclusion is in any case that targeted measures are helping to reduce the number of files and more asphalt is not. Or the researchers during their interviews also someone questioned that day for his work, from Rotterdam to Den Haag (or vice versa) must travel we dare to doubt…

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