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Carmageddon coming to Amsterdam in 2025

Started by kernals12, December 19, 2024, 11:58:29 AM

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Rijkswaterstaat, Holland's main public works agency, is warning motorists of enormous disruption on the roads in and around the Dutch capital next year resulting from a confluence of capital projects, including maintenance on the A10, A1, and A4, as well as continued widening projects on the A9 and A10 compounded by special events including a celebration of Amsterdam's 750th birthday and a NATO summit. They say that motorists will need to cut their car usage by 20% to prevent traffic apocalypse.

It's funny, I was led to believe that the Dutch didn't have traffic problems because they biked everywhere :hmmm:


Chris

You'd think that would be the case if you believe popular YouTube channels...

The truth is that the Netherlands has a very large amount of traffic. There are several motorways in and around Amsterdam that have up to 10 or 12 lanes and carry over 200,000 vehicles per day.

The highest AADT in the Netherlands is 280,000 on A4 at The Hague. This is one of the highest traffic volumes in Europe. Even in U.S. metro areas between 1 and 3 million people you don't typically see 200,000+ everywhere.

The Netherlands is a large conglomeration of cities with cris-cross commuting patterns. We don't commute just from suburb to city, but between regions as well. Especially for blue collar workers it's not uncommon to commute halfway across the country for a jobsite.

If the commute is under 5-7 kilometers, most people would bike. If it's city center to city center, the train is a good option. For everything else (80% of traffic): people drive.


A1 Muiderberg 09 by European Roads, on Flickr



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