Difference between revisions of "Increase of societal costs of mobility"
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==Description:== | ==Description:== | ||
The Netherlands has to deal with excessive increase on the mobility of its population. Since the 1985 car use has increase with 54%. The distance traveled per day per person in average has gone up from 25 km to 35 km. An increase in the mobility has not only brought advantages to the Dutch society but also disadvantages which harm the society. The most visible disadvantage is travel time loss due the increasing traffic jams and delays. Other examples are the increase in risk to be involved in a traffic accident and the damage done in living environments due increasing emissions. Table 1 gives a overview of the societal costs. | |||
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However the government is trying to reduce the congestion, the costs of congestion rose mainly because of the increasing car usage. Total cost of the congestion is 15 % of the total societal costs. In the last 10 years the travel time loss due traffic jams on high ways increased with 55%. Most of the travel time loss can be explained by the increase of the population, jobs and car owners. | |||
==Enablers:== | ==Enablers:== | ||
Research shows increase in societal cost of traffic | |||
Transport/logistical companies have more problems to avoid traffic jams and commit to on time delivery. | |||
Political parties and motorist groups (ANWB) would like to implement pay as you drive system to decrease congestion. | |||
The big cities (Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam) reduced speed limit on the highways to 80 Km/hr to increase flow of traffic and reduce societal costs. | |||
More businesses offers employees the option to work from home and/or flex work | |||
==Inhibitors:== | ==Inhibitors:== | ||
Current Dutch infra structure does not offer attractive alternative solutions for travellers | |||
Opportunities for additional tax income for the government ( more cars = more tax) | |||
Resistance in belief of motorist in cost societal damage. | |||
Increase in mobility has a positive effect on job market | |||
==Paradigms:== | ==Paradigms:== | ||
Most of the societal costs of mobility is caused by the increase of car usage. As more Dutch residents use cars to drive back and forward to work traffic jams/delays increases and thus also the time loss, environmental damage and risks of accidents. As most Dutch residents drive to offices to sit behind a computer it could be possible to think of system whereby gross of the Dutch population will work mainly from home or from mobile offices near their residential areas. This reduces the congestion on the roads and with that the societal costs. | |||
Another way of thinking could be to transform the Dutch society which is created around the car to a society where public transport will be the main transport mean. Public transport will be setup in way that no additional travelling to public transport stations is needed. Public transport will be organized from home to home. This will avoid infinite car/bike parks along the stations. | |||
==Experts:== | ==Experts:== | ||
Wubbo Ockels | |||
Camiel Eurlings | |||
==Timing:== | ==Timing:== | ||
1999: Longest traffic jam ever 975 km | |||
2005: Dutch government invest 100 Billion Euros in traffic and transport projects | |||
2007: Societal costs of mobility was 24 billion EUR | |||
2008: Societal costs of mobility increased to 26 billion EUR | |||
==Web Resources:== | ==Web Resources:== | ||
http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/kennisinstituut-voor-mobiliteitsbeleid/nieuws/2007/06/12/verkeersgroei-bleek-mogelijk-ondanks-toename-files.html | |||
http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?DM=SLNL&PA=37362&D1=3&D2=0&D3=9-22&VW=T | |||
http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten-en-publicaties/rapporten/2009/07/03/mobiliteitsbalans-2009%5B3%5D.html | |||
http://www.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=f51868f8-2bad-4f43-b22a-d864e926b389 | |||