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The traffic congestion in Netherlands continued to increase. However, changes in behaviour due environmental awareness and high oil price led to an interesting transformation, Supported by government policies, public transport become the main mode of travel for most Dutch citizens and cars became a second option. | |||
==2010 - 2015== | ==2010 - 2015== | ||
By 2010, events such as climate change, high oil prices and the increasing congestion on the roads were beginning to change in order to reduce the pollution, which was mainly created by the industry and the increasing car usage. At the same time there was an increasing concern with regards to the future oil scarcity and its effect on mobility. | |||
In Netherlands, car travel accounted for 50% of the mobility and this was increasing at a yearly rate of 10%. Congestion on the main highways was expanding dramatically. During peak hours it took almost one hour to travel the average distance to work, which was only 35 kilometres. Since most of the workforce was travelling by cars it became really difficult to find parking space, especially near the offices and this in turn led to very high parking costs. As the number of cars increased at a frantic pace it became very difficult for the government to solve the congestion problem by making more roads. | |||
The government introduced pay as you drive policy in order to ease the traffic congestion and motivate people to use public transport, instead of commuting by car. Vehicle owners were charged based on the kilometres driven. The charge per kilometre varied depending on the type and size of car, hybrid cars were charged less than gas guzzlers. Driving time also determined the charge as driving in peak hour cost more than driving during other times of the day. | |||
Aside from having policies to reduce traffic congestion, the government also tried to make the public transport more attractive. First few measures that were implemented included increasing the frequency of trains and providing internet connection and credit card payment facilities across all modes of public transport. | |||
==2015 - 2025== | ==2015 - 2025== | ||
By | By 2016, the Dutch government started to increase the destinations covered by public transport. More railroads were built and more cities in Netherlands became accessible by trains. Many existing networks were examined and some of them rebuilt in order to decrease the total travel distance and increase efficiency. Preliminary plans to interconnect train and tram systems were announced. | ||
By 2025, the public transport was working 24 hours and 7 days a week, and that too with greater efficiency. The new measure led to a greater influx of people who started to use public transport and used their car as a second option. After five years of talks and tough opposition from the public transport was free. The costs of the free public transport were included in the tax regulations, which meant everyone was paying for the public transport, irrespective of the fact whether they were using it or not. This was a radical step as public transport suddenly became the first option for travelling for most of the people and car travel took a backseat. | |||
By 2025, the public transport was working 24 hours and 7 days | |||
==2025 - 2040== | ==2025 - 2040== | ||
By 2026 the Dutch economy was finally booming, which led to an increase in immigration. The increase in population combined with the increasing mobility of the Dutch people resulted in traffic congestion in cities that had become more , arrived, making transportation between cities fast, economical and convenient. A series of high speed trains and metros were introduced, and underground pod taxis had become the most convenient way to travel in congested areas. These new systems provided seamless, on demand mobility to people. To increase the use of public transport, the government provided personal carbon credits to regular users of public transport. These credits could be sold on the open market. By the end of 2040 public transport became the most convenient way to travel. | |||