Population: 16.4 million people

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The Netherlands

• Population 16.4 million people
• 8 million vehicles
• 2400 km motorways
• gt134.000 km roads in total
• gt100 billion km made on yearly basis
• 350 km border crossings
• Daily congestion problems,
• related to the economic centre Randstad
  (Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam)
• 7,8 billions vehicle taxes
• Few toll locations

Amsterdam
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History 2004Drafting Mobility Policy Document

• Estimated congestion
• 2020 without extra
• policy measures
• Transport keeps growing
• Increasing capacity infrastructure is not
  sufficient to
• keep travel times acceptable and predictable
• increase reliability

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Urgency predicted congestion in 2009
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Rush hour charge

• Comparable to the nation wide system
• Still a regional mobility project (not a trial
  for the nation wide system)
• Time and place based
• Basic rate (3,4 ct) rush hour rate (11
  ct)witth reservation
• Start with1000 participants, increasing to 7000
  10.000

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Questions?

• Thank you!
• Germa Bakker g.bakker_at_ivv.amsterdam.nl
• www.verkeerenwaterstaat.nl (english ? road
  pricing)
• www.ontspitsderegio.nl
• www.connekt.nl (special interest groups ? anders
  betalen voor mobiliteit)