DOUBLING PUBLIC TRANSPORT PATRONAGE. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT POLICY BETWEEN RURAL AND URBAN AREA, TO AN INTEGRAL APPROACH ON REGIONAL LEVEL. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COLLOQUIUM 1989, THE HAGUE, NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 1, 1989. VOLUME I

OV MAAL 2 IN DE HAAGSE REGIO, GROTE STAPPEN SNEL THUIS

The accessibility of urban areas stands under great pressure. The environment, especially in the inner cities, is very unhealthy. The traffic policy of the Dutch government is placing more and more emphasis on restricting the growth of car use. Public transport patronage should more than double. A great task lies ahead to attract such patronage. The paper describes a study which investigates ways to double public transport patronage in the region of The Hague over the next twenty years. A model is developed of the region which determines the effect of a great variety of measures. This strategic model is used to find out what kind of measures are likely to attain the different goals behind the traffic policies. For the shorter trips within the region reduction of waiting time appears to be more effective than speeding up public transport itself. Supplying new direct links appears to be of great importance as well. An investment of 175 million guilders a year in The Hague region will enable the public transport companies to double the amount of traveller-kilometers through so called pull measures in twenty years. This large amount of money is necessary to meet the goals of the environmental policies in combination with the goals of physical and economic planning. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 825702.

• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Schrijnen, P
  • ROLAND, J
• Publication Date: 1989

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 315-334
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk
  • Publisher: Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Central business districts; Conferences; Federal government; Improvements; Investments; Mathematical models; Mobility; Networks; Policy; Public transit; Time duration; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Long term; Transportation networks; Use
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498317
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM