EX-POST EVALUATION OF POLICY MEASURES ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION

In the period from 1996 until 1999 in the Netherlands a new method was developed to identify the effects of a policy programme aimed at the reduction of congestion on the trunk road network in the Netherlands. The method consists of an integrated approach in which regression analyses, known elasticity and expert opinions are used to separate external developments from the policy effects. In the paper and presentation, after a description of the conceptual framework and methodology was developed, the results of this study in the central urban area in the Netherlands (the province of Utrecht) will be presented. The main conclusion is that measures directed at extending the capacity of the road network as well as traffic management in this region had a substantial short-term effect on congestion reduction. Furthermore, it was concluded that relatively small changes in intensities can have substantial effects on congestion. From policy measures directed at influencing the demand for transport in the period 1990 until 1997 no effects could be identified in the study. (A) For the covering abstract see ITRD E107667.

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• Authors:
  • VAN DER LOOP, H
  • PERDOK, J
  • VAN SCHRIEK, A
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR D OF THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE 2000, HELD HOMERTON COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, UK, 11-13 SEPTEMBER 2000 - APPRAISAL OF ROAD TRANSPORT INITIATIVES. VOLUME P439
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Mathematical analysis; Policy; Traffic congestion; Travel time; Trip length
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 632: Congestion (traffic); 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 697: Journey time; 8078: Netherlands; 173: Policy
• Subject Areas: Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00805278
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-331-3
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 7 2001 12:00AM