Dutch drivers told to avoid crowded rush hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays
2 months ago

Dutch drivers told to avoid crowded rush hour on Tuesdays and Thursdays

NL Times  

Minister of Infrastructure Barry Madlener is calling on motorists to avoid peak hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, aiming to reduce congestion on Dutch roads. Nearly 77 percent of all traffic jams occurred during peak hours, which were between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. in the mornings and 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. in the evenings. The price of traffic jams Madlener also said that traffic jams in the Netherlands are not just an inconvenience but also lead to significant financial costs and unsafe conditions. Madlener also addressed questions about raising daytime speed limits to 130 kilometers per hour, explaining that such a change would take years to implement.

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There was an eight percent increase in traffic jams on Dutch roads in 2024
2 months, 3 weeks ago

There was an eight percent increase in traffic jams on Dutch roads in 2024

NL Times  

The traffic jam severity on the roads in the Netherlands increased by eight percent in 2024 compared to 2023, ANWB reported based on traffic information from TomTom. Although it was somewhat calmer when it comes to traffic jams for the first six months, the summer and autumn led to a “significant increase in traffic jams,” according to ANWB. There were …

Traffic jams on Dutch roads have returned in full force this year
1 year, 11 months ago

Traffic jams on Dutch roads have returned in full force this year

NL Times  

Traffic jams on Dutch roads have returned "in full force" this year. Compared to the first quarter of 2019, traffic jams increased by 10 percent. Furthermore, snow and rain on Tuesday mornings, March 7 and 14, caused rush hours with record lengths of traffic jams of 1093 kilometers and 1102 kilometers. Combined with bad weather, Tuesday morning rush hour traffic …

Traffic piles up near record levels with more nasty weather on the way
2 years ago

Traffic piles up near record levels with more nasty weather on the way

NL Times  

Rain and accidents caused almost 1,100 kilometers of traffic jams on Dutch roads on Tuesday morning, with the ANWB calling it the busiest morning rush hour so far this year. “Everywhere the daily traffic jams are longer than usual,” a spokesperson for the travelers’ association ANWB told NU.nl at around 8:00 a.m. “Tuesday is already the busiest morning of the …

Busiest morning rush hour of the year with over 900 kilometers of traffic jams
2 years, 4 months ago

Busiest morning rush hour of the year with over 900 kilometers of traffic jams

NL Times  

Thursday morning saw the busiest morning rush hour so far this year. At 8:00 a.m., the travelers' association ANWB noted 940 kilometers of traffic jams on Dutch roads, a record for the morning rush hour this year. A combination of rain and the expected traffic will make Thursday’s morning and evening rush hours extremely busy, the Rijkswaterstaat warned on Twitter. …

Busiest evening rush hour of the year: More than 1,220 kilometers of traffic jams
2 years, 4 months ago

Busiest evening rush hour of the year: More than 1,220 kilometers of traffic jams

NL Times  

Thursday was the busiest evening rush hour of the year on the Dutch roadways. At its peak around 5:30 p.m., there were more than 1,220 kilometers of traffic jams. The fact that it was so busy on the road on Thursday was partly due to the end of daylight saving time which concluded early Sunday morning when the clock rolled …

Netherlands heading toward more bumper-to-bumper traffic, travelers' assoc. says
2 years, 8 months ago

Netherlands heading toward more bumper-to-bumper traffic, travelers' assoc. says

NL Times  

The Netherlands' roads are becoming busier and busier, and there is no relief in sight, according to the ANWB. Every year, hundreds of thousands of cars are added to the Dutch fleet, and more people are using the car due to staff shortages in public transport, the association for travelers and traffic information said to De Telegraaf. And people more …

Busiest rush hour this year as snow starts to fall
2 years, 11 months ago

Busiest rush hour this year as snow starts to fall

NL Times  

Snow has started falling in the center and east of the Netherlands, contributing to the busiest morning rush hour so far this year, public works department Rijkswaterstaat said. At 8:30 a.m., the travelers' association ANWB reported 140 traffic jams covering 800 kilometers of Dutch roads. Meer: https://t.co/rt9iKqCJ0b pic.twitter.com/G15wZlC30x — Rijkswaterstaat Verkeersinformatie March 31, 2022 A spokesperson for the ANWB told …

Icy roads: Motorists warned to be careful during rush hour
5 years ago

Icy roads: Motorists warned to be careful during rush hour

NL Times  

Rain combined with a cold night mean that the roads in the Netherlands may be icy on Friday morning. Meteorological institute KNMI issued a code yellow warning for the entire country, except the Wadden Islands, advising road users to be careful and adjust their driving behavior accordingly. Travelers' association ANWB also warned road users to drive carefully due to the …

Frequent drivers now lose 43 minutes weekly to traffic jams
5 years, 2 months ago

Frequent drivers now lose 43 minutes weekly to traffic jams

NL Times  

Only 15 percent of Netherlands residents are stuck in traffic at least once a week, with most saying that they are much more likely to face difficulties during evening rush hour than in the mornings. People in the Netherlands are also less and less annoyed by being stuck in traffic jams, defined as stop-and-go traffic that barely rises above 25 …

Road traffic clogged up even before morning rush hour
5 years, 4 months ago

Road traffic clogged up even before morning rush hour

NL Times  

Traffic piled up on Dutch roads even before morning rush hour started on Tuesday morning. By 8:00 a.m. there were 172 traffic jams covering 862 kilometers throughout the Netherlands, according to travelers' association ANWB. The 42 kilometers of traffic jams on the A1 are causing a delay of 127 minutes, particularly between Apeldoorn and Amsterdam, but also in the east …

Fog, slippery roads in difficult morning rush hour
5 years, 4 months ago

Fog, slippery roads in difficult morning rush hour

NL Times  

Fog and slippery roads are causing havoc with traffic in the Netherlands on Tuesday morning. At 8:00 a.m. there were 157 traffic jams on Dutch roads, covering 728 kilometers, according to travelers' association ANWB. An accident on the A2 near the Oudenrijn junction got the morning off to a troublesome start, tying up traffic between Den Bosch and Utrecht, according …

Rush hour gets tricky early as transit strike nears halfway mark; 450 km of traffic at 4:45pm
5 years, 9 months ago

Rush hour gets tricky early as transit strike nears halfway mark; 450 km of traffic at 4:45pm

NL Times  

As a national one-day public transit strike was almost halfway finished in the Netherlands, traffic was already beginning to pile up on highways in the Netherlands from 3 p.m. on Tuesday. The public transit strike led to a busier-than-usual morning rush hour, but nothing extreme, according to public works department Rijkswaterstaat. On all Dutch roads there were 696 kilometers of …

Rush hour traffic grows as light snow falls across Netherlands
6 years, 1 month ago

Rush hour traffic grows as light snow falls across Netherlands

NL Times  

A snow front is slowly moving across the Netherlands, and is expected to hover over much of the southern Netherlands by 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Some traffic problems are expected during evening rush hour, according to the ANWB, with about 175 kilometers of traffic jams reported by 4:30 p.m. Problems could potentially mount up on the roadways as snow could …

Traffic jams up 20 percent in the Netherlands this year
6 years, 2 months ago

Traffic jams up 20 percent in the Netherlands this year

NL Times  

Drivers in the Netherlands were neither imagining things nor embellishing in 2018 when they complained about travel times. Dutch highways were far more clogged in 2018 than a year earlier, with traffic jams up nearly 20 percent. The heavy traffic had an impact on rush hour, but also outside of the daily busy periods, travellers association ANWB revealed on Thursday. …

Busiest rush hour of the year: over 500 km of traffic jams
6 years, 4 months ago

Busiest rush hour of the year: over 500 km of traffic jams

NL Times  

Madness reigned on Dutch roads on Tuesday morning. A combination of rainy weather and a large number of accidents caused numerous traffic jams and delays. Rijkswaterstaat's traffic information service measured a total of 514 kilometers of traffic jams on Dutch highways, much higher than the 300 kilometers the public works department expected. The ANWB, which also monitors traffic on provincial …

Sharp increase in traffic jams in Netherlands
6 years, 11 months ago

Sharp increase in traffic jams in Netherlands

NL Times  

Traffic jams in the Netherlands increased sharply in the first three months of 2018, travelers association ANWB announced on Wednesday. Traffic jam severity - the length of the traffic jam multiplied by its duration - increased by over 25 percent, NU.nl reports. Rain and storms caused multiple traffic jams on Dutch roads in January. At its peak, there was a …

Traffic jam levels almost stable in Netherlands
7 years, 2 months ago

Traffic jam levels almost stable in Netherlands

NL Times  

After years of significant increases, the levels of traffic jams in the Netherlands remained almost stable this year. Traffic information service VID added that the stagnating growth can also be attributed to motorists adjusting to traffic jams and taking to the road at different times. The roads around Utrecht - A27, A28, A12, and the A2 - in particular saw …

Record breaking traffic jam cost Dutch companies €4.2 million
7 years, 3 months ago

Record breaking traffic jam cost Dutch companies €4.2 million

NL Times  

Snowy weather in the Netherlands on Monday resulted in a record number of traffic jams during evening rush hour. At the peak of traffic late in the afternoon, there were around 1,500 kilometers of traffic jams on Dutch roads, according to the ANWB. These traffic jams cost Dutch companies around 4.2 million euros, research institute TNO calculated. Around 9:00 p.m. …

Traffic jams set to increase despite road-building programmes
7 years, 5 months ago

Traffic jams set to increase despite road-building programmes

Dutch News  

Dutch roads are becoming increasingly congested and the cost to society could reach some €3.7bn a year, according to research by the infrastructure ministry’s mobility institute KIM. The increase in the financial impact of jams is due to delays experienced by both people and road transporters in reaching their destinations, as well as a rise in the number of road …

Traffic jams set to increase despite road-building programmes
7 years, 5 months ago

Traffic jams set to increase despite road-building programmes

Dutch News  

Dutch roads are becoming increasingly congested and the cost to society could reach some €3.7bn a year, according to research by the infrastructure ministry’s mobility institute KIM. The increase in the financial impact of jams is due to delays experienced by both people and road transporters in reaching their destinations, as well as a rise in the number of road …

Netherlands traffic problems cost society billions of euros: Report
7 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands traffic problems cost society billions of euros: Report

NL Times  

The growing Dutch economy also means growing traffic jams in the Netherlands, and those jams cost billions of euros, according to a report by the knowledge institute for mobility policy KiM that newspaper AD has in its possession. According to the KiM, traffic in the Netherlands will increase 1.7 percent next year, and 1.2 percent in the years after that. …

Traffic jams on Netherlands roads increase with more elderly drivers
7 years, 11 months ago

Traffic jams on Netherlands roads increase with more elderly drivers

NL Times  

Traffic jams in the Netherlands are increasing due to the aging population, according to figures from the ANWB. Traffic jams are especially increasing during evening rush hour due to the large amounts of recreational traffic on the roads, the ANWB concluded by comparing traffic during the first three months of this year with the same period in 2016, the Telegraaf …

Haarlem wins title for most traffic problems in Netherlands; Amsterdam 5th
8 years, 1 month ago

Haarlem wins title for most traffic problems in Netherlands; Amsterdam 5th

NL Times  

Last year Haarlem was the Dutch city with the most traffic jams, according to the annual TomTom Traffic Index. Haarlem motorists who drove to work during morning rush hour every weekday, spent 100 hours in traffic jams last year. A trip by car in Haarlem was on average delayed 27 percent by traffic last year, 3 percent more than in …

12 percent increase in traffic on Dutch roads
8 years, 3 months ago

12 percent increase in traffic on Dutch roads

NL Times  

Dutch motorists spent more time in traffic more frequently in 2016, with a 12 percent increase in traffic severity, NOS reports based on figures from the ANWB. This year Dutch motorists were 6 percent more likely to get stuck in traffic during the morning rush hour, and 14 percent more likely during the evening rush hour. Outside rush hour, traffic …

Rush hour drivers warned of heavy rain, traffic jams
8 years, 10 months ago

Rush hour drivers warned of heavy rain, traffic jams

NL Times  

A very rainy start to the week is leading to a difficult rush hour on Monday morning. By 7:00 a.m. traffic information service VID already reported three long traffic jams on Dutch highways. According to weather service Weeronline, the Netherlands can expect between 20 and 40 mm of rain in the next 36 hours. The weather service warns traffic will …

Dutch city cycle lanes overcrowded at rush hour
9 years, 2 months ago

Dutch city cycle lanes overcrowded at rush hour

Dutch News  

Some cycle lanes in the bigger Dutch cities are dangerous in rush hour because they cannot cope with the volume of cyclists and because cyclists are busy with their smart phones, according to a new report by road safety experts. The traffic safety research foundation SWOV monitored four cycle lanes in Amsterdam and The Hague for several weeks and found …

Dutch city cycle lanes overcrowded at rush hour
9 years, 2 months ago

Dutch city cycle lanes overcrowded at rush hour

Dutch News  

Some cycle lanes in the bigger Dutch cities are dangerous in rush hour because they cannot cope with the volume of cyclists and because cyclists are busy with their smart phones, according to a new report by road safety experts. The traffic safety research foundation SWOV monitored four cycle lanes in Amsterdam and The Hague for several weeks and found …

DutchNews.nl
16 years ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

The bright sparks in Amsterdam and a number of surrounding local areas have come up with yet another scheme to try to reduce rush hour traffic jams. Could these possibly be the same tracking devices that the government intends to use when it finally gets round to introducing pay-per-drive schemes in a few years time? The car scheme is somewhat …

DutchNews.nl
16 years ago

DutchNews.nl

Dutch News  

The bright sparks in Amsterdam and a number of surrounding local areas have come up with yet another scheme to try to reduce rush hour traffic jams. Could these possibly be the same tracking devices that the government intends to use when it finally gets round to introducing pay-per-drive schemes in a few years time? The car scheme is somewhat …

More jams please
17 years, 5 months ago

More jams please

Dutch News  

Today’s Volkskrant makes a case in favour of most people’s pet hate number one: traffic jams. Devoting almost a whole page to defending congestion, the paper says it’s high time we learnt to ‘love and cherish’ traffic jams. ‘We mustn’t forget that there are only a few hundred thousand people who are stuck in traffic jams on a daily basis,’ …

More jams please
17 years, 5 months ago

More jams please

Dutch News  

Today’s Volkskrant makes a case in favour of most people’s pet hate number one: traffic jams. Devoting almost a whole page to defending congestion, the paper says it’s high time we learnt to ‘love and cherish’ traffic jams. ‘We mustn’t forget that there are only a few hundred thousand people who are stuck in traffic jams on a daily basis,’ …

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