No buses, trams in The Hague as public transit workers strike
NL TimesMany thousands of commuters, school pupils, and other people will have to find different ways to get to their destination in The Hague and the surrounding area on Thursday. The employees of public transit company HTM are on strike all day. The Hague public transit company employs over 2,000 people and transports approximately 425,000 travelers every day on 13 tram lines and ten bus lines. Besides The Hague, HTM is also responsible for public transport in surrounding places like Delft, Zoetermeer, Rijswijk, Nootdorp, Westland, Leidschendam, and Voorburg. Traffic jams were also developing at the start of the eastbound A12 along the Malieveld and on the N44 towards Wassenaar, where people could expect to sit in stop-and-go traffic for about ten minutes.