Traffic jams cost more, despite crisis
Thursday 24 September 2009
The cost of traffic congestion to the Dutch economy has risen to €750m, an increase of €50m on 2007, Alexander Sakkers, chairman of the transport lobby group TLN, has told news agency ANP.
The figure is made up of the actual cost the jams, higher petrol consumption and compulsory breaks for drivers. 'The recession has influenced the figures. It could have been higher,' Sakkers said.
Sakkers was speaking at the launch of an road-widening programme at a notorious traffic blackspot - the A4 near Leiderdorp. Every day some 14,000 lorries and up to 125,000 private cars use this stretch of motorway between Amsterdam and the Hague.
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Monday: Between 2º and 5º with light snow or sleet. Around zero at night. Similar Tuesday
Having watched three teams of 'engineers' spend three days, including a Sat & Sun evenings, working on just one not terribly important set of traffic lights I can understand why there are more delays despite less traffic. God only knows what it cost and when I asked I was told, "Don't worry! The City Council pays!". Finally, the good news is that the lights are now working ... but so badly programmed that they really are wasting not only vehicle driver's time & money, but pedestrians, and cyclists also. Forget the environment as vehicles now sit ticking-over at the lights for far longer producing unproductive emmissions - no obvious reason for the poor programming of the timing either!
By Gerard | September 24, 2009 4:41 PM