Implementing Sustainable Urban Travel Policies [electronic resource]: National Peer Review: The Netherlands /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
European Conference of Ministers of  TransportContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2001.
Transport specialists around the world have for many years looked to the urban transport experience of the Netherlands as exemplary. The Dutch have demonstrated strong and sustained commitment to integrating transport and land-use planning and policies to maximise use of public transport and cycling. Bolstered by a long-standing and highly respected planning culture, they have undertaken this in an institutional environment that favours consultation and consensus seeking among different sectors and stakeholders. Like many countries around the world, the Netherlands has experienced increasing pressure from transport on the environment, with rising congestion in and around the urban areas, noise disturbance and air pollution and issues related to international transit traffic. While strategic plans for transport, land use and the environment have set out a framework for dealing with these pressures, meeting the often ambitious goals and targets articulated in these plans has proven elusive in many cases. Undertaken during the preparation of the recently approved National Traffic and Transport Plan of the Netherlands (2000), this report is an evaluation of Dutch urban travel policy that is based on the findings of an ECMT team of peer experts during their study visit to the Netherlands in June 1999.
Description based upon print version of record.
""List of Tables""; ""Table 1.  Population of the five principal cities of the Netherlands""; ""Table 2.  Urbanisation of provinces""; ""Table 3.  Share of transport in GDP""; ""Table 4.  Transport infrastructure in the Netherlands""; ""Table 5.  Trends in private mobility""; ""Table 6.  Modal share in passenger kilometres (1999)""; ""Table 7.  Domestic freight transport by Dutch companies""; ""Table 8.  International freight transport by Dutch companies""; ""Table 9.  Passenger-kilometres travelled on urban and inter-urban public transport""
""Table 10.  Trends in road transport CO2 emissions in the Netherlands""""Table 11.  Selected air emissions from transport sources""; ""Table 12.  Road traffic fatalities and injuries""; ""List of Figures""; ""Figure 1.  Map of the Netherlands""; ""Figure 2.  Financial streams for traffic and transport""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter 1.  Introduction""; ""Chapter 2.  Context""; ""2.1. Physical and human contexts""; ""2.1.1. Physical context""; ""2.1.2. Population and urbanisation""
""Table 1.  Population of the five principal cities of the Netherlands""""Table 2.  Urbanisation of provinces""; ""Figure 1.  Map of the Netherlands""; ""2.2. Economic context""; ""2.2.1. General""; ""2.2.2. Role of the transport sector""; ""Table 3.  Share of transport in GDP""; ""2.3. General trends in transport""; ""Table 4.  Transport infrastructure in the Netherlands""; ""2.3.1. Car ownership""; ""2.3.2. Passenger transport""; ""Table 5.  Trends in private mobility""; ""Table 6.  Modal share in passenger kilometres (1999)""; ""2.3.3. Freight transport""
""Table 7.  Domestic freight transport by Dutch companies""""Table 8.  International freight transport by Dutch companies""; ""Chapter 3.  Key Trends and Sustainability Issues in Urban Travel""; ""3.1. Urban travel""; ""3.1.1. Modal share in towns and cities""; ""3.1.2. Car traffic and congestion""; ""3.1.3. Public transport trends""; ""Table 9.  Passenger-kilometres travelled on urban and inter-urban public transport""; ""3.2. Land use""; ""3.2.1. Recent trends""; ""3.2.2. Demand for land space""; ""3.3. Environment""; ""3.3.1. Air emissions""; ""CO2""
""Table 10.  Trends in road transport CO2 emissions in the Netherlands""""Local air quality""; ""Table 11.  Selected air emissions from transport sources""; ""3.3.2. Noise""; ""3.3.3. Fragmentation and biodiversity loss""; ""3.4. Safety""; ""Table 12.  Road traffic fatalities and injuries""; ""Chapter 4.  Institutional Context for Sustainable Urban Travel""; ""4.1. General administrative structure of the Netherlands""; ""4.2. Transport planning""; ""4.2.1. Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (V&W)""; ""4.2.2. Regions""
""4.2.3. Vertical co-ordination between levels of government""
Transport specialists around the world have for many years looked to the urban transport experience of the Netherlands as exemplary. The Dutch have demonstrated strong and sustained commitment to integrating transport and land-use planning and policies to maximise use of public transport and cycling. Bolstered by a long-standing and highly respected planning culture, they have undertaken this in an institutional environment that favours consultation and consensus seeking among different sectors and stakeholders. Like many countries around the world, the Netherlands has experienced increasing pressure from transport on the environment, with rising congestion in and around the urban areas, noise disturbance and air pollution and issues related to international transit traffic. While strategic plans for transport, land use and the environment have set out a framework for dealing with these pressures, meeting the often ambitious goals and targets articulated in these plans has proven elusive in many cases. Undertaken during the preparation of the recently approved National Traffic and Transport Plan of the Netherlands (2000), this report is an evaluation of Dutch urban travel policy that is based on the findings of an ECMT team of peer experts during their study visit to the Netherlands in June 1999.
Communication and traffic -- Netherlands.
Cycling - European Union countries.
Urban transportation - European Union countries.
Transportation
Sustainable development
Business & Economics
Transportation Economics