Traffic congestion increased this year, despite new roads - DutchNews.nl
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The total length and duration of traffic jams in the Netherlands increased this year, despite the opening of several new roads in Zuid Holland, figures from the ANWB show. The ANWB said traffic congestion – the length of jams multiplied by their duration – rose by 3% compared with last year. The increase was mainly driven by delays at border crossings, where the outgoing government has introduced more spot checks. The number of reported jams rose 15%. At the same...

The total length and duration of traffic jams in the Netherlands increased this year, despite the opening of several new roads in Zuid Holland, figures from the ANWB show. The ANWB said traffic congestion – the length of jams multiplied by their duration – rose by 3% compared with last year.

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      I love traffic jams. You can watch the stages of grief in every driver when you pass them on bike or foot.

      When you go by train (especially on your daily commute) it’s even better. You can’t see their faces, but you see the amount of cars and hear of your colleagues that take 3x the time you do to make the daily commute and it just brighten your day 😁

      • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        3 hours ago

        I love traffic jams. You can watch the stages of grief in every driver when you pass them on bike or foot.

        sure it’s fun to be smug, but those angry drivers will just focus their anger on removing bike lanes or other stupid things. Drivers are too stupid for any kind of self-reflection on their self-inflicted problems.

          • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            2 hours ago

            never think about how to alleviate it.

            they gave up on alleviating it a long time ago…

            leather seats, premium sound system, in dash entertainment screen, extra large cupholders, reclining seats…

            they’ve already accepted their prison sentence and just do everything to make their prison cell more comfortable instrad of trying to free themselves.

      • tabris@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        When I do commute to work, I unfortunately take a bus after my train, so I’m affected by the traffic. I avoided commuting in December because the traffic was so bad it more than doubled my commute time from 1.5 hours to well over 3 hours. Thankfully I can work from home, but I do like working in the office with my team when I can.

        I’ve had so many conversations with coworkers about not having a car, and most of them just don’t get that yes public transport is slow, but it’s only as slow as it is because everyone has a car. If more of those who are able to use public transport did, traffic would be so much less for everyone and public transport would be a fast option.