Abstract
Over the last decade the mobility policy of the Dutch ministry of Spatial Planning has been the subject of ongoing debate. This policy - in this study referred to as spatial mobility policy - is being questioned by a large array of actors, among which the ministries most involved and important national advisory bodies. Their critique has focused both on the assumptions underlying the policy and on its content. This study begins from the debate and, keeping the critique in mind, analyses the rationality of the spatial mobility policy. (A)