Evaluation of a stimulation plan for municipalities in the Netherlands.

The topic of this paper is the evaluation of the Stimulation Plan ""Actie -25%"" for municipalities in The Netherlands. The SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research was assigned to conduct the evaluation study. Two central questions were at issue: (1) Did ""Actie -25%, for instance, did the extra (municipal) activities resulting from ""Actie -25%"", lead to fewer road accident casualties?; and (2) in which ways did the organisation of ""Actie -25%"" lead to extra (municipal) activities? Can one expect changes in organisation and implementation to lead to increased or better participation of municipalities?