In its National Traffic and Transport Plan (NVVP), the Cabinet outlines Dutch traffic and transport policy for 2001-2020.Traffic and transport policy is a much-discussed issue in the Netherlands because of increased mobility and congestion, the large number of traffic accidents, the increase in polluting exhaust emissions and the amount of scarce space taken up by the traffic infrastructure.These issues have led to objectives being formulated in the NVVP for accessibility, safety and quality of life. In the present Advisory Report, SER (the Social and Economic Council) sets out its opinion on the NVVP. SER makes use of this opportunity to examine the concept of a market for mobility in greater detail. From the social point of view, applying the price mechanism can produce better results in terms of accessibility, safety and quality of life. A number of issues of spatial planning and traffic and transport policy – in urban and rural areas – are addressed, and the decentralisation of traffic and transport policy proposed in the NVVP. Nature conservation and environmental protection organisations participated in producing this Advisory Report. (Author/publisher) For the complete English abstract see: http://www.ser.nl/_upload/databank_engels/2001_03.pdf
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