The task we have set ourselves as TrafficQuest can be summed up in one sentence: the collection, analysis and dissemination of knowledge and expertise in the felid of traffic management and traffic information. In the last few years, we have taken up that task in a serious and energetic manner. We have written a series of reports, articles and memos to serve the felid in general and our partners Rijkswaterstaat (part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment), Delft University of Technology and TNO in particular. In our state-of-the-art publications we have always focused on specific themes such as human factors, coordination of measures, incident management, network management from traffic control centres, cooperative systems and so on. This allows us to meet a demand — have all knowledge on the subject in a single report — however, it always concerns a part of the traffic domain. What do you observe if you zoom out, as it were, and consider the state of affairs and the development of ‘traffic in the Netherlands’? This question is important for a large group of professionals, from policy makers to operators in traffic control centres. As TrafficQuest we have therefore decided to publish a booklet that provides an overview, in addition to the specific reports on different topics. Because we want to update this annually, we speak of an Annual Report on Traffic in the Netherlands. You are now looking at the first edition, the 2014 version. What can you find in this Annual Report? We will first discuss the traffic performance on Dutch roads. We will discuss the developments and trends and try to interpret them based on social developments. But we will also discuss the ‘hot topics’ of the moment: the issues policy makers, researchers and the industry are excited about. We will specify the new research themes that should be addressed according to TrafficQuest. We will provide an overview of must-have read papers. And finally, we will provide an overview of important pilots worldwide in which traffic management and traffic information measures are tested in a real-world environment. (Author/publisher)
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