Abstract
Dutch traffic and transportation policy aims to facilitating business traffic, freight transport and public transport as well as reducing avoidable car use. Traffic management can be a proper instrument to realise this policy. The other car users get less capacity. Examples of this policy are shown from three traffic plans from the The Hague region. Traffic management can play an important role in reducing congestion as well as in reducing the growth of private car use, even when the price policies are not implemented. A high quality public transport system however must be available before this policy is implemented. Successful implementation also requires close cooperation between local, regional and central government.