The introduction of special P+R railway stations in the Netherlands is accompanied by before-and-after studies. This article reports on a home interview which was carried out in October, 1979 among 200 car drivers and 400 train passengers living in the corridor between Amsterdam and Den Helder. Some major conclusions: Mode choice is only to a minor degree subject to car competition within the households; delay by queues has to increase considerable before car drivers will switch to public transport because of the fact that travel time on feeder services is to long.
Samenvatting