Preliminary estimations of transport accounts for the Dutch provinces. Insight in the costs for traffic and transport per province agrees with the need to use adequate figures for developing regional price policies. Calculated with the help of well-known indicators, national figures have been translated to regional figures on the level of the 12 Dutch provinces. Regional figures on traffic and transport costs presented per demographical, economical and geographical unit, show big differences between the provinces. The three Randstad provinces stand out with infrastructure costs per inhabitant and per employee that are much lower than average, and with external cost that are much higher. Also the external costs per hectare of soil with functions for housing, employing, recreation and infrastructure are above average and at the same time almost as high as the infrastructural costs per hectare. The regional differences in costs show the differences in impact when a national price measure will be implemented. Different impacts can be a source for social resistance. Price measures that do take into account the regional cost balances seems to be preferable. (Author/publisher)
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