A major scheme of works is carried out on the Dutch highways these years. A target of a maximum of 6% added congestion because of the road works was set for 2006. Besides that, the aim is to keep inconvenience for the public at a minimum. To achieve the second goal, a program of mobility management is developed. This program includes the offer to use cheap or free public transport during the road works. The first two experiences showed a decrease in road traffic during the works and an increase in public transport ridership. In the case of the Amsterdam Zuidoostpas, even more people used public transport than the car to commute from home to work on some days. In more projects public transport was and will be used to reduce the road traffic during the works. This paper will discuss the different aspects of managing mobility by using alternative transport. The paper will focus on the one hand on the process (communication to the public, involvement of employers) and on the other hand on the achieved results (temporal modal shift, sustainable results, goodwill) with the examples of the approach in three projects. (Author/publisher)
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