A one-day conference was held on December 15, 1988, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on various possibilities to combat traffic jams. The conference was centred around two themes: a) integral approach of traffic and transport systems, technical as well as managerial; b) integral approach of the design and maintenance of roads and pavements. Attention was paid to: a) the accessibility of the Randstad area in the Netherlands; b) the future of the Dutch Railways; c) the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV); d) integration of public transport in the northern part of the Dutch Province of Groningen; e) traffic and road engineering aspects of traffic jams; f) modern road construction techniques to combat traffic jams; g) international research programs of SHRP (Strategic Highway Research Program) and OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and their importance for the Netherlands. For some of the papers presented at the conference see IRRD Nos 862420-862421.
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