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21 september 2009
Dutch public transportSiebe Riedstra, Director General Mobility,
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
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Outline
• Dutch public transport as a part of transport policy
• Legal framework in the Netherlands
• How does the public transport system works in practise?
• What does the future hold?
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Density of Motorways
in km per 100 km2
>8
4-8
2-4
0-2
0
• Population 16.3 million• 35.000 km2
• 480 inhabitants/km2
• Pass. Cars:170/km2(highest in EU)• Average km p.p./day: 32 km
Some key figures
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Share public transport in passenger transport (2007)
2 %3 %Other
19 %2 %Walking
26 %7 %Bicycle
1 %1 %Motor
3 %3 %Bus-Tram-Metro
2 %8 %Train
15 %20 %Car (passenger)
32 %55 %Car (driver)
In single tripsIn distance kmMode
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Goals cabinet 2020
• Strong Connections
–Efficient transferjunctions: for example train-bus but also car- train/bus/metro
–To facilitate chainmobility: the fastest way from door to door
• Strong transport systems
–Travelling without a timetable (trains)
–Realise spider web like PT networks
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Spider web like PT network
urban area
work/live location
city centre line
tangential line
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Ambitions Dutch road pricing
Decreased mobility (car use): 15%
• Switch from car to public transport: 2%
• increase use of public transport: 6%
Effect of
• Introduction tax per driven kilometre for every vehicle on every road
• Facilitates the comparison of public transport versus car on comfort, travelling time and price
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Ambitions railways
• 5% growth in passengers for railways services
Realised by
• the High Frequency Rail Transport Programme (5,4 billion Euro) and an action programme for growth in rail transport (200 million Euro)
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Ambitions regional public transport
• Growth for regional public transport in urbanised areas (bus, tram, metro and regional train services)
• the Action Programme for regional public transport There is over 1 billion Euro available.
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Role central government
• Regional Transport: central government is legislator, regulator facilitator and contributes to large infra. projects of nat. interest.
• Railways: central government awards concessions, is legislator and responsible for infrastructure
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Legal framework
• EU regulations:
–Railway packages and Public service obligations regulation
• National
–Passenger transport Act (2001)
–Concession act (nat.train) and Railways act (2005)
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Conclusions evaluation railway legislation• The rail sector now has a decent structure, but it needs to be put to better use.
• Social efficient use of the railways is improving.
• The transport operators and the infrastructure manager are primarily responsible for day-to-day management.
• The statutory system could work better.
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Results so far
• We have a competitive regional public transport market
• Efficiency: 20% cost reduction in reg. PT
• 14% more trip km’s in reg. PT since 2003
• Dutch Railways’ passengerkm’s has been up since 2003 to 15,5 billion in 2007. Punctuality has gone up to 87%.
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Challenges
• Relationship between authority and transport operators
• Stimulating operators to invest in passenger growth and innovations
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The future
• Continue this way to 2020
• 2010 Vision on regional public transport of Olympic Quality in 2028
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Thank you