INNOVATION CONCEPTS IN DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS

This paper deals with innovative approaches in demand management currently applied and under development in The Netherlands. Since pricing is seen as a very promising and innovative instrument in this respect, already proven for the case of managing scarce inner urban parking space, the paper will heavily focus on the envisaged congestion pricing plan in The Netherlands. This plan is meant as an important instrument in shifting the demand for car use, especially in the peaks, to other modes, and partly to other destinations. The paper will briefly summarize the objectives of demand management, the available instruments to pursue these, and examples of innovative demand management approaches applied in The Netherlands. A discussion will be presented of different objectives that are at stake for road pricing. The paper explains the envisaged Dutch congestion pricing approach: its system set-up, technicalities, and estimated impacts on travel demand.