THE PREFERENTIAL LANE CONCEPT ON THE MAIN ROADS IN THE TRANSPORT REGION AND MUNICIPALITY OF THE HAGUE. HOW TO CONCRETIZE

The regional transport board and the city of The Hague want to introduce lanes on their urban and higher-level road networks. The term preferential lane is very general and needs to be defined. This conclusion is based upon research into these types of measures, and upon some exercises with comprehensive concepts. The expectations for lanes are high. These lanes have to guarantee that destinations can easily be reached in spite of the following: a fast growth in car use, and the slow introduction and possible inefficiency of the supporting transport policy set up to curb the growth of car use. Preferential lanes are also supposed to fulfil an important function in a situation where neighbour authorities have different ideas about the future growth of car use. This paper presents different possibilities for solving these problems. This knowledge can be used to help later planning which is focused on the functioning and the accessibility of the town, agglomeration and region. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 856918.