banner-top weather forecast Wednesday: A chilly start with sunny spells, sleet and snow. Around freezing in most places, frost at nigh _______________________________________________________________________ ____________________ News Search Home News E-mail service Columns Poll Dictionary Features What's On Housing Jobs Classified Ads Expat Diary Expat Directory Tell a friend Contact About us [EMBED] ««« previous next »»» Traffic jam-free day starts with traffic jams Thursday 09 October 2008 Today's traffic jam free day - the first in the Netherlands - began with 10 traffic jams by 6.30 this morning, reports the VID traffic information service. The first congestion formed shortly before 6am on the A12 between the east of the country. Some 80,000 people have signed up to take part in the traffic jam free day which is an initiative by motoring organisation ANWB, Dutch Rail and Rabobank. The ANWB was quick to point out that the first jam was caused by road works, but Nu.nl reports that this did not apply to most of the other jams. According to the VID, early morning hold-ups were about the same as normal and it expects the rest of the morning rush hour to be quieter than usual. The institute for mobility policy KiM has calculated that the total damage to the Dutch economy as a result of traffic jams was between EUR2.7bn and EUR3.6bn in 2007. © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox: Click here to subscribe Print-version Readers' comments Place your comments: Name: ______________________________ * E-mail: ______________________________ * (will not be published) URL: ______________________________ [_] Keep personal data (cookie)? Text: ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ Postings which contain racist, sexist or homophobic language or which insult other correspondents will not be published. Publication is at the discretion of the editor and DutchNews.nl reserves the right to edit or shorten comments. Send [EMBED] BL_1108_120x120_dutchnews.gif Click Here _______________________________________________________________________ Webdesign Stammeshaus.com [banner_stammeshauscom.jpg] Click here Click here Click here Hosted by Qweb.nl [qweb_dutchnews.jpg]