European community for mobility management

The introduction of a congestion charge with variable charges within peak hours will have more effect than a fixed charge. This is supposed by Professor Erik Verhoef (VU) in the Tijdschrift Vervoerwetenschap (journal of transportation science).

According to Verhoef this yields more when congestion charge ensures that the flow of traffic at bottlenecks doesn’t exceed its capacity. If this is the case, the same vehicles are able to use the bottleneck without being stuck in a traffic jam. This can be done by a time-dependent charge. 
According to Verhoef it does matter that the flow in the first part of the traffic peak decreases, which means that people leave home later. In popular words, people stay longer in bed, travel shorter and arrive at work at the same time.

The approach also means that motorists don’t have to travel by public transport or work at home. 
Further in the journal it is determined that the amount of road-traffic fatalities will decrease nearly 4% to 7% in 2020 through road pricing. The social benefits are between the 450 and 850 million euro. And it is also assumed that the amount of car mileage will be about 15% lower.