Changes in passenger and freight mobility, 2000-2010
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Total passenger mobility (measured in kilometres travelled) increased by about 3% in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2010. Stabilisation or a slight decline was seen after 2005, in particular in relation to car use. A similar pattern was seen in goods transport by road.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| billion km travelled | |||||||
| Passenger mobility | 177 | 185 | 185 | 184 | 183 | 183 | 183 |
| Car driver | 86 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 94 |
| Car passenger | 46 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 42 |
| Slow traffic (mopeds, bicycles, pedestrians) | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Other | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Train | 15.0 | 15.2 | 15.9 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.2 |
| Bus, tram, metro | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Air travel (million passenger journeys) | 40.8 | 46.5 | 48.6 | 50.5 | 50.4 | 46.5 | 48.7 |
| billion ton-km | |||||||
| Goods transport | 107 | 117 | 119 | 122 | 123 | 109 | 115 |
| Road | 49 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 54 | 56 |
| Inland waterways | 41.3 | 43.1 | 43.6 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 35.6 | 39.0 |
| Rail | 4.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| Pipeline | 12.5 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 14.0 | 14.2 |
| Air freight transshipment (million ton) | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 |
| Sea freight transshipment (million ton) | 425 | 487 | 505 | 537 | 560 | 510 | 568 |
| Source: KiM (Mobiliteitsbalans, 2011). | |||||||
Changes in mobility
Total passenger mobility (measured in kilometres travelled) increased by about 3% in the Netherlands between 2000 and 2010. Stabilisation or a slight decline was seen after 2005, in particular in relation to car use. This stabilisation was partly due to the decrease in the number of kilometres travelled by car passengers. The number of kilometres travelled by car drivers and train passengers grew by two billion each after 2005, though this also levelled off.
As far as passenger mobility is concerned, cars are still the predominant transport type, responsible for 75% of the total number of kilometres travelled. Bicycle, moped and pedestrian kilometres mainly relate to short journeys and make up a total of 10% of the total number of kilometres travelled. Just 15% of the total kilometres travelled are by train, bus, tram or metro. Public transport is mainly used in the rush hour and for travel within, between, and to and from the larger cities.
Freight transport (measured in ton-kilometres) grew by 18% between 2000 and 2010. Following strong growth up to 2008, a sharp decrease was seen in 2009, then recovery in 2010. Freight transport is more sensitive to speculative fluctuations than passenger mobility. Total freight transport in 2010 was still below the 2005 level. Particularly sensitive to speculation are freight transport by inland water, rail and air. Transport by road increased compared with 2005.
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CBS, PBL, RIVM, WUR (2024). Changes in passenger and freight mobility, 2000-2010 (indicator 2141, version 01,