Air quality improves on Veerkaden

Not only is there less traffic on the Veerkaden since the introduction of the Traffic Circulation Plan (VCP) but the air quality has improved substantially.

This appears in a study commissioned by the Municipality of The Hague.

Before the VCP took effect the Amsterdamse and Stille Veerkade once topped the list of the country’s most polluted streets. One of the plan’s goals was to improve the air quality of the streets. Measurements and calculations show that there has been an 83% reduction in nitrogen oxide in the streets. The entire city centre has seen a 30% reduction.

Over the past few years the amount of traffic in The Hague’s city centre has also decreased because of the economic crisis. The air quality in the centre has improved in part because vehicles are now directed to main traffic routes.

Translated from an article in the AD/Haagsche Courant, 4 October 2011