The ANWB reports the busiest morning rush hour since the outbreak of the corona virus on Tuesday. At the peak, there was 759 kilometers of traffic jam at 08:35, according to a spokesperson for the ANWB.
The main reasons for the delays are the rain showers in the south of the country and the increase in road traffic as more people return to work by car. Most traffic jams are in the south and center of the country, especially in the province of North Brabant it is standing still or driving slowly, according to the ANWB. Some places are busy due to accidents, but most traffic jams are caused by commuter traffic.
Last week the annual traffic jam records were already broken, with 468 kilometers of traffic jams on Tuesday morning and 650 kilometers of traffic jams on Friday evening. Such traffic jam lengths had not occurred since corona. The traffic information service does not expect this to be the last busy rush hour of the year. “That is partly because more and more people are getting into their cars and the winter months are just around the corner, when it gets dark earlier and worse weather is ahead,” according to the ANWB.
Until last week, the closure of the A12 between Oudenrijn and Nieuwerbrug also caused delays and pressure on other routes. With the reopening of the important highway, the crowds also seemed to decrease a lot. However, it now seems that the traffic jam specter has not gone away after all. This is to the frustration of the mobility alliance. That hoped that more lessons would be learned from the corona crisis. Spreading traffic is necessary to avoid crowds. However, old patterns return.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl