The terraces are open, the curfew is gone and the roads are busier. Working from home is also losing ground, but seems to remain partly after corona. The old hustle and bustle on the road may therefore be a thing of the past for a longer period of time.
Especially during the first lockdown of last year, many people continued to work from home and it was therefore extremely quiet on the road. Then 69 percent of the people worked at home for one or more days. However, that also changed quite quickly, because six months later this was only the case for 42 percent of the people. That was evident from the earlier National Traveler Survey 2020, for which 13,000 people were questioned. Yet there is a good chance that working from home will continue to play a major role, even after corona. This has emerged from research by Ipsos on behalf of Rabobank.
This shows that Dutch people who normally work at the office want to stay at home an average of two days a week after corona. Many large employers also indicate that they want to keep more room for working from home. Employees are less naturally expected in the office than before corona. This of course has a positive effect on the traffic on the road. At the end of 2020, the ANWB calculated that working from home resulted in 63 percent fewer traffic jams in that year. Working partly from home and partly working at the office in one day can also be beneficial, because it means less driving during the traditional rush hours. It does not even have to be full working days from home to reduce traffic jams.