Traffic congestion in the region: busiest evening rush hour by 2016 – The Guardian

ARNHEM/ NIJMEGEN – The evening of Tuesday is the busiest point of the year. By light rain, wet roads and accidents stood there at 17.30 hours, more than 800 kilometres of traffic jam on the roads, reports the AA.

In Gelderland is a where traffic congestion arise. Around Arnhem almost all roads. From Nijmegen, there is a long traffic jam on the A325, which is already at junction Cologne begins, and the subsequent Pleyroute (N325). Traffic is added at least three minutes longer on the road than usual and close to a row of cars of 14 kilometers.

A12
On the A12 stand on both sides files. The direction of the German border is the row of traffic from Grijsoord to Zevenaar around 18: 00 11 kilometers long. The other way is the file with 2 miles is much shorter, but that gives a delay of a quarter of an hour.

A50
Also on the A50 from Arnhem in the direction of Oss are two files: between Grijsoord and Heteren 7 km and between Ewijk and Ravenstein 6 kilometers.

Nijmegen
Around Nijmegen, there is the further pressure on the A77 in the direction of the German border, with a file of 4 km, and the A73 from Dukenburg. There was an accident and the traffic has only one lane along.

On the A326 between Nijmegen and Ravenstein is a file between Beuningen and Bankhoef. Traffic must take into account a ten-minute delay.

A2
Also on the A2 are different files long and worry that for a lot of delay. So between Culemborg and Zaltbommel 14 kilometres of traffic jam, the delay is almost a half an hour.

N-roads
By the traffic problems, people try to motorways to avoid, and on local roads. There is also a lot busier: on several N-roads are also kilometres of traffic jams. That is the case, for example around Rhenen, where the N225 and N233 fully determined.

West
Also on the roads in the west of the country progresses traffic but slowly. Together, it provides a new filerecord. The previous spitsrecord of this year was in the name of the morning of 23 may, when there are 757 kilometres of traffic jams were recorded.

Filetoename
Just Tuesday made the ANWB announced that the number of files last month, with 12 percent compared to October 2015. “Especially on the motorways in the south of the country, flowed the traffic of the past month, much less than last year. That had to do with a lot of accidents, (autumn)leisure and the closure of the Merwedebrug for cargo traffic", said a spokesman.

Filezwaarte
Since the beginning of the year is the filezwaarte (length times duration of the file) already up 10 percent in comparison with 2015. “And then the busiest verkeersweken of the year still in front of the door: the autumn has started and the rush is mostly in the dark driven.”