Estimation of travel time losses on trajectories
How much of congestion is a commuter encountering?
In this study we calculated travel time losses on certain trajectories via motorways between cities in Belgium. We based our results on traffic information stemming from single loop detectors embedded in the road’s concrete. The trajectories we looked at were:
- Brussels – Charleroi,
- Brussels – Ostend,
- Brussels – Ghent,
- Brussels – Antwerp,
- Brussels – Leuven,
- and Ghent – Antwerp.
All travel times were measured on the motorway network; the total travel time that a commuter experiences is therefore even larger as part of the home-work trips are done via the secondary and smaller road networks. The trajectories most of the time start and end at ring ways; this implies that the R0 around Brussels, the R1 around Antwerp and the R4 around Ghent are not considered.
We then used these travel time losses to look at the effects on someone’s 35-year lasting career: How long is someone spending on average on commuting between home and work, and how much is he encountering congestion?
It appears that people who live in Leuven and work in Brussels are the worst off: they spend some 45% of their commuting time in congestion. Of the other people that work in Brussels, those who live in Antwerp spend some 33% of their commuting time in congestion, followed with some 25% for those who live in Ghent and Charleroi.
Percentage total travel time loss during 35 year of commuting
reports
The report (Dutch only) can be downloaded here.
articles & presentations
- February 3, 2011, Sven Maerivoet gave a presentation 'Schatting verliestijden op trajecten' for Bruno De Lille, kabinet Mobiliteit (in Dutch)
- January 31, 2011, Sven Maerivoet gave an interview for Metro about "300 jours dans les embouteillages" (figures are cited wrong, correction: "160 jours dans les embouteillages").
- January 31, 2011, Sven Maerivoet gave an interview for Radio 1 Vandaag about "Verkeersellende op een gemiddelde carrière" http://internetradio.vrt.be/popups/radio1/radioplayer.html?qsbrand=11&qsODfile=/media/audio/r1vand16u3017u310111
- January 31, 2011, Sven Maerivoet gave an interview for Radio Nostalgie De Funky Roadshow about "Tijdens je loopbaan in de file staan"
- January 31, 2011, Sven Maerivoet gave an interview for the VRT News about "Een jaar in de file" (figures are cited wrong, correction: "Een half jaar in de file") http://www.deredactie.be/permalink/1.953799
- January 31, 2011, Sven Maerivoet gave an interview for Het Laatste
Nieuws and De Morgen about "Pendelaar staat tijdens carrière
4000 uur stil in de file"
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/957/Belgie/article/detail/1215561/2011/01/31/
Pendelaar-staat-tijdens-carriere-4-000-uur-stil-in-de-file.dhtml http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/989/Binnenland/article/detail/1215561/2011/01/31/
Pendelaar-staat-tijdens-carriere-4-000-uur-stil-in-de-file.dhtml - January 31, 2011, Sven Maerivoet gave an interview for Het Nieuwsblad and De Standaard about "Pendelaar staat tijdens carrière tot 300 dagen in file" (figures are cited wrong, correction: "Pendelaar staat tijdens carrière tot 160 dagen in de file") http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=G7G35N6P2 http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=G7G35N6P2
- January 31, 2011, Lars Akkermans gave an interview for the RTBF (Vivacité) radio, émission “c’est vous qui le dites”, about time lost in congestion throughout a 35-year career
- January 15, 2011, Sven Maerivoet, coverstory in Vacature: 'Uw carrière in de file'
period
2010
researchers
Sven Maerivoet
contact
Sven Maerivoet
+32 16 31.77.33