netwalker.nl » traffic http://netwalker.nl exploring the web and random thoughts Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Don't mess with Jasper http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/06/dont-mess-with-jasper/ http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/06/dont-mess-with-jasper/#comments Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:25:20 +0000 walker http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/06/dont-mess-with-jasper/ Something about parking again: In our company there are two groups of employees, those with and those without a parking. Only upper management and commercial people have a private parking, the rest has to find one of the rare spots in the area. So as a developer I don’t have a parking and that’s why I am going to work by public transport now. Today a project manager (that’s not upper management) – Ernst – dared to park on the spot of one of the commercial guys – Jasper – and didn’t remove it on request. Well, Jasper doesn’t like to walk and was absolutely not amused. He reacted with a wheel clamp (EUR 65 at Halfords) and if it happens again, he will not remove it again.

No-Parking

]]> http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/06/dont-mess-with-jasper/feed/ 0 Parking a Sports Activity Vehicle http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/04/parking-a-sports-activity-vehicle/ http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/04/parking-a-sports-activity-vehicle/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:40:51 +0000 walker http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/04/parking-a-sports-activity-vehicle/ Have you ever wondered, why city people drive a car, which looks like it has been designed to cross the Scottish highlands or the Siberian tundra? Well, since in Amsterdam they build office buildings without enough car parkings for those people who might actually work in those buildings or visit companies in these buildings, a BMW Sports Activity Vehicle can be very handy when I comes to alternative parking.

BMW X5 parking
(seen today in front of our office)

]]> http://netwalker.nl/2006/10/04/parking-a-sports-activity-vehicle/feed/ 0 Traffic situation in the Randstad http://netwalker.nl/2006/04/05/traffic-situation-in-the-randstad/ http://netwalker.nl/2006/04/05/traffic-situation-in-the-randstad/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:27:41 +0000 walker http://netwalker.nl/2006/04/05/traffic-situation-in-the-randstad/ The Randstad is the central area of Holland between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. Here we find the highest density of population and of course regular traffic jams. This animation shows the traffic situation today between 6am and 8pm.You can clearly see the morning and afternoon rush hour. One second of animation represents 30 minutes.
It has been a relatively normal day. On bad days the way from Almere to Amsterdam is completely red.

Randstad traffic 6am - 8pm
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Apple Quicktime 7 is required to watch the movie.

]]> http://netwalker.nl/2006/04/05/traffic-situation-in-the-randstad/feed/ 3 Almere traffic on a normal Tuesday http://netwalker.nl/2006/04/05/83/ http://netwalker.nl/2006/04/05/83/#comments Wed, 05 Apr 2006 19:03:48 +0000 walker http://netwalker.nl/2006/04/05/83/ I though it would be interesting to see how the traffic situation in Almere changes during a day, so based on the site with the traffic information I created a small animated movie. It shows the traffic condition in Almere between 6am and 8pm on April 4, 2006. Almere is a fast growing town, which currently has 179.059 inhabitants. By 2010 it will be more than 200.000. Handling the growth of traffic is a real challenge, both inside of the city and even more in the direction of Amsterdam, where it is already collapsing every day.

Almere traffic 6am-8pm, 2006-04-04
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Apple Quicktime 7 is required to watch the movie.

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