I spent hours daily driving on one of the busiest motorways in the Netherlands when commuting was still a norm. When I first came across with the goods vehicle data on CBS website, it immediately attracted my attention: it could answer those not so important questions that I have always had, when stuck in a traffic jam after a long day of work, alongside the lorries.
In this article, we will explore several aspects of goods vehicles transportation in particular,
- What are the types of common goods vehicles? How can we tell them apart using data?
- What is the lifespan of a goods vehicle?
- Why is there such a high volume of goods vehicles on the motorways nowadays?
General information
As described on CBS website, the data provides information
… on total vehicle kilometres of goods vehicles in the Netherlands (broken down by Dutch and foreign vehicles) and data of total kilometres and average annual kilometres of Dutch goods vehicles (broken down by Dutch and foreign territory). All figures are further broken down by lorries and road tractors, by age of the vehicle and by load capacity.
In the analysis, we will answer the question using mainly the following:
- country of origin: Dutch or foreign vehicles
- vehicle type: lorries or road tractors
- vehicle age: deducted from the year of construction
- vehicle km territory: abroad or in the Netherlands
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