{"id":5372,"date":"2026-01-30T20:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opdiemen.nl\/traffic"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:56:44","slug":"traffic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.opdiemen.nl\/en\/traffic","title":{"rendered":"Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:50px;--awb-padding-bottom:50px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1193.92px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#00d2f7;border-color:#00d2f7;border-top-width:3px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\">\n<div id=\"Content\">\n<div class=\"boxed\">\n<div id=\"lipsum\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #198fd9;\">Less Amsterdam, more region<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A significant amount of <strong>provincial funding<\/strong> from the transport region is being directed <strong>to Amsterdam.<\/strong> In the rest of the province, transport lines are being discontinued.<\/p>\n<p>Diemen wants to <em>extend tram line 19 to the Diemer forest.<\/em> There is enough space to extend the tram line, but <strong>Amsterdam is unwilling<\/strong> to do so and has decided against it. It is time for fair tendering. We do get parking problems from Amsterdam, and fines do not benefit Diemen due to the Mulder law. All the money from parking fines goes to the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Use the spacious parking lots as a P&amp;R area. Extend line i9 to the Diemer forest so that commuters can take the tram to the city from there.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#00d2f7;--awb-border-top:2px;--awb-border-right:2px;--awb-border-bottom:2px;--awb-border-left:2px;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" title=\"Traffic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opdiemen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Verkeer500-02.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-5181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.opdiemen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Verkeer500-02-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.opdiemen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Verkeer500-02-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.opdiemen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Verkeer500-02.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Amsterdam gets everything, the region pays for everything<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Traffic - Onafhankelijk Diemen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Diemen proposes extending tram line 19 to the forest. 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