holland speed limits Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:07:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Dutch Scientists Say Reducing Speed Limits to 50 MPH Would Cut CO2 Emissions by 30% https://www.greenoptimistic.com/holland-reduce-speed-80-kmh-co2-save-20100607/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/holland-reduce-speed-80-kmh-co2-save-20100607/#respond Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:07:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7902 Holland is a country many people mention for its cleanliness and low-speed driving (120 km/h max on motorways). Still, there's room for more, as Mattijs Otten and Huib van Essen from the University of Delft released a study saying that the CO2 emissions would be reduced by 30% in the long run by reducing the speed limit to 80 km/h (50 mph).

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