flows.

Camera observations showed that only a very small part of the traffic consists of through-traffic (2-4%) that drives all the way from the Camera Obscuraweg to the Delftplein. A larger part (23%) of the traffic between Delftplein and the Spaarndamsebrug has a destination at the Waarderpolder or the centre of Haarlem. The rest of the traffic has a destination in Haarlem Noord. This suggests that the Vondelweg has a supra-local function, but not a regional function.

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