The contribution of Park and Ride to a robust mobility system

P+R-plus is a new layer of P+R (Park and Ride) on top of existing P+R facilities at many public transport stops. Someone who parks his car at a P+R-plus location is guaranteed that he can reach all important locations within a metropolitan region with a maximum of one transfer and with metro quality (reliable and highly frequent). This implies that the traveller doesn’t have to be familiar with the public transport system. The main difference with many existing P+R-locations is that P+R-plus offers public transport connections in multiple directions whereas traditional P+R is in general focused on one destination area. In this paper a method is presented for designing P+R. This method is by means of example applied the metropolitan region Rotterdam-The Hague in the Netherlands.