A Billion Trips A Day: Tradition And Transition In European Travel Patterns (transportation Research, Economics And Policy)

__A Billion Trips a Day: Tradition and Transition in European Travel____Patterns__ consists of twenty-four original chapters developed by a network of transport professionals in a coordinated manner. The three parts of the book are: European Mobility Patterns; Dimensions of European Mobility, and National Perspectives. Mobility in fourteen countries is described and ten chapters of analysis compare the major dimensions of travel across Europe, which is seen as a laboratory for transport policies. __A Billion Trips a Day: Tradition and Transition in European Travel____Patterns__ questions the uniqueness of European travel and transport policies and demonstrates that, in many ways, Europe is different from other developed economies. However, there are side dissimilarities within Europe. The authors take a deep look at the underlying factors which affect travel behavior, with the objective of providing the necessary information for policy making. The comparative chapters of Part II provide an analysis based on national perspectives of the role of the time dimension travel; automobile ownership and use; commuting; public transport; and international travel. They also review the transport policies applied in Europe, explaining why some policies work in some places, while failing in others. Pt. I. European Mobility Patterns. 1. Introduction: Can A Billion Trips Be Reduced To A Few Patterns? / Ilan Salomon, Piet Bovy And Jean-pierre Orfeuil. 2. European Mobility Is Different: A Global Perspective / Jean-pierre Orfeuil And Piet Bovy. 3. Europe: A Heterogenous 'single Market' / Piet Bovy, Jean-pierre Orfeuil And Dirk Zumkeller. 4. Travel Patterns Of The Europeans In Everyday Life / Jean-pierre Orfeuil And Ilan Salomon -- Pt. Ii. Dimensions Of European Mobility. 5. Taming The Peak: Time And Timing As Travel Moderators / Ilan Salomon And Mart Tacken. 6. Car: Increasing Ownership And Decreasing Use? / Wim Korver, Jeroen Klooster And Gijsbertus R.m. Jansen. 7. Commuting: Home Sprawl, Job Sprawl And Traffic Jams / Gijsbertus R.m. Jansen. 8. Public Transport In Europe: Requiem Or Revival? / Eliahu Stern And Terje Tretvik. 9. Travelling Across Europe: Going For Pleasure And Profit / Francoise Potier, Ali Turel And Jean-pierre Orfeuil. 10. Transport Policy: The European Laboratory / Peter Jones, Piet Bovy, Jean-pierre Orfeuil And Ilan Salomon -- Pt. Iii. National Perspectives. 11. Austria: Something Is Happening Between East And West / Gerd Sammer. 12. Belgium: Mobility At The Political Heart Of Europe / Hilde Meersman And Eddy Van De Voorde. 13. Finland: Mobility On Top Of Europe / Lassi Hilska And Veli-pekka Kallberg. 14. France: A Centralized Country In Between Regional And European Development / Jean-pierre Orfeuil. 15. Germany: A Review At The Verge Of A New Era / Claus Heidemann, Uwe Kunert And Dirk Zumkeller. 16. Greece: Growing Slow, Travelling Fast / Kostas Petrakis. 17. Israel: Transport In A Small Turbulent Island-state / Ilan Salomon And Eran Feitelson. 18. Italy: A (motorway) Bridge To The South / Giancarlo Del Sole And Massimo Pazienti. 19. The Netherlands: Ground Transport Below Sea-level / Wim Korver, Gijsbertus R.m. Jansen And Piet Bovy. 20. Norway: Crossing Fjords And Mountains / Arild Hervik, Terje Tretvik And Liv Ovstedal. 21. Sweden: Moving Towards A Safer Environment / Krestin Westin. 22. Switzerland: Neutrality At The Center Of Europe / Rico Maggi And Massimo Filippini. 23. Turkey: Coping With High Transit Demands Through Entrepreneurship / Gokhan Mentes, Ali Turel And Turgay Gunal. 24. United Kingdom: Deregulated Transport In An Over-regulated Continent / Sharon Cullinane -- Appendix A: Currency Exchange Rates Table (31.12, 1988) -- Appendix B: Purchasing Power Parities (1989). Edited By Ilan Salomon, Piet Bovy, And Jean-pierre Orfeuil. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 437-447) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Can a Billion Trips be Reduced to a Few Patterns?....Pages 3-12 European Mobility is Different: A Global Perspective....Pages 13-19 Europe: A Heterogenous ‘Single Market’....Pages 21-31 Travel Patterns of the Europeans in Everyday Life....Pages 33-50 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 Taming the Peak: Time and Timing as Travel Moderators....Pages 53-74 Car — Increasing Ownership and Decreasing Use?....Pages 75-100 Commuting: Home Sprawl, Job Sprawl, Traffic Jams....Pages 101-127 Public Transport in Europe: Requiem or Revival?....Pages 129-148 Travelling Across Europe: Going for Pleasure and Profit....Pages 149-165 Transport Policy: The European Laboratory....Pages 167-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Austria: Something is Happening Between East and West....Pages 191-210 Belgium: Mobility in the Political Heart of Europe....Pages 211-225 Finland: Mobility on Top of Europe....Pages 227-239 France: A Centralized Country in between Regional and European Development....Pages 241-256 Germany: A Review at the Verge of a New Era....Pages 257-274 Greece: Growing Slow, Travelling Fast....Pages 275-289 Israel: Transport in a Small Turbulent “Island-State”....Pages 291-312 Italy: A (Motorway) Bridge to the South....Pages 313-328 The Netherlands: Ground Transport Below Sea Level....Pages 329-348 Norway: Crossing Fjords and Mountains....Pages 349-365 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Sweden: Moving Towards a Safer Environment....Pages 367-384 Switzerland: Neutrality at the Centre of Europe?....Pages 385-402 Turkey: Coping with High Transit Demands through Entrepreneurship....Pages 403-420 United Kingdom: Deregulated Transport in an Over-Regulated Continent....Pages 421-436 Back Matter....Pages 437-461

A Billion Trips a Day: Tradition and Transition in European Travel Patterns consists of twenty-four original chapters developed by a network of transport professionals in a coordinated manner. The three parts of the book are: European Mobility Patterns; Dimensions of European Mobility, and National Perspectives. Mobility in fourteen countries is described and ten chapters of analysis compare the major dimensions of travel across Europe, which is seen as a laboratory for transport policies.
A Billion Trips a Day: Tradition and Transition in European Travel Patterns questions the uniqueness of European travel and transport policies and demonstrates that, in many ways, Europe is different from other developed economies. However, there are side dissimilarities within Europe. The authors take a deep look at the underlying factors which affect travel behavior, with the objective of providing the necessary information for policy making. The comparative chapters of Part II provide an analysis based on national perspectives of the role of the time dimension travel; automobile ownership and use; commuting; public transport; and international travel. They also review the transport policies applied in Europe, explaining why some policies work in some places, while failing in others.

The 413 million Europeans generate roughly a billion trips a day.