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A Billion Trips a Day

Tradition and Transition in European Travel Patterns

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Editors:
  1. Ilan Salomon

    1. Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  2. Piet Bovy

    1. Transportation and Traffic Research Department, Ministry of Transport and Public Works, The Netherlands

  3. Jean-Pierre Orfeuil

    1. INRETS, France

Part of the book series: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy (TRES)

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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.

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. European Mobility Patterns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: Can a Billion Trips be Reduced to a Few Patterns?

      • Ilan Salomon, Piet Bovy, Jean-Pierre Orfeuil
      Pages 3-12

    3. European Mobility is Different: A Global Perspective

      • Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Piet Bovy
      Pages 13-19

    4. Europe: A Heterogenous ‘Single Market’

      • Piet H. L. Bovy, Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Dirk Zumkeller
      Pages 21-31

    5. Travel Patterns of the Europeans in Everyday Life

      • J. P. Orfeuil, Ilan Salomon
      Pages 33-50

  3. Dimensions of European Mobility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Taming the Peak: Time and Timing as Travel Moderators

      • Ilan Salomon, Mart Tacken
      Pages 53-74

    3. Car — Increasing Ownership and Decreasing Use?

      • Wim Korver, Jeroen Klooster, Gijsbertus R. M. Jansen
      Pages 75-100

    4. Commuting: Home Sprawl, Job Sprawl, Traffic Jams

      • Gijsbertus R. M. Jansen
      Pages 101-127

    5. Public Transport in Europe: Requiem or Revival?

      • Eliahu Stern, Terje Tretvik
      Pages 129-148

    6. Travelling Across Europe: Going for Pleasure and Profit

      • Francoise Potier, Ali Turel, Jean-Pierre Orfeuil
      Pages 149-165

    7. Transport Policy: The European Laboratory

      • Peter Jones, Piet Bovy, Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Ilan Salomon
      Pages 167-187

  4. National Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Austria: Something is Happening Between East and West

      • Gerd Sammer
      Pages 191-210

    3. Belgium: Mobility in the Political Heart of Europe

      • Hilde Meersman, Eddy Van de Voorde
      Pages 211-225

    4. Finland: Mobility on Top of Europe

      • Lassi Hilska, Veli-Pekka Kallberg
      Pages 227-239

    5. France: A Centralized Country in between Regional and European Development

      • Jean Pierre Orfeuil
      Pages 241-256

    6. Germany: A Review at the Verge of a New Era

      • Claus Heidemann, Uwe Kunert, Dirk Zumkeller
      Pages 257-274

    7. Greece: Growing Slow, Travelling Fast

      • Kostas Petrakis
      Pages 275-289
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Ilan Salomon

  • Transportation and Traffic Research Department, Ministry of Transport and Public Works, The Netherlands

    Piet Bovy

  • INRETS, France

    Jean-Pierre Orfeuil

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Billion Trips a Day

  • Book Subtitle: Tradition and Transition in European Travel Patterns

  • Editors: Ilan Salomon, Piet Bovy, Jean-Pierre Orfeuil

  • Series Title: Transportation Research, Economics and Policy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8118-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2297-9Published: 31 July 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4278-1Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8118-9Published: 14 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-4387

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 461

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Economic Policy, Economic Growth, Economic Geography

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