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Finland: Mobility on Top of Europe

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A Billion Trips a Day

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Finland is one of the most northern countries in the world. Its neighbouring countries are Sweden, Norway and Russia. The Baltic sea separates Finland from the rest of Europe in the south and west (Figure 13.1).

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  1. Lassi Hilska
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  2. Veli-Pekka Kallberg
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  1. Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Ilan Salomon

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

    Piet Bovy

  3. INRETS, France

    Jean-Pierre Orfeuil

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Hilska, L., Kallberg, VP. (1993). Finland: Mobility on Top of Europe. In: Salomon, I., Bovy, P., Orfeuil, JP. (eds) A Billion Trips a Day. Transportation Research, Economics and Policy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8118-9_13

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