A Billion trips a day : tradition and transition in European travel patterns /
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...
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Dordrecht, Netherlands ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
[1993]
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| Series: | Transportation research, economics and policy ;
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Table of Contents:
- 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).