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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• Introduction
• The Rise of Urban Mobility
• Understanding Daily Travel Patterns
• Transportation Infrastructure Challenges
• Technology Transforming Transit
• Case Studies from Major Cities
• The Role of Data in Mobility Planning
• Environmental and Social Impacts
• Future of Urban Transportation
• Conclusion

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

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

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

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

eBook ISBN
978-94-015-8118-9
Published: 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