A BILLION TRIPS A DAY. TRADITION AND TRANSITION IN EUROPEAN TRAVEL PATTERNS. CHAPTER TWO. EUROPEAN MOBILITY IS DIFFERENT: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

In comparing European travel patterns with the rest of the world, an intermediate state between the holistic Japanese and individualistic North American approaches is observed. Data are compared from five blocks - OECD-Europe, EEC, Eastern Europe, USA and Japan. Comparisons are made of a) car ownership, b) car density, c) length of motorway, d) density of motorway, e) gross domestic product, f) modal distribution, g) share of household expenses devoted to transport, h) car prices, i) road casualties, j) energy consumption, k) nitrogen oxide emissions and l) noise pollution. The role of factors such as geography, income level and fuel pricing is considered. It is suggested that mobility development is not determined solely by economic wealth. For the covering abstract see IRRD 866713.

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• Authors:
  • Orfeuil, J-P
  • Bovy, P
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 13-19
• Serial:
  • Publication of: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Crashes; Freeways; Fuel consumption; Income; Length; Mobility; Modal split; Motor vehicles; Noise; Ownership; Textbooks; Traffic density
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Japan; United States
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

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• Accession Number: 00671099
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• ISBN: 0-7293-2297-5
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 24 1995 12:00AM