Inter-municipality commuting within the Helsinki metropolitan area commuting region

Sukkulointi paakaupunkiseudun tyossakayntialueilla

Inter-municipality commuting has grown significantly in the Helsinki region. In this study the changes in commuting destinations, job locations and distances from homes to jobs were analyzed. The studied area included the Helsinki metropolitan area, surrounding municipalities, the other provinces in the Uusimaa Region as well as an area outside Uusimaa, which extended as far as the cities of Haemeenlinna and Lahti. The research was based on commuting statistics from 1970 to 2003. Distances between homes and jobs grew significantly during the study period. This growth seems to have slowed within the Helsinki metropolitan area during recent years, but commuting distances continue to grow in the surrounding municipalities. The average distance from home to work in 2003 was 10 km for Helsinki residents, 12 km for residents of Espoo and Kauniainen and 13 km for Vantaa residents. Residents of Vihti had the longest commuting distances of the surrounding municipalities with an average of 23 km. The theoretical job to labour force ratio of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area was 116 percent in 2000 i.e. there were more jobs than employed residents in the area. In spite of this fact an increasing number of residents commute to jobs outside the area. Commuting to jobs in different municipalities within the area has also increased. The relationship between theoretical and actual job self-sufficiency seems to have weakened. Even though the amount of jobs in relation to employed residents has grown in many areas the actual job self-sufficiency of these areas usually has not increased. Employment is also sought further away from home. Commuting destinations have changed significantly. In the past the most common commuting destination was the center of Helsinki, where the major part of the jobs in the region were located. As an increasing amount of jobs are located outside the center of Helsinki commuting destinations are changing accordingly. This change creates new challenges for the development of the whole transport system. A gravitation model and Voorhees model were used to test the changes of the distance factor in the commuting model. Both models showed that the significance of the distance factor has only changed slightly during the 1990's. The primary causes for the increase in commuting distances seem to be general population and job growth and the resulting increase in competition within the housing and job markets in the area. Thus the use of a growth factor type F-model is justified and even offers better results than gravitation models and Voorhees models at least for short-term predictions. This report may be found at http://www.ytv.fi/NR/rdonlyres/A1E7132F-632E-4A4C-835C-E7C8CFEEE05D/0/Sukkulointi_B2006_3.pdf

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  http://www.ytv.fi/NR/rdonlyres/A1E7132F-632E-4A4C-835C-E7C8CFEEE05D/0/Sukkulointi_B2006_3.pdf
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• Authors:
  • PASTINEN, V
  • LEHTO, H
  • PAIVANEN, J
  • KARKINEN, T
  • MUSTO, M
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• Finnish

Media Info

• Pagination: 60p
• Serial:
  • HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA PUBLICATION SERIES
  • Issue Number: B 2006:3
  • Publisher: YTV HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA COUNCIL
  • ISSN: 0357-5454

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuting; Intercity transportation; Location; Work trips; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Inter regional
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01038016
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• ISBN: 951-798-599-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 19 2006 10:12AM