1000 finns responded to the question: are you Going on a trip in your own car or by public?

Christmas Finland moves on wheels, rails or air. In a recent survey, has been mapped, what is a finns favorite move.Families with children prefer their own cars. Goods and passengers is a lot, and the easiest thing is to drive them in one ride. Eriika Ahopelto

Ramboll Finland study found out that up to half of the finns favours public transport when travelling alone for a longer journey home, but on the other hand, the majority of families with children with children preferably your own car.

the Study is published in the christmas, but the survey joined the general movement of people, not just for christmas travel.

the Study do have Ramboll-the company's international intelligent movement of units of the leading Jukka-Pekka Pitkänen estimates that the price is one factor in the movement of the instrument selection alone when traveling.

– Alone travel ticket can be cheaper than car costs.

the Bus is a popular christmas-time mobility equipment. It is found in those destinations, where the train does not pass. ESA FINLAND

– in Addition, for example, the train can do the same work or watch a movie, and traveling requires a similar concentration as in the car driving.

Women choose men more often public transport services when travelling alone: women 61 % said they prefer public transport alone, while in men the figure was only 38.

Women in particular, 18-34-year-olds were interested to travel by public longer distances.

Families use their own car

families with Children (n=194) 59 % of the moves with children preferably your own car. Car downloads for children economies to explain Pitkänen according to several factors.

– for Example, large quantities of goods or strollers can be difficult to move the public, and there is no certainty that the fit does, say, in the stroller with just the desired bus.

the Trains are fast and convenient from station to station, but from that point forward need to get another ride. JARNO individual and group communication

– in Addition, this could be a social factor, that if a child cries very much, so such a situation can be more comfortable care in a closed environment.

– If the study had examined the christmas period traffic, would be the figure could be even higher, for christmas, especially the stuff highlighted Pitkänen more.

the Investigation revealed that the particular place of residence affect the willingness to use their own cars with children moving: smaller locations live to use the car with the children while moving significantly more than metropolitan area residents.

– public transport works in principle, better in the cities than in sparsely populated areas, and it shows here.

smart traffic can bring change

in the Future new types of intelligent movement solutions can Pitkänen, according to improve the public transport functionality also in smaller localities.

– Accurate scheduled route may be different is the on-demand services, Pitkänen thinking.

Shared mobility services are becoming more common also in ten years.

– Then we could, say, pass the public house of the city to the cabin in the middle of the forest by making a reservation together with the service, which optimizes your we are suitable means of transport for making the journey.

Ramboll Finland Thousand Finnish study did IROResearch Ltd. Data were collected 26.11.-3.12.2018,