Regional Structure of Päijät-Häme

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1 Regional Structure of Päijät-Häme Pietari Peltonen, Antti Takkunen & Tuomas Toivio

2 Päijät-Häme Population: Land area: 5124 km2 9 municipalities, 3 mergers since 2011, Municipality of Iitti will join to Päijät-Häme in jobs, decreasing trend Deployment 17,4% in % 5.3% 5.5% 5.5% 4% 2.6% 3.9% summer cottages Urbanisation: 87,6% (2014) Welfare union of Päijät-Häme starts in the beginning of 2017 Map: Päijät-Hämeen liitto; Info: Tilastokeskus

3 Pop 4000 pop 2900 Pop 3100 Pop Pop 8300 Pop Pop Pop 4600 Pop Map: Päijät-Hämeen liitto

4 Regional traffic and transportation network Road connections: - 2 national main roads run through region - Bus connections exist from Lahti to other municipalities, Heinola, Orimattila and Hollola have good connections - Decent service by long distance busses in areas located near highways - Private cars are essential in most parts Rail connections: - Very good from Lahti to Helsinki, regular but rare to east and west - Easy travelling to eastern big cities, complicated to western - 5 pairs of international trains stops in Lahti daily - Serves regional transportation poorly - Plenty of potential: tracks can support city expanding and strengthen bindings in the region Sources: Päijät-Hämeen liitto, Finnish transport agency, Päijät-Hämeen liikennejärjestelmäsuunnitelma 2014

5 Connections from Lahti City Time bus Daily busses Time train Daily trains (regional) Helsinki 1h 20m 98 50m 62 (36) Tampere 1h 55m 26 1h 49m (17)* Kouvola 1h 5m 12 27m 40 (14) Mikkeli 1h 45m 34 1h 45m 10 Jyväskylä 2h 15m 56 3,5-4h 24** St. Petersburg - - 2h 40m 10 * local trains to Riihimäki ** not direct, 2 routes Sources: Matkahuolto, VR, Lahden seudun liikenne Municipality Time bus Daily busses Padasjoki 50m 10 Sysmä 1h 15m 14 Heinola 35m 54 Hartola 55m 46 Asikkala 25m 38 Kärkölä 25m 6 To Hollola and Heinola there are plenty of local bus connections from Lahti

6 City-countryside typology Division of jobs in contemporary municipalities of Päijät-Häme in 2014 a) Agriculture and forests, Municipality a) b) c) b) Industry and production, Orimattila 10,3 29,8 57,6 c) Service and commercial, Kärkölä 8,6 46,9 43,3 Lahti 0,5 24,1 74,3 Hollola 7,1 27,8 62,7 Heinola 2,5 33,3 63,2 Asikkala 10,9 28,3 58,4 Hartola 16,9 21,7 59,0 Sysmä 25,1 14,2 57,9 Padasjoki 13,0 21,2 63,3 % of jobs Inner city area City area City development area Centres of countryside Countryside near city Countryside Countryside, thinly populated Map:Finnish environment institute Source: Tilastokeskus

7 Commuting inside the Region There are working people living in Lahti, of whom: work in Lahti work elsewhere of people working in Lahti come outside of Lahti TOP 5 towns for Lahti people commute to: - Helsinki people - Vantaa 576 people - Espoo 335 people - Kouvola 279 people - Hämeenlinna 263 people TOP 5 towns from where people commute to Lahti: - Helsinki 504 people - Kouvola 343 people - Hämeenlinna 257 people - Iitti 230 people - Mäntsälä 257 people Source: Verkkotietokeskus

8 Commuting from Päijät-Häme region to Päijät-Häme region Source: Päijät-Hämeen Liitto

9 Lahti and Helsinki region relationship - - Benefits from fast Helsinki-Lahti train connection, though not as much as predicted Smart & Clean Foundation started for solutions concerning transport, housing and energy in the Helsinki region and Lahti Less than two thousand jobs in central government sector jobs lost between 2002 and ,6% of jobs in Päijät-Häme region in (Finland average 5,8%) Lahti University Campus coordinated by University of Helsinki Sources: Lahti University Campus, Sitra, Tilastokeskus, Yle

10 Education Source: Päijät-Hämeen Liitto

11 Education Need for new labour force Need for new labor force Field General education Humanistic and education Culture Social science, economics and government Natural sciences Technology and traffic Nature resources and environment 508 Social, health and PE Education degree Occupational UAS University Other or not needed Total Travel, nutrition and economy Other Total Source: Päijät-Hämeen Liitto

12 Logistics - Location as logistically optimal spot - Connections on national level - New projects - Utilization of current networks - Effect of the new 12-ringroad Source: Päijät-Hämeen Liitto

13 Current (2007) and projection of traffic amounts 2020 (vehicles/day) Source: Strafica

14 National and transnational cooperation zones Source: Tiehallinto

15 National and transnational cooperation zones Source: Ympäristöministeriö

16 Thank you for your interest! Questions?

17 Sources Lahti University Campus. Liikennevirasto/Finnish transport agency Päijät-Hämeen Liitto Tiehallinto. Tilastokeskus vrm tyokay/050_tyokay_tau_105.px/?rxid=8003e567-cb0b f1-ab02f2787b4c. Sitra. Verkkotietokeskus. Yle. Valtion työpaikat vähentyneet erityisesti maaseudulla. Oikorata täytti 10 vuotta matkustajamäärät laskeneet vuosi vuodelta. Ympäristöministeriö. %20kehityskuva% pdf?sequence=1 Suomen ympäristökeskus/finnish environment institute. Ympäristökarttapalvelu Karpalo