Trends in Free Fare Transport on the Urban Transport Service Market in Poland

This article presents a behavioural analysis of tourists visiting a leisure area in the north of Spain to evaluate their reaction when faced with a series of tariffs and alternative transport modes to estimate potential income for reinvestment in sustainable mobility policies. The active involvement of the different groups affected by the changes has led to a series of policies able to generate income for financing a new urban transport service, park and ride installations and their associated vehicles. These changes resulted in a noteworthy improvement in the quality of life of the local residents and an improved, less intense tourist experience.

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OPTIMIZATION OF GEOMETRIC FORMS FOR URBAN TRANSPORT STOPS/VISUOMENINIO TRANSPORTO STOTELIŲ RACIONALIŲ GEOMETRINIŲ FORMIŲ NUSTATYMAS

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management ◽

10.3846/13921525.1999.10531445 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 116-122

Author(s):

Aleksas Rimkus

Keyword(s):

Traffic Safety ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Experimental Investigations ◽

Shear Stresses ◽

Vehicle Speed ◽

Transport Service ◽

Entire Area ◽

Technical Parameters ◽

Conflict Situations ◽

Important Means

In order to improve the functioning of urban transport it is necessary to increase the efficiency of intermediate stops and organization of municipal transport service. There are two ways of solving problems of developing urban transport: 1) to install special lanes in the streets for urban transport only and 2) to improve the geometric forms of the existing stops arranging stop “pockets”. The first way requires a lot of investments. The second is more preferable. It allows a safe and efficient use of vehicles, an increase in stop usage intensity. Therefore it may be considered the most important means for developing passenger transport. The experimental investigations have shown that stop pockets should be of 4 m width. Such pockets diminish considerably the number of conflict situations and troubles with transport vehicles driving along the first and second lanes and ensure for passengers the possibilities of getting comfortably and safely on a vehicle. An abrupt braking of a bus or trolley-bus before a stop or in its area affects in an unpleasant way the passengers, causes dangerous situations, transport vehicles are sometimes damaged and shear stresses result in street covering deformations. It was established that deceleration and acceleration lengths depend on a vehicle speed influenced by deceleration and acceleration value a = 1,2 m/s2. The length of deceleration and acceleration is from 30 to 116 m. It has been found by an analysis for tracks of public transport vehicles entering and leaving the stop pockets that they do not enter a stop pocket by a radius arc but by a varying curve. The shape of such a curve depends on drivers' professional skills, vehicle technical parameters and speed. In accordance with experiments and calculations, data and formulas were obtained for detailed coordinates of stop pockets. Geometric forms and parameters of stop pockets were established. Regarding the geometric shape of stop pockets, the entering speed of vehicles and their plans as initial parameters, the dimensional values of stop pocket elements were differentiated according to categories of streets and their disposition in relation to crossings (Table 4.2). The calculations have shown that investments into stop pocket development are profitable in many aspects: the entire area of a stop pocket is used, the traffic safety and duration of street coverings are increased, no traffic jams occur before the stop, the passenger servicing and municipal transport maintenance are improved. The expenses for installing a stop pocket in repaid in 0,49 of a year.

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25 years of the Municipal Transportation Board in Gdynia

AUTOBUSY – Technika Eksploatacja Systemy Transportowe ◽

10.24136/atest.2017.037 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (10) ◽

pp. 22-28

Author(s):

Olgierd Wyszomirski

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Service ◽

Customer Service ◽

Public Transport ◽

Marketing Research ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Transport Service ◽

Transport Services ◽

Future Challenges ◽

Set Up

Twenty five years ago, the Municipal Transportation Board in Gdynia (ZKM) was launched. As part of the process of changes in the transport service of Gdynia and neighboring municipalities, a unit was created to organize public transport. A specialized urban transport organizer has been set up to improve the quality of public transport services. During the 25 years of operation of ZKM, the level of quality of service has been improved significantly, adjusting the transport offer to the demand and transportation preferences of inhabitants, learned through systematic representative marketing research. Trolleybus transport has been modernized, thanks to trolleybuses having an energy storage tank. Transport services within the network of ZKM are carried out by operators owned by the City of Gdynia and competing private entities. Before ZKM there are challenges related to the constantly increasing expectations of the inhabitants in terms of quality of service and the changing conditions of their service in the situation of strong development of motorization and implementation of the policy of sustainable urban transport development. The article presents the tasks and scope of activities of ZKM, bus, midibus, microbus and trolleybus transport organized by ZKM, operators contracted by ZKM, supervision and regulation of traffic in the transport network of ZKM, transport service of mass events by ZKM, marketing research conducted by ZKM, customer service by ZKM, quality evaluation of ZKM services and future challenges standing ahead of this unit.

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Changes in Travel Behavior, Attitudes, and Preferences among E-Scooter Riders and Nonriders: First Look at Results from Pre and Post E-Scooter System Launch Surveys at Virginia Tech

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/03611981211002213 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 036119812110022

Author(s):

Ralph Buehler ◽

Andrea Broaddus ◽

Ted Sweeney ◽

Wenwen Zhang ◽

Elizabeth White ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Undergraduate Students ◽

Travel Behavior ◽

Age Groups ◽

Travel Speed ◽

Public Perceptions ◽

Urban Transport ◽

University Staff ◽

Transport Service ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Public Transport Service

Shared micromobility such as electric scooters (e-scooters) has the potential to enhance the sustainability of urban transport by displacing car trips, providing more mobility options, and improving access to public transit. Most published studies on e-scooter ridership focus on cities and only capture data at one point in time. This study reports results from two cross-sectional surveys deployed before ( n = 462) and after ( n = 428) the launch of a fleet of shared e-scooters on Virginia Tech’s campus in Blacksburg, VA. This allowed for a pre–post comparison of attitudes and preferences of e-scooter riders and nonusers. E-scooter ridership on campus followed patterns identified in other studies, with a greater share of younger riders, in particular undergraduate students. Stated intention to ride before system launch was greater than actual ridership. The drop-off between prelaunch intention to ride and actual riding was strongest for older age groups, women, and university staff. As in city surveys, the main reasons for riding e-scooters on campus were travel speed and fun of riding. About 30% indicated using e-scooters to ride to parking lots or to access public transport service, indicating their potential as a connector to other modes of transport. Perceptions about convenience, cost, safety, parking, rider behavior, and usefulness of the e-scooter systems were more positive among nonriders after system launch, indicating that pilot projects may improve public perceptions of e-scooters. Building more bike lanes or separate spaces for e-scooters could help move e-scooter riders off sidewalks—a desire expressed by both pedestrians and e-scooter users.

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RELIABILITY OF LOGISTICS CHAINS IN FOREIGN TRADE OPERATIONS

Transport systems and transportation technologies ◽

10.15802/tstt2021/247877 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 4

Author(s):

N. LUZHANSKA ◽

I. LEBID ◽

I. КRAVCHENYA ◽

О. О. MAZURENKO

Keyword(s):

Foreign Trade ◽

Statistical Testing ◽

Service Users ◽

Service Reliability ◽

Transport Service ◽

Software Environment ◽

Service Market ◽

Planning Stage ◽

Logistics Service ◽

Delivery Planning

Abstract. The aim of the paper is to justify the decision on cooperation with entities in the transport service market for foreign trade operations based on the assessment of logistics chain reliability and shipping time on different routes. The research findings will enable cargo owners and other stakeholders to make management decisions at the delivery planning stage optimizing all processes related to customs and logistics services. Methods. We assess the reliability of four logistics chain types based on a simulation model developed in the GPSS software environment using the method of statistical testing. Results. Customs and logistics service users challenge entities in the transport service market with the task of performing foreign trade operations in compliance with the highest level of quality and service reliability minimizing the cost of delivery and shipping time. The proposed method allows determining the probability of timely delivery of goods in different transportation directions as well as the reliability of the studied process. Scientific novelty. The obtained simulation results will make it possible to work out proposals and recommendations for customs and logistics service users on the choice of an optimal logistics chain type, taking into account its impact on shipping time and reliability of goods delivery. Practical value. The practical value of the research is that the proposed method will allow foreign economic entities to form logistics chains, taking into account available resources and the need to use the services of other companies in international goods delivery. In this case, the efficiency of a logistics chain can be further assessed by the shipping time and reliability for export/import operations.

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ANALYZING AND CHOOSING THE TARGET SEGMENTS OF THE MARKET FOR CARGO FREIGHT TRANSPORT SERVICES

CBU International Conference Proceedings ◽

10.12955/cbup.v6.1202 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 486-490

Author(s):

Svetla Tzvetkova

Keyword(s):

Main Idea ◽

Essential Element ◽

Transport Infrastructure ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Transport Service ◽

Key Factors ◽

Service Market ◽

Transport Services ◽

The Competitiveness Of Enterprises

In order to attract more customers, transport enterprises strive towards providing transport services that fully meet their marketing criteria for quality. However, transport enterprises are not always capable of fully satisfying customers’ needs. Therefore, when choosing their “own” customers, transport enterprises need to develop a program for segmenting the transport market by recognizing its real capabilities for performing marketing events. The segmentation criteria depend on the economic and geographical peculiarities of the region, the development of transport infrastructure, the peculiarities of management and the transport enterprise’s capabilities.The report indicates the main stages of conducting effective segmentation of the cargo transport market. The necessity for analyzing the competitive advantages of enterprises working in a specific region has been determined; one instance involves the use of key factors that influence the quality of the transport service whose improvement in turn helps improve the competitiveness of enterprises. The paper’s main idea is to showcase the necessity and approaches for analyzing and assessing those target segments of the transport service market that carry out cargo freights. Segmentation is an essential element of the marketing concept that allows transport enterprises to choose those target segments of the market that are the most convenient and effective for them, thus guaranteeing the optimization of their expenses and profits.

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