Comparison of urban public transport systems in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Factors underpinning efficiency

Robustness studies on integrated urban public transport networks have attracted growing attention in recent years due to the significant influence on the overall performance of urban transport system. In this paper, topological properties and robustness of a bus–subway coupled network in Beijing, composed of both bus and subway networks as well as their interactions, are analyzed. Three new models depicting cascading failure processes on the coupled network are proposed based on an existing binary influence modeling approach. Simulation results show that the proposed models are more accurate than the existing method in reflecting actual passenger flow redistribution in the cascading failure process. Moreover, the traffic load influence between nodes also plays a vital role in the robustness of the network. The proposed models and derived results can be utilized to improve the robustness of integrated urban public transport systems in traffic planning.

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Foreign Direct Investment in non-urban public transport in Visegrad Group (V4) countries

Transportation Overview - Przeglad Komunikacyjny ◽

10.35117/a_eng_18_03_02 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 (3) ◽

pp. 8-20

Author(s):

Zbigniew Taylor ◽

Ariel Ciechański

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Public Transport ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Foreign Direct Investments ◽

Comprehensive Overview ◽

Urban Public Transport ◽

Visegrad Group

The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes and draw generalizations relating to the processes of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the non-urban public transport in the countries of the Visegrad Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary), after 1989. The processes observed lead mainly to the so-called brownfield investments and cover both bus operators, as well as rail carriers. The focus is placed on comprehensive overview of the activities of the largest investor (the German national railway DB) existing in all four countries of the V4 Group, and leading railway services in the most of the described countries.

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Problems of Disabled Persons in Public Transport in the Czech Republic in the Light of Results of Research Conducted in Poland.

Transportation Overview - Przeglad Komunikacyjny ◽

10.35117/a_eng_18_04_02 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 (4) ◽

pp. 11-19

Author(s):

Izabela Bergel ◽

Elżbieta Marciszewska ◽

Jaroslav Matuska ◽

Vera Zahorova

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Public Transport ◽

Disabled Persons ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Reduced Mobility

In the article we describe the fundamental problems of disabled persons in public transport in the light of results of research conducted in the Czech Republic. This article has arisen in framework of grant nr 11420036 “Rights of Passenger with Reduced Mobility in V4 Countries” supported by International Visegrad Fund, 2014-2015. This article correspond to the previous text in Przegląd Komunikacyjny nr **describing fundamental problems of PRM in Poland.

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