scholarly journals Criteria for Evaluation of Offers in Tender Procedures for City Buses in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 179-185
Author(s):  
Aleksander Jagiełło
Keyword(s):  
Urban Transport ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Collective Transport ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Modernization Process ◽  
Criteria For Evaluation ◽  
The City

On the basis of the literature review and secondary research results presented in the article, it should be stated that the continuous modernization of the rolling stock used to provide collective urban transport services is one of the main tools to encourage urban residents to abandon the use of passenger cars for collective transport. In order to make the rolling stock modernization process as smoothly as possible, it is necessary to carry out and then settle tenders for city buses. In the article, the primary research on the criteria used to evaluate offers in tender procedures for city buses in Poland was presented using descriptive statistics. The article also attempts to discuss whether the current weightings of the price criterion and non-price criteria reflect their share in the total cost of the life cycle of the city bus.

Interactive Evolution and Coordination of Urban Transport

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-24
Author(s):  
Yufang Jin ◽  
Xiangjian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Urban System ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Traffic Jam ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The City ◽  
Economic Size

With the continuous expansion of urban scale, blindly increasing or controlling transportation infrastructure possibly creates a short board in an urban system. In this study, a macro traffic integrated system was constructed according to a city's economic size distribution and transportation infrastructure. The planning strategy of traffic, industry, space interaction and coordinated development was put forward. Through theoretical model, the evolution mechanism between transportation infrastructure and economic scale distribution was revealed. Starting from the center of the city and inter city level, China's new urbanization strategy was implemented, and a comprehensive transportation system model was built. The traffic planning in Singapore was taken as an example, and the solution to traffic problems such as congestion, traffic jam, and distance was obtained. Practice has proved that the rational and effective urban transportation infrastructure construction can effectively promote the coordinated development of economy and resources, and comprehensively enhance the level of integrated transport services.

scholarly journals Evaluation of readiness of selected transport system

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Piotr Bojar
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Operator ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Safe Transport ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City

The basic tasks of the public public transport operator include reliable and safe transport services under the concluded transport contract with the transport organizer. The entity acting as the operator is obliged to punctually adhere to timetables, it is possible provided that the operator has a rolling stock characterized by a high level of readiness for rolling stock. The paper attempts to assess the readiness of the public transport operator performing tasks in the city and the adjacent area with a total number of residents not exceeding one hundred thousand.

scholarly journals Development of material and technical base urban transport companies in Western Siberia in years of eighth five-year plan (1966–1970)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 9-15
Author(s):  
M. K. Alafiev ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Technical Base ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
New Type

The article discusses the main activities of state authorities, labor collectives of transport enterprises in Western Siberia to improve the operation of urban public transport in the region during the eighth five-year plan (1966-1970). During the study period, the increase in the level of transport services for urban residents was directly related to measures to develop and strengthen the material and technical base of passenger transport enterprises, technical re-equipment of automobile and tram rolling stock, and construction of a new type of public transport in Western Siberia – the urban trolleybus. The author comes to the conclusion that during the eighth five-year plan, urban public transport enterprises in the region received significant material and technical development, which became the basis for increasing the volume of passenger traffic and improving the quality of transport services for the urban population of the West Siberian region

scholarly journals Substitutability and Complementarity of Municipal Electric Bike Sharing Systems against Other Forms of Urban Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 6702
Author(s):  
Michał Suchanek ◽  
Aleksander Jagiełło ◽  
Justyna Suchanek
Keyword(s):  
Urban Transport ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Collective Transport ◽  
The People ◽  
Operational Characteristics ◽  
Bike Sharing ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Car Travel ◽  
Electric Bike

The current quantitative and qualitative development of bike-sharing systems worldwide involves particular implications regarding the level of sustainability of urban development and city residents’ quality of life. To make these implications as large as possible as well as the most positive, it is essential that the people who use municipal bikes on a regular basis to the largest extent possible abandon car travel at the same time. Thanks to their operational characteristics, electric bikes should enable meeting the transport needs of a wider group of city residents compared with traditional bicycles. The main aim of this study was therefore to check whether the municipal electric bike system (MEVO) in Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot metropolitan area of Poland lived up to the hopes placed upon it by policymakers. Therefore, the article tests the hypothesis indicating that the municipal electric bike systems constitute a substitutable form of transportation against passenger cars to a larger extent than against collective urban transport and walking trips. The analysis was performed based on the results of primary studies conducted among the users of MEVO. The data show that the MEVO was a substitutable form of transportation against collective transport and walking trips to a larger extent than against passenger cars. Through logistic regression analysis, the variables concerning the probability of replacing car trips by MEVO bicycles were determined. Among the analyzed variables, the following turned out to be statistically significant: age, the number of people in the household, the number of cars in the household, the distance from work, and gender. The results therefore indicate that substituting in favor of electro bikes was more probable for younger people with fewer people in the household and a distance to travel below 3 km, whereas it was less probable for people with more cars in the household or traveling a distance longer than 10 km. Additionally, females were more likely to choose the bike system.

IMPROVING THE ORGANIZATION OF PASSENGER SERVICE ON THE ROUTE BY USING BUSES OF DIFFERENT CAPACITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Ryabovbov ◽  
R. Ya. Kashmanov
Keyword(s):  
Road Network ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Volga River ◽  
The Road ◽  
Passenger Traffic ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Rational Distribution ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The City

Introduction. The authors propose to use a rational distribution of buses, taking into account their passenger capacity and the hours of the day, in order to optimize the operation of the rolling stock (RS) on the route. The usage of RS low-capacity on routes with significant passenger traffic increases the RS need, the load on the transport network and emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere. Operation of high-capacity buses on routes with low power passenger traffic leads to the large intervals of movement and to the increase of waiting time for passengers. The authors highlight that on the number and type of buses’ determining it is necessary to take into account the city specifics (on the example of Volgograd), such as the presence of only two main streets with three lanes in each direction, adjacent roads through which the routes pass, one lane direction.The length of the city along the Volga river in total is about 90 km, due to the peculiarities of the road network (RN) of the city, any irrational use of the RS leads to a significant load on the road network, and, as a result, to the congestion on the roads. Nowadays the PS is not operated effectively.On most routes of the city the capacity of RS does not correspond to passenger traffic on the route. Possible way to optimize the use of RS is taking into account the daily load on the road network.Materials and methods. The authors studied the technology of the movement organization of the rolling stock on the № 59 route. In order to optimize the transportation process, the authors used the method of determining the buses’ number by hour of the day on the base of the graph-analytical method. Buses of different capacity were used on this route.Results. The resulting distribution of buses made it possible to combine the interests of carriers and passengers, to increase the efficiency of rolling stock and to reduce the load on the road network.Discussion and conclusions. As a result, the authors present the measures for improving the efficiency of the rolling stock. These measures are the main for improving transport services for population.

scholarly journals Financing public transport: a spatial model based on city size

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-122
Author(s):  
Miguel Ruiz-Montañez
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Spatial Model ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
City Size ◽  
Transport Networks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The City

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between public transport services and the financial needs. Cities require to be equipped with public transport networks as they are primarily responsible for creation of wealth for countries and to ensure sustainability of urbanization. Once decisions have been taken to design, build and operate such networks, it is equally important to set rules for urban transport financing. Depending on the city size and other factors, authorities allocate resources. Nonetheless, is there a relationship between the size of the city and its public transport financial needs? This paper develops a model to explain such relationships. Design/methodology/approach The study develops a spatial model, while providing intuition through the use of graphs, to solve the question of the amount of resources allocated for financing the transport services. Findings It is verified that those financial needs are more than proportional to the size of the city; when a city grows in its number of boroughs, economic funds needed to support public transport have to increase in a greater proportion in comparison to the growth of boroughs growth. The model states a formula valid for explaining the financial needs. Originality/value The model is interesting as it explains why large metropolitan areas need special financial aid from authorities. Real life shows that big cities like Paris, Berlin or Madrid need extraordinary funds for this purpose, and in most of the cases, specific national laws are required for financing public transport networks in these large metropolitan areas.

scholarly journals Urban public transport as a tool of sustainable mobility policy – the example of Poland

2020 ◽  
pp. 154-184
Author(s):  
Paweł Gałka ◽  
Krzysztof Grzelec ◽  
Katarzyna Hebel ◽  
Eamonn Judge ◽  
Olgierd Wyszomirski
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Transport Behaviour ◽  
Technical Solutions

The assumptions and goals of sustainable urban mob ility are defined in global and national documents, for example, the United Nations 2030 Agenda and in the Transport Policy of the State of Poland for 2006–2025. Achieving these goals is a long process. Tools and actions have been identified that play a fundamental role in achieving sustainable mobility, and various methods of measuring the effectiveness of these activities have been presented and compared. The article presents the following research hypotheses: achieving the goals of sustainable mobility through the development of the public transport offer requires the use of modern management methods, it is necessary to identify the main attributes of public transport that determine the use of this type of transport and to finance those elements of the transport offer that correspond to these attributes. The aim of the article is to assess the role of public transport as an element of sustainable mobility and to explain the reasons for unsatisfactory policy effects in Poland. Analysing the effectiveness of actions and tools used in Polish cities in achieving the goals of sustainable mobility, the processes of management in public transport and shaping the attributes of transport services and technical solutions were selected for the analysis. The analysis was carried out on the example of selected Polish cities. On the basis of the conducted research, the authors formulated conclusions: the idea of sustainable mobility development is an element of the transport policy of modern European cities, achieving sustainable development requires changes in the structure of urban transport, effective implementation of a sustainable mobility policy leads to changes in transport behaviour, the condition for increasing the share of public transport is to increase the attractiveness of its services. Detailed conclusions were defined in relation to selected Polish cities, in particular Gdańsk and Gdynia. The use of public transport by people who can travel by car can be increase by affecting the freedom to use passenger cars in cities through traffic and parking restrictions. The most effective tool that limits the use of private cars turns out to be parking fees in the city. Conclusions from the conducted research allowed us to confirm the research hypotheses of the article.

scholarly journals INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF URBAN ELECTRIC TRANSPORT USING SADT METHODOLOGY

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (159) ◽  
pp. 173-177
Author(s):  
D. Lychov
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Functional Model ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Electric Transport ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Technical Operation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

The issue of increasing the efficiency of urban electric transport through the introduction of CASE-technologies based on SADT-methodology is considered. The performance of the system analysis of the operation of urban electric transport is given. The system of urban electric transport is considered not as an isolated system that solves only its problems - making a profit, but in connection with the problems of the city, the population that uses transport services, enterprises that employ people who transport. The proposed methodology will allow to create a computer functional model of operation of electric vehicles in the IDEF0 format using the software package BPWin. It is shown that the operation of transport is a complex process consisting of three subsystems: operation management, commercial and technical operation. Each of these subsystems has its own functional tasks, which require appropriate resources. Therefore, to ensure resource conservation in the operation of rolling stock, the following levels of development are presented and considered: the city transport system, urban electric transport enterprises, technological processes of passenger transportation, maintenance, maintenance and repair of facilities and equipment. Also operation of city electric transport includes maintenance of vehicles in depot. This article describes the features of the impact of the rolling stock of urban electric transport on energy consumption, taking into account the influence of factors such as passenger cabin occupancy, mileage of the mobile unit when operating on the routes of large cities, operating speed. A new methodology for evaluating the work of a city electric transport company is presented, which allows to combine several different, economically independent enterprises into one functional model. It is shown that the use of the proposed model will make it possible to create a system of accounting for electricity consumption by different types of urban electric transport.

scholarly journals SWOT analysis – a tool for determining the public transport network in Zamość

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Renata Repeć ◽  
Andrzej Rogowski
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Fuels ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Rolling Stock ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Zero Emission ◽  
The City

The implementation of the obligations resulting from the Act on electromobility and alternative fuels forces local government units to pro-vide transport services in public collective transport with the use of low- and zero-emission buses. Zamość, as a city with more than 50,000 inhabitants, is obliged to purchase zero-emission rolling stock, which is connected with the analysis of network reorganization and the choice of shaping new transport bundles in the city. Despite the fact that MZK Zamość owns a fleet of low-emission vehicles (powered by CNG), it is obliged to purchase an appropriate number of zero-emission buses (e.g. e-buses). The article presents by means of SWOT analysis the strengths and weaknesses as well as opportunities and threats resulting from the change in the adaptation of the transport network of the city of Zamość to the legal conditions concerning electromobility and low-carbon buses.

Indore City Bus Transport Service (A)

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
G Raghuram ◽  
Satyam Shivam Sundaram
Keyword(s):  
Transport System ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Madhya Pradesh ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
The City ◽  
Public Transport Services ◽  
Bus Transport

Towards the end of 90s, mounting losses forced Madhya Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (MPSRTC), the sole provider of public transport in Madhya Pradesh, to suspend their urban services. As a consequence, organized public transport services ceased to exist in Indore, the largest metropolitan city of the state of Madhya Pradesh. This void was filled by Intermediate Public Transport (IPT) consisting of minibuses, tempos and auto rickshaws. As of January 2004, 300 private minibuses, 150 tempos, and 10,000 auto rickshaws were plying as IPT, but with poor service levels. Lack of public transport was a catalyst for rapid increase in personalized vehicles, and high level of pollution and accidents. Worried over the rapid growth of personalized vehicles, and high levels of pollution and accidents in Indore, policy makers and administrators had made several attempts of reviving the public transport system in the city. In 2005, the Collector and District Magistrate of Indore decided to make another attempt of reviving the public transport. The two cases, Indore City Bus Transport Service (A) and Indore City Bus Transport Service (B) discuss the complexity involved in the planning, rolling out, and running of public transport services in Indore on a sustainable basis. Case (A) details the prevalent socio-economic condition, travel characteristics, and positions taken by various stakeholders on provisioning of public transport service in Indore as of November 2005. The readers have to conceptualize the transport system for the city and take the position of the Collector and District Magistrate of Indore to prepare a note that would be submitted to the state cabinet for their approval. Case (B) discusses the challenges during the growth and operation of the services as of June 2008.

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