scholarly journals The Expectations of the Residents of Szczecin in the Field of Telematics Solutions after the Launch of the Szczecin Metropolitan Railway

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 339
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Barczak
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Positive Opinion ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Railway Systems

Transport is integral to every city, having a crucial impact on its functioning and development. As road infrastructure does not keep up to speed with the constantly growing numbers of vehicles on roads, new solutions are required. Fast urban railway systems are a solution that can reduce transport congestion, with environmental protection issues also taken into account. Contemporary public transport cannot function without modern communication and information technologies. The use of telematics in public transport allows passenger mobility to be sustainable and efficient. Therefore, it seems justified to conduct research on this issue. The aim of the study is to analyze the perception of the use of telematics solutions to service SKM in Szczecin (Poland) with the use of multivariate correspondence analysis. Results of the research indicate that people living in the area of gravity of the SKM have a positive opinion on the application of telematics solutions in the activities of the Szczecin Metropolitan Railway. The results obtained are local in nature, but show the direction that researchers can take in analyzing public transport in other agglomerations. In addition, the article presents a tool that greatly facilitates the analysis of survey data, even with a large number of results.

scholarly journals Participation in urban life and obstacles for mobility of the elderly in Łódź

2017 ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Iwona Pielesiak
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Residential Environment ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
The City

The article analyzes participation of senior citizens in urban life of Łódź in the context of spending their free time. The paper is also aimed at revealing obstacles for their mobility within the city. It occurred that the elderly want to participate more in urban life, especially because of their strong desire to meet other people. However, there are still many barriers, mostly relating to public transport and road infrastructure, that make such participation difficult. Also many deficiencies may be found in seniors’ residential environment as well as in public green areas.

scholarly journals Sustainability Analysis of Competition in Public Transport Systems: A Comparative Case Study in Hungary and Finland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
András Lakatos ◽  
Péter Mándoki
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Current Problem ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Railway Systems ◽  
Time Of Travel ◽  
A Current

Ongoing competition between bus and railway systems in European (especially in the middle, south and east part) regional passenger transport is a current problem. Long term sustainability and efficiency in passenger transport requires a balanced transport policy. These subsectors need to be complement each other, not compete. The parallel bus and railway links can result in a competition. This research explores solutions to this issue for long term environmental and economic sustainability optimization. Some of the important factors include the number of inhabitants to be served, public transport availability, and efficiency in time of travel for vehicles and passengers. To ensure long term sustainability of the presented methodology, the effect of interventions was analyzed. The study compares Finland and Hungary in terms of the competition regional railway and bus links.

An INDSCAL-Based Approach to Multiple Correspondence Analysis

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Douglas Carroll ◽  
Paul E. Green
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Principal Axes

Current methods of multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) provide configurations that are expressed in terms of principal axes. These solutions are not invariant over rotations. The authors propose an approach to MCA that entails an INDSCAL analysis of normalized Burt matrices (as commonly obtained from MCA). The resulting configuration is uniquely oriented and dimension weights also are obtained for each contributory data set. The method is applied to survey data describing relationships among respondent demographic characteristics and recent car purchases.

Analysis of selected ITS services used in urban public transport

2018 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 211-222
Author(s):  
Damian Lach ◽  
Elżbieta Macioszek
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Intelligent Transport Systems ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
Intelligent Transport ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Immediate Response

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are a set of tools that enable better and more efficient use of existing road infrastructure. They support the operation of transport systems in selected areas. ITS services are not only related to the improvement of cars traffic conditions but also to the functioning of urban public transport in the area of their impact. Thanks to the available ITS functions, supervision over the functioning of urban public transport has become easier and allows to achieve the intended effects in the form of increasing the importance of urban public transport (UPT) in transport systems of cities and agglomerations. Establishing transport priorities for UPT vehicles, closing streets for cars, supervising the movement of UPT vehicles, dynamic passenger information systems or immediate response to emergency situations is one of many available ITS functions in public transport. The article presents an analysis of the functioning of selected ITS services supporting the functioning of urban public transport in selected areas of the Silesian Voivodeship.

Commuter Perceptions of Public Transport Work Journeys

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
P N O'Farrell ◽  
J Markham
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Transportation Planning ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Urban Transportation ◽  
Performance Data ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Objective Performance ◽  
Roadside Survey

Commuter perceptions of certain public transport peak-hour performance characteristics are quantified for samples of car-owning public transport users and car users in six randomly selected areas of the Dublin conurbation. The existence of roadside survey data (for buses) and timetables (for trains) has permitted an analysis of the degree of distorted perception of in-vehicle times, waiting times, and costs. Results show that the use of objective performance data on public transport modes in urban transportation planning models needs to be questioned, as actual times and costs seldom reflect the subjective images of commuters.

scholarly journals CALIBRATION OF VILNIUS PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODEL

Transport ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasa Ušpalyte-Vitkūniene ◽  
Marija Burinskiene ◽  
Vytautas Grigonis
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Transport Modelling ◽  
Financial Investment ◽  
Performance Quality ◽  
Passenger Flows ◽  
The Impact

The application of information technologies preconditions the optimisation of performance of transport systems: improvement of the performance quality, safety and efficiency of the overall system, increase in capacity, reduction of the trip duration without high financial investment into construction of the new technical infrastructure. The transport modelling is the only economical and sufficiently reliable way to carry out a forward assessment of the impact of the innovations to be applied on the overall system. The network of Vilnius public transport was built up on the data of 2002, and the year 2002 saw the last comprehensive surveys. Building up the PT network the data was taken from the VIDAS database, created in 2002 while drafting the special plan for Vilnius transport infrastructure (tram) development. The morning rush hour, when the passenger flows are maximum, was chosen for the modelling. Calibration of Vilnius PT network was carried out after selection of three possible methods: TSys‐based, Headway‐based and Timetable‐based. In the timetable‐based model Logit, Kirchhoff, BoxCox and Lochse distribution factors are inter‐changed. Analysis of all coefficients received when modelling allows a conclusion that further modelling of the development of Vilnius public transport network should be based on Timetable‐based model choosing Kirchhoff or BocCox distribution laws, whereof conformity to the basic averages of coefficients of the 2002 survey is respectively 0,82 and 0,81. This would facilitate adopting solutions to the development of the public transport systems and would increase their reliability. The calculated coefficients revealed that TSys‐based methods were mostly removed from reality, and the average coefficient of failure to conform to the data of the 2002 survey is 0,24. This method did not give any data about the load on the stops, although the number of trips modelled with the help of this method was most proximate to the survey data, i.e. 0,69 %.

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