scholarly journals Non-urban public bus transport against the COVID-19 pandemic – evidence from the Low Beskids and the Bieszczady counties

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Ariel Ciechański
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
School Activities ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Administrative Division ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
New Type ◽  
Total Lack ◽  
Serious Disease ◽  
Bus Transport

Mid-March 2020 surprised societies of many countries with restrictions resulting from a need to curb the spread of a pandemic caused by a new type of coronavirus. Poland joined this group very quickly. The growing isolation of society also had an impact on non-urban public transport, especially one that was operated at the carriers’ own risk. The author of the article had a database, current as of spring 2019, with the number of bus connections in the area of six counties covering the ranges of the Low Beskids and the Bieszczady Mountains. This was an ideal starting point for trying to answer the question what the situation is like almost exactly a year later. Based on a study conducted in early April 2020, a catastrophic picture of public transport in the area has emerged. In the case of Bieszczady and Lesko Counties, there was a total lack of local bus connections. In Sanok, Krosno, Jasło and Gorlice Counties, the network of connections serving mainly the capitals of these units of administrative division has been severely limited. One of the main reasons for the observed process is suspension of school activities. This is also accompanied by a reduction in adult mobility resulting from a fear of a serious disease and a greater tendency to use other means of transport, as well as resignation from commuting by people working in jobs where remote work is possible or in companies that suspended their activity. Maintaining this situation poses a threat of huge economic problems for carriers. If it continues for many months, it may result in difficulties in traveling to schools that may appear after the holidays.

scholarly journals 30 years of the transformation of non-urban public transport in Poland’s peripheral areas — what went wrong?

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 3025-3040
Author(s):  
Ariel Ciechański
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
The Public ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
Polish Economy ◽  
The One ◽  
Bus Transport

AbstractTransport-based social exclusion is currently a serious social problem in Poland, and one which is apparently most severe at the level of the county (Polish powiat) in the south-east of the country, including the Beskid Niski and Bieszczady Mountains. A deeper illustration of this problem requires both observation of changes in the suburban public-transport network and the identification of areas in which this has deteriorated significantly in quantity and quality. The chosen starting point for the research was therefore 1990, as a year in which — on the one hand — the Polish economy was already shifted to the new free-market principles; while — on the other — state PKS (Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej) non-urban bus transport enterprises still dominated public transport. The endpoint of the study is then the beginning of 2019 (the author’s research year). The article introduced here seeks to identify and present cartographically the changes affecting the public-transport network in the study area over the last 30 years, as well as to point to possible consequences of these processes. The background of the described changes is also discussed, as are the observed consequences of what is taking place.

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 Bariery w przemieszczaniu się osób dorosłych na obszarach wykluczonych transportowo – przykład rejonu Komańczy

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 34-52
Author(s):  
Ariel Ciechański
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Current Transport ◽  
Administrative Division ◽  
Transport Problems ◽  
Bus Transport

At the end of June 2017, in the poviats served by the Sanok and Brzozów branches of Arriva Bus Transport Polska (formerly PKS Brzozów and PKS Sanok), an important carrier serving the area of several poviats withdrew unprecedentedly its services. Unlike many other former PKS enterprises that were being closed down, it still had a dominant, and even monopolistic, position on the market. As part of a broader study on the issue of transport based social exclusion, changes in the collective public transport network in the studied area, were identified. This was used to indicate the areas most exposed to this unfavorable process. One of such administrative division units is the Komańcza commune. Therefore, an additional study was conducted on the current transport problems of adults. It showed that they did not use public transport, and many were forced to buy a car due to insufficient offer of rail and bus operators.

The Possibility of Using Knowledge from Unconventional Financing of Suburban Bus Transport as an Innovative Tool for Cost Reduction in Logistics

2015 ◽  
Vol 803 ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
Milos Poliak ◽  
Peter Varjan
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Railway Transport ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Innovative Tool ◽  
Economic Comparison ◽  
Bus Transport

The paper deals with the possibility of using knowledge from unconventional financing of bus transport as an innovative tool for cost reduction in logistics. The first part provides an overview of financing road transport including public passenger transport in Slovak republic (with dividing on railway transport, bus transport and urban public transport). Other part of paper describes option of using CNG fuel in suburban bus transport in particular company (SAD Zilina). Also this part contains economic comparison between diesel and CNG buses.

Environmental Efficiency Analysis of Bus Transport in Italy

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Alfiero ◽  
Massimo Cane ◽  
Ruggiero Doronzo ◽  
Alfredo Esposito
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Dynamic Changes ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
Bus Transport

Urban public transport seeks the mobility of citizens within the municipal area, and it is a service whose importance is on the increase as a consequence of the ever more dynamic changes in life and work. This chapter analyzes companies that provided services for Italian cities in 2010, estimating the environmental efficiency for the service, using DEA (data envelopment analysis) technique. In the Italian context, both large enterprises and SMEs operate, and this study compares whether the differences in efficiency levels can be explained in terms of the type of company.

scholarly journals Efficiency Evaluation of Bus Transport Operations Given Exogenous Environmental Factors

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Qiong Li ◽  
Peng rui Bai ◽  
Yang Chen ◽  
Xiao Wei ◽  
Jinjun Tang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Operation Efficiency ◽  
Measuring Efficiency ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
Bus Transport

As a mode of green transport that can effectively alleviate urban traffic congestion and improve air quality, bus transport is highly subsidized by governments at all levels in China. Thus, measuring efficiency in the bus transport sector is particularly important. However, few reports in the literature have taken exogenous environmental factors into consideration to evaluate public transport operation efficiency. This may lead to inaccurate evaluation results. This study employs the three-stage DEA model, which can eliminate the impacts of exogenous environmental factors on public bus transport operation to gain real efficiency results. Meanwhile, to further explore how exogenous environmental factors affect bus transport operations, a tobit model is used to analyse the results. The main results of this paper reveal the following: first, exogenous environmental factors have a significant impact on the operational efficiency of bus transport. It is reasonable and necessary to select the three-stage method to eliminate environmental factors for real bus operation efficiency. Second, the fluctuations of the bus transport efficiency of 30 cities decreased during 2010–2016. The western region has the highest operation efficiency, followed by the eastern and the middle regions. Third, the economic, taxi transport, and urban rail transport have a marked impact on the operational efficiency of bus transport. This paper confirms the important influence of exogenous environmental factors on the efficiency of public transport operations. In addition, this article could help improve the efficiency of urban public transport operations and promote the attractiveness of urban public transport and the amount of green travel.

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