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. 2022 Mar:13:100523.
doi: 10.1016/j.trip.2021.100523. Epub 2021 Dec 16.

COVID-19 and suburban public transport in the conditions of the Czech Republic

Petr Fridrisek  1 , Vit Janos  1
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COVID-19 and suburban public transport in the conditions of the Czech Republic

Petr Fridrisek et al. Transp Res Interdiscip Perspect. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

This article focuses on possible approaches to safe regional public transport during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purposes of the research are examination the conditions for ensuring safe transport and the impact on the planning of transport services. The result is an assessment of the operation of regional public transport, consisting of the possibility of maintaining safe distances in public transport. Authors work on suburban transport cases in selected regions of the Czech Republic (Prague and Moravian-Silesian Region). Census devices in public transport, periodical transport surveys, Google mobility reports and data on fare sales from regional transport were used as data sources. Emphasis is placed on a safe distance between commuters, this condition leads to lower occupancy of the vehicle while maintaining the capacity of the vehicles. The value of this new occupancy is determined for selected vehicles and the coefficient that represents the maximum occupancy level to ensure safe transport is established. The capacity of the connections is examined in the period before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to the period before COVID-19, the daily variation of passengers is expected to change significantly, leading to different occupancy rates during the day.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Integrated transport systems; Passenger transport; Timetable design; Travel demand; Vehicle capacity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Illustrated scheme of costs, revenues, and compensations in field of public transport (Source: authors).
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Scheme of a regional bus (Source: IVECO, 2020, edited by authors).
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Scheme of regional train unit 650 (Source: Škoda Transportation, 2020, edited by authors).
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Scheme of regional train unit 640 (Source: Škoda Transportation, 2020, edited by authors).
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Daily variation of passengers – direction to Ostrava (Data source: KODIS, 2021b, edited by authors).
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Daily variation of passengers – direction to Frýdek-Místek (Data source: KODIS, 2021b, edited by authors).
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Passengers per hour – direction to Ostrava (Data source: KODIS, 2021b, edited by authors).
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Passengers per hour – direction to Frýdek-Místek (Data source: KODIS, 2021b, edited by authors).
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