Analysis of Public Transport Performance in Budapest, Hungary

Gaal, Gyula; Horváth, Eszter Edit; Török, Ádám; Csete, Mária Szalmáné

doi:10.3311/ppso.7724

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“…No post-communist Central and Eastern European countries are mentioned in the survey by De Borger et al [6]. We are aware of no study in Poland, only one study in Hungary [7], and three studies in Slovakia [8][9][10]. Only two studies have been performed in the Czech Republic -Roháčová [11] evaluated the cost efficiency of 8 selected operators and Matulová and Fitzová [12] used network DEA to assess 19 Czech public transport operators over 13 years.…”

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Determinants of urban public transport efficiency: case study of the Czech Republic

Fitzová

Matulová

Tomeš

2018

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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The aim of this paper is to identify the factors influencing efficiency of urban public transport (UPT) systems and to benchmark Czech UPT systems according to their efficiency. Methods: The analysis was carried out on a sample of 19 UPT systems in the Czech Republic during 2010-2015. Efficiency was evaluated through a two-stage analysis. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used in the first stage. It was based on three inputs (employees, rolling stock and energy) and one output (passengers). DEA efficiency scores were computed for all 19 systems for each year and under two different assumptions regarding returns to scale. In the second stage of the analysis, DEA scores were used in Tobit regression with a set of operational, socioeconomic , and demographic explanatory variables in order to find determinants of efficiency. Results: Several variables were identified as factors increasing efficiency-proportion of drivers, average vehicle age, the presence of tramlines in the city, total vehicle kilometres, and population density. Some variables were identified as decreasing efficiencyticket price, proportion of subsidies in revenues, and presence of a two-city system. Czech cities with most efficient transport systems were Prague, Brno, Mariánské Lázně, Olomouc, and Pilsen. The least efficient cities were Chomutov-Jirkov, Ostrava, and Děčín. Conclusions: The principal lesson from this study is that bigger cities with greater population densities are more efficient than smaller cities, and the key efficiency factors that local authorities have under their control are the ticket price, rate of subsidies, and structure of the city transport system. The paper contributes to current debate about the efficiency of the urban transport systems and their determinants. There was not much difference between the constant and variable returns to scale results. The results from the second stage could help policy makers make the public transport systems more efficient. Future research could be devoted to gaining data on additional operators which would also enable using additional inputs and outputs for DEA analysis.

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“…There has been little research regarding the efficiency of urban public transport in countries within Central and Eastern Europe. Some relevant studies have come from Budapest [7] and Slovakia [8][9][10]. Only a few studies have used data from the Czech Republic.…”

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Determinants of urban public transport efficiency: case study of the Czech Republic

Fitzová

Matulová

Tomeš

2018

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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“…These are safety indicators, safety goals and safety method (Čičmancová, 2013). Transport is the key area of the economy of the European Union what is strictly connected with sustainable development conditioned by appropriate communication links between the Member States, enabling their growth and prosperity (Gaal 2015;Kadłubek 2015;Grabara and Kot 2009). Rail transport may help to achieve essential policy objectives such as tackling climate change, fighting congestion, creating economic growth, contributing to there-industrialisation on the European continent, and providing mobility to citizens of all ages and social backgrounds (The European Union Agency for Railways, 2016).…”

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Creating Safe and Competitive Conditions for the Provision of Rail Transport Services

Stasiak-Betlejewska

Török

2019

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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Safety is a key and necessary condition for the sustainable development of the railway industry. Every entity operating in the railway area should maintain and increase the level of security as part of its operations. The subject of the analysis of data on the rail transport safety in European countries and content of the safety culture program implemented in Poland, whose main objective is to implement safety culture principles in the railway transport and to encourage all companies operating in the railway industry to improve the rail transport safety as the key condition for the sustainable development of railway industry. Paper contains results of the analysis of the European rail transport safety level in the context of the objectives set for Poland indicated by the European Union (CSI value) as improvement areas.

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“…Modal shift [13] from private car use to public transport is not only important for EU [14,15] but on a smaller scale as a city, it is very important for building a liveable city [16]. There are known policy tools for public transport support strategies [17] or advanced information services for public passengers [18].…”

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Economic Investigation of a Public Transport Support Policy: A Case Study at Budapest

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Mészáros

Junevičius

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Analysis of Public Transport Performance in Budapest, Hungary

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Cited by 14 publications

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Determinants of urban public transport efficiency: case study of the Czech Republic

Determinants of urban public transport efficiency: case study of the Czech Republic

Creating Safe and Competitive Conditions for the Provision of Rail Transport Services

Economic Investigation of a Public Transport Support Policy: A Case Study at Budapest

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