Assessment of territorial benefits and efficiency from the construction of motorway and speed train networks: The Czech case

Abstract

The Czech Republic has been developing its motorway network since the 1970s, while efforts to upgrade its railway system from the 1990s have been limited to improvements of existing major lines. Only recently has the government decided to construct new “speed connection” rail lines. This article investigates the possible territorial benefits from the future development of planned motorways and of various speed connection railway options. The modelling is based on Huff’s gravity model that calculates the benefits from improved accessibility, to job and service centres for residents of each municipality. The modelling outcomes are used to compare planned motorway development and rail development options with respect to their efficiency, related to the investment and potential numbers of users.

Land-Use Dynamics in Transport-Impacted Urban Fabric: A Case Study of Martin–Vrútky, Slovakia

“…In applicable evaluations, development is classified as a key technological force behind landscape transformations [22][23][24]. More broadly, transportation and land use are part of a retroactive feedback system [25], meaning that the localization of suitable transport infrastructure and good transport accessibility define the potential of localities to sustain regional development on one hand, and the nthropogenic transformation of original landscape components into elements of the corresponding socio-economic structure on the other [26][27][28][29].…”