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

J 2018

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

FITZOVÁ, Hana, Markéta MATULOVÁ a Zdeněk TOMEŠ

Základní údaje

Originální název

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

Autoři

FITZOVÁ, Hana (203 Česká republika, domácí), Markéta MATULOVÁ (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí) a Zdeněk TOMEŠ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

European Transport Research Review, London, SPRINGEROPEN, 2018, 1867-0717

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.727

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14560/18:00103697

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12544-018-0311-y

UT WoS

000444586100001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Czech Republic DEA Efficiency Public transport Tobit regression

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 24. 11. 2023 13:58, Mgr. Pavlína Kurková

Anotace

V originále

Purpose 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, socio-economic, 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 efficiency – ticket 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.

Návaznosti

CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_026/0008430, interní kód MU
(Kód CEP: EF16_026/0008430)

Název: Nová mobilita - vysokorychlostní dopravní systémy a dopravní chování populace (Akronym: NOVÁ MOBILITA)

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Nová mobilita - vysokorychlostní dopravní systémy a dopravní chování populace, PO 1 Posilování kapacit pro kvalitní výzkum

EF16_026/0008430, projekt VaV

Název: Nová mobilita - vysokorychlostní dopravní systémy a dopravní chování populace

Přiložené soubory

s12544-018-0311-y

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

FITZOVÁ, Hana, Markéta MATULOVÁ a Zdeněk TOMEŠ. Determinants of urban public transport efficiency: case study of the Czech Republic. European Transport Research Review. London: SPRINGEROPEN, 2018, roč. 10, September, s. 1-11. ISSN 1867-0717. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12544-018-0311-y.

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FITZOVÁ, Hana, Markéta MATULOVÁ a Zdeněk TOMEŠ. Determinants of urban public transport efficiency: case study of the Czech Republic. \textit{European Transport Research Review}. London: SPRINGEROPEN, 2018, roč.~10, September, s.~1-11. ISSN~1867-0717. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12544-018-0311-y.

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