Fare Discounts and Free Fares in Long-distance Public Transport
in Central Europe

J 2022

Fare Discounts and Free Fares in Long-distance Public Transport in Central Europe

TOMEŠ, Zdeněk, Hana FITZOVÁ, Vilém PAŘIL, Václav REDERER, Zuzana KORDOVÁ et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Fare Discounts and Free Fares in Long-distance Public Transport in Central Europe

Autoři

TOMEŠ, Zdeněk (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Hana FITZOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Vilém PAŘIL (203 Česká republika, domácí), Václav REDERER (203 Česká republika), Zuzana KORDOVÁ a Marek KASA

Vydání

Case Studies on Transport Policy, Emsterdam, Elsevier, 2022, 2213-624X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50702 Urban studies

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Case Studies on Transport Policy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.500

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14560/22:00125207

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.01.011

UT WoS

000777213000001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Fare discounts; free fares; public transport; railways; financial impacts

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 21. 3. 2023 09:41, Mgr. Pavlína Kurková

Anotace

V originále

Free fare transport schemes have been increasingly used in different parts of the world. They are utilized not only to stimulate public transport market share, but also to promote transport equity and justice. The application of these policies has emerged recently in two countries in Central Europe. The authorities in Slovakia and the Czech Republic have introduced generous fare discount policies for long-distance transport. Slovakia has introduced 100% fare discounts for children, students, and pensioners for railways from November 2014. The Czech Republic has introduced 75% discounts for children, students, and pensioners for both trains and buses from September 2018. These schemes are unique in their wide coverage and their application to long-distance transport. These policies were motivated by the mix of social, transport, and political considerations, but the social goals dominated. The aim of this article is to review and analyse ridership and development of modal shares after these policies were introduced. The major results of the analysis are the following: The policies significantly increased ridership and the modal share of railways went up significantly. The mobility of the targeted groups was significantly affected and the share of young and elderly riders increased. However, the policies were costly and also had some undesirable side effects that could have been prevented by better policy design.

Návaznosti

EF16_026/0008430, projekt VaV

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

Přiložené soubory

CSoTP_manuscript_final_Tomes_Paril_Fitzova.docx

Vyhledat podobné dokumenty

free_fares.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

TOMEŠ, Zdeněk, Hana FITZOVÁ, Vilém PAŘIL, Václav REDERER, Zuzana KORDOVÁ a Marek KASA. Fare Discounts and Free Fares in Long-distance Public Transport in Central Europe. Case Studies on Transport Policy. Emsterdam: Elsevier, 2022, roč. 10, č. 1, s. 507-517. ISSN 2213-624X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.01.011.

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TOMEŠ, Zdeněk, Hana FITZOVÁ, Vilém PAŘIL, Václav REDERER, Zuzana KORDOVÁ a Marek KASA. Fare Discounts and Free Fares in Long-distance Public Transport in Central Europe. \textit{Case Studies on Transport Policy}. Emsterdam: Elsevier, 2022, roč.~10, č.~1, s.~507-517. ISSN~2213-624X. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.01.011.

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