Comparison of urban public transport systems in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Factors underpinning efficiency

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F20%3A00115354" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/20:00115354 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100824" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100824</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100824" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100824</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of urban public transport systems in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Factors underpinning efficiency

Original language description

Increasing traffic congestion and growing interest in environmental issues make public transport the preferred mode in cities. National and local authorities should set operating conditions that enable efficient use of public financial resources. This paper aims at identifying conditions important for efficient urban public transport. We compared urban public transport systems in two countries with similar starting situations due to their unified transport policy until 1993. First, we conducted a two-stage efficiency analysis based on separate calculations of production frontiers using data envelopment analysis and subsequent tobit regression to identify the impact of contextual variables. For more robust results, we also used stochastic frontier analysis and a bias-corrected bootstrap method to calculate efficiency and its factors in a single step. Higher fares, subsidies, and network density tended towards lower efficiency. In contrast, higher average investment, the existence of a tram system, and the proportion of drivers within total employment increased efficiency. We expected a positive impact from existing integration systems but did not find a significant impact on efficiency. The results are quite robust for all methods applied. Non-parametric tests further revealed that the countries differed in all characteristics except for network density and the proportion of subsidies within costs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_026%2F0008430" target="_blank" >EF16_026/0008430: New Mobility - High-Speed Transport Systems and Transport-Related Human Behaviour</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Research in Transportation Economics

ISSN

0739-8859

e-ISSN

1875-7979

Volume of the periodical

81

Issue of the periodical within the volume

SI

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

1-9

UT code for WoS article

000542246100002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85079896882