Post COVID-19 public transport accessibility changes: Case study of Ostrava and Hradec Kralove regions

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18450%2F23%3A50020514" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18450/23:50020514 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/61989100:27230/23:10254214 RIV/61989100:27350/23:10254214

Result on the web

<a href="https://uge-share.science.upjs.sk/webshared/GCass_web_files/articles/GC-2023-17-1/17_01_05_Kukuliac_et_al_Hradec_Kralove_Ostrava_Accessibility.pdf" target="_blank" >https://uge-share.science.upjs.sk/webshared/GCass_web_files/articles/GC-2023-17-1/17_01_05_Kukuliac_et_al_Hradec_Kralove_Ostrava_Accessibility.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33542/GC2023-1-05" target="_blank" >10.33542/GC2023-1-05</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Post COVID-19 public transport accessibility changes: Case study of Ostrava and Hradec Kralove regions

Original language description

Public transport faced various challenges during the COVID-19 period due to a large ebb in passengers during the pandemic waves, COVID-related restrictions, em-ployee sickness, and economic pressure to balance transport supply and demand. The study assesses the impact of the timetable changes on the accessibility between 2019 and 2021 in the hinterlands of two Czech cities - Hradec Kralove and Ostrava. The research question is if there are considerable changes in public transport accessibility during this period which were influenced by the pandemic. Municipal accessibility is determined by the share of inaccessible municipalities, average travel time, population weighted average travel time, and average number of transfers under conditions suitable for seniors. Optimal trips to all municipalities are established with a local OpenTripPlanner server using all public urban and regional timetables including peak and off-peak hours, workdays, and non-working days. Unlike Ostrava, the pattern of accessibility of the Hradec Kralove hinterland is influenced by the railway networks and bus transport corridors. Mean accessibility in 2021 slightly improved in the Hradec Kralove region and slightly worsened in the Os-trava region. Some municipalities, however, showed grave decline. The most sensitive in-dicator is the share of inaccessible municipalities adapted for seniors&apos; needs. The study confirms the importance of choosing a time of departure/arrival for the results of accessi-bility assessment. The most significant differences in the accessibility of municipalities are visible only for one of the selected departure times. Only a few municipalities show differences for both departure times, indicating variable effects on accessibility depending on the time of day-situation. The results did not confirm the anticipated general deterioration of public transport accessibility in the hinterlands of regional capitals during the pandemic period.

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

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA21-22276S" target="_blank" >GA21-22276S: Accessibility modelling for seniors, perception of accessibility and determinants of their spatial mobility</a><br>

Continuities

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

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

GEOGRAPHIA CASSOVIENSIS

ISSN

1337-6748

e-ISSN

2454-0005

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

73-92

UT code for WoS article

001021220900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85175831404