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<p>Passenger transport, or efforts to modify it in order to minimize its negative environmental impact, is a discussed issue. This paper aims to assess the trends in passenger transport indicators in the V4 countries between1995 and 2018. Within the time series of indicators, the transport indicators of individual car transport is analyzed and compared with the public mass transport broken down into rail, bus, tram, and underground transport. The results show a clear upward trend in individual car transport performance, while rail passenger transport performance shows a convex quadratic trend in all V4 countries except Hungary. In contrast, bus transport tends to show a downward trend. CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and traffic accidents tend to decrease in the majority of the V4 countries, despite the increasing performance of individual car transport, which is a very positive finding that corresponds with the commitments of all V4 countries, or with social responsibility.</p>
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Passenger transport, or efforts to modify it in order to minimize its negative environmental impact, is a discussed issue. This paper aims to assess the trends in passenger transport indicators in the V4 countries between1995 and 2018. Within the time series of indicators, the transport indicators of individual car transport is analyzed and compared with the public mass transport broken down into rail, bus, tram, and underground transport. The results show a clear upward trend in individual car transport performance, while rail passenger transport performance shows a convex quadratic trend in all V4 countries except Hungary. In contrast, bus transport tends to show a downward trend. CO2 emissions and traffic accidents tend to decrease in the majority of the V4 countries, despite the increasing performance of individual car transport, which is a very positive finding that corresponds with the commitments of all V4 countries, or with social responsibility.

Passenger Transport Trends in the V4 Countries

University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Economics

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics

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Passenger transport, or efforts to modify it in order to minimize its negative environmental impact, is a discussed issue. This paper aims to assess the trends...

Passenger Transport Trends in the V4 Countries

Published Online: Nov 30, 2023

Page range: 317 - 328

Received: Jun 05, 2023

Accepted: Nov 01, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2023-0029

Keywords
Passenger, car, rail transport, emissions, accident rates

© 2023 Veronika Komorousová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Passenger Transport Trends in the V4 Countries

Published Online: Nov 30, 2023

Page range: 317 - 328

Received: Jun 05, 2023

Accepted: Nov 01, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2023-0029

KeywordsPassenger, car, rail transport, emissions, accident rates

© 2023 Veronika Komorousová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Passenger, car, rail transport, emissions, accident rates