<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The long-distance public transport services among the eight regional centres of Slovakia, representing the key urban locations with concentrations of most of the country’s services, including business, educational and financial institutions, as well as political power, are examined in this article. It is assumed that the mutual transport interconnections within this group of cities will be a focus for public transport operators in their attempt to gain the largest possible share of potential customers, passengers who would otherwise be users of individual transport means. Hence, one of main aims of this study is to compare public and individual transport modes, and the possibilities offered by them in the mutual interconnections of major regional centres in the country</p></abstract>

The long-distance public transport services among the eight regional centres of Slovakia, representing the key urban locations with concentrations of most of the country’s services, including business, educational and financial institutions, as well as political power, are examined in this article. It is assumed that the mutual transport interconnections within this group of cities will be a focus for public transport operators in their attempt to gain the largest possible share of potential customers, passengers who would otherwise be users of individual transport means. Hence, one of main aims of this study is to compare public and individual transport modes, and the possibilities offered by them in the mutual interconnections of major regional centres in the country

The competitiveness of the long-distance public transportation system in Slovakia

Department of Human Geography and Demography Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia

Department of Human Geography and Demography Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava

Department of Regional Geography, Planning and Environment Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava Mlynská dolina, 842 15 Bratislava

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The long-distance public transport services among the eight regional centres of Slovakia, representing the key urban locations with concentrations of most of...

The competitiveness of the long-distance public transportation system in Slovakia

Publicado en línea: 07 mar 2014

Páginas: 64 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2013-0021

Palabras clave
long-distance transport, public transport, individual transport, regional centres, Slovakia

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The competitiveness of the long-distance public transportation system in Slovakia

Publicado en línea: 07 mar 2014

Páginas: 64 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2013-0021

Palabras clavelong-distance transport, public transport, individual transport, regional centres, Slovakia

This content is open access.

Palabras clave
long-distance transport, public transport, individual transport, regional centres, Slovakia