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Diversification of policies for the development of electric public transport in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

Publication date: 30.12.2022

Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society, 2022, 25 (4), pp. 59 - 73

https://doi.org/10.4467/2543859XPKG.22.022.17146

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Marcin Połom
Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej, Uniwersytet Gdański, J. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-6236 Orcid
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Diversification of policies for the development of electric public transport in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

Abstract

Urban transport in countries of East-Central Europe, including the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia, played an important role in the residents’ daily mobility. The underdevelopment of individual motorisation contributed to the lasting significant role of public transport. Due to the operating characteristics of electric vehicles, as well as emerging fuel crises, electric public transport played a key role, especially in large cities. Differences in the development of economies in the electrotechnical segment influenced the structure of public transport in the analysed countries. The higher level of development of the Czechoslovak transport sector contributed to a greater share of trams and trolleybuses in total transport. Despite many development plans in Poland, the process of developing traditional means of electric transport slowed down with the political change in 1989. The situation was slightly different in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where, despite financial difficulties, the development of tramway and trolleybus networks continued. Modernisation of public transport began after joining the European Union. Technological development has led to the emergence of a new means of transport –electric buses. The apparent ease of putting them into service revolutionised the situation in Poland, thus popularising electric transport. The situation was different in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where the main focus was on the development of tramway and trolleybus transport. The article reconstructs the development of urban electric transport after 1989 in the analysed countries and identifies factors that differentiate contemporary transport development policies in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.

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Information: Transport Geography Papers of Polish Geographical Society, 2022, 25 (4), pp. 59 - 73

Article type: Original article

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Diversification of policies for the development of electric public transport in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

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Diversification of policies for the development of electric public transport in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-6236

Marcin Połom
Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej, Uniwersytet Gdański, J. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7867-6236 Orcid
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Instytut Geografii Społeczno-Ekonomicznej i Gospodarki Przestrzennej, Uniwersytet Gdański, J. Bażyńskiego 4, 80-309 Gdańsk

Published at: 30.12.2022

Received at: 16.05.2022

Accepted at: 14.09.2022

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