The Impact of Car Transport on the Environment and Public Spaces in Cities: Case Study from Slovakia by Feik Michal

“…The most common answer was more public transport connections and cheaper traveling or traveling free of charge.…”
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Classification of transport-transfer hubs, taking into account the interaction of modes of transport in cities with million-strong cities by Terekhova Anna I., Vlasov Denis N.

“…Transport congestion, the development of rapid off-street transport, the growth of agglomerations, the lack of sufficient parking spaces lead to the need to develop public transport, and as a consequence of the development of transport hubs. …”
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NOVEL ACCESSIBILITY METRICS BASED ON HIERARCHICAL DECOMPOSITION OF TRANSPORT NETWORKS by Divya KWATRA, Kalaga Ramachandra RAO, Vasudha BHATNAGAR

“…Scientific analysis of public transport systems at the urban, regional, and national levels is vital in this contemporary, highly connected world. …”
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Why taxi tracking trumps tracking passengers with apps in planning for the electrification of Africa’s paratransit by A.J. Rix, C.J. Abraham, M.J. Booysen

“…We compare the current state of public transport data with vehicle tracking data for forecasting the electrification of Africa’s paratransit. …”
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Investment challenges pertaining to the achievement of the goals of the Mobility Policy based on the analysis of the results of traffic surveys in Wroclaw by Maciej Kruszyna

“…The models allow the calculation of the number of travellers required to shift into the public transport mode and the scale of selected investments including the development of the transport network, interchanges, rolling stock, and technical infrastructure. …”
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Stuck With the Car and All its Harms? A Public Health Approach to the Political Economy of the Status Quo by Alex Macmillan, Katharine Cresswell Riol, Kirsty Wild

“…Despite the importance of a transition from car use to more active and public transport and an adequate knowledge base for taking action, the pace and scale of change globally has been inadequate to protect health, particularly from the effects of climate change. …”
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Design of a network of cycling routes in the Kutná Hora district by Lukáš Vacka, Pavel Vrtal, Tomáš Kohout

“…At the same time, cycling is an alternative to individual car transport as well as to public transport. The basis of a good cycling infrastructure is a comprehensive network of safe cycling routes linking transport sources and destinations in the area. …”
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PREREQUISITES FOR THE CREATION OF A SINGLE OPERATOR OF URBAN PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION by Evgeny A. Lebedev, Tatyana V. Konovalova, Ivan S. Senin, Sofiya V. Kotsurba

“…The prerequisites are problems in the field of urban passenger transport: poor quality of public transport services, which leads to numerous complaints and dissatisfaction of passengers. …”
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Reduction and Substitution of Markets by Y. P. Voronov

“…It is noted that the coronavirus epidemic puts on the agenda the problems of curtailing three markets that make up a significant part of consumption in the modern economy: mass gatherings (entertainment events), public transport, and restaurants. It is indicated that economic science in these conditions should reorient its research from the problems of economic growth to the problems of changing the structure and composition of markets to achieve balanced development, taking into account current and future restrictions on activities in the areas mentioned above.…”
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Route Profile Dependent Tram Regenerative Braking Algorithm with Reduced Impact on the Supply Network by Ivan Radaš, Ivan Župan, Viktor Šunde, Željko Ban

“…Electric trams are one of the standard forms of public transport. They are characterized by large amounts of electric current and electric current gradient from the power grid, especially during acceleration. …”
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PERCEPTION OF ADAPTATION OF A SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES by Izeta Husić-Đuzić, Ševala Tulumović

“…Young people with disabilities are the worst evaluators of the accessibility of public transport and the environment, and the best evaluators of accessibility of housing.…”
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Anonymous Detection of Traveler Flows Employing Bluetooth Technologies by Ionuț-Cosmin Chiva, Marius Minea, Viviana-Laetitia Minea, Augustin Semenescu

“…Intensive usage of public transportation represents a good solution to reduce traffic congestion. …”
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Urban road cyclability: indicators for the municipality of Belo Horizonte - MG, Brazil by Carlos Lobo, Guilherme Francisco do Nascimento Pinto

“…The transport system is characterised by the increasing rate of individual motorisation and the precariousness of public transport services. The general objective of this paper is to evaluate the level of road cycling in the city of Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais/Brazil, based on the proposition and analysis of indicators to assess the degree of adequacy of urban roads for bicycle use as a transport mode. …”
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The influence of femicide on criminal behavior: An empirical approach using economic complexity for crime prevention in Mexico by Max Lugo Delgadillo

“…According to the study, the least complex crimes in Mexico include robbery in collective public transport, robbery in individual transport, counterfeiting, and auto parts theft. …”
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Transit route network redesign under Electrification: Model and application by Constantina Pylarinou, Christina Iliopoulou, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou

“…Typically, transition to electric public transport services is gradual, as operators select specific lines to electrify during initial stages of electric vehicle deployment. …”
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The Determinants of Transportation Mode Choice in the Middle Eastern Cities: the Kerman Case, Iran by Hamid Soltanzadeh, Houshmand E. Masoumi

“…These findings can be a general guide for the Middle Eastern planners to promote walking, biking, and public transport use.…”
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Simulation of Induction Traction Drive with Supercapacitor Energy Storage System Test Bench by Stana Girts, Brazis Viesturs, Apse-Apsitis Peteris

“…The paper describes the application of supercapacitor energy storage system for induction traction drive test bench that replaces a real electric public transport for performing testing and researches. …”
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Aligned Simulation Models for Simulating Africa’s Electric Minibus Taxis by Chris Joseph Abraham, Arnold Rix, Marthinus Johannes Booysen

“…The few studies that attempt to model electric minibus taxis—vehicles extensively used in sub-Saharan Africa’s public transport systems—vary greatly in their results. …”
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Représenter la Polis. Athènes vue, dessinée et imaginée (1834-1962) by Dimitra Kanellopoulou

“…The urban plans of the modern Greek capital, bear witness of the successive stages of urbanization linked to the development of a grid of spaces public transport network. Their study and understanding of the conditions in which they were made provide urban planners and researchers with the tools they need to further understand and analyse the urban development of the Greek capital during the 20th century.…”
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loneliness, solitude and social desintegration in the elderly and their relationship to health by G. Stoppe

“…However, the extent to which participation in social and cultural opportunities is possible, for example through the expansion of public transport, also plays an important role. Loneliness, on the other hand, is by definition subjective and strongly linked to mental health. …”
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