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Evaluating issues and performance of a public transport network in a post-communist city using a quantitative spatial approach

Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Evaluating issues and performance of a public transport network in a post-communist city using a quantitative spatial approachThe urban dynamics in eastern Europe after the fall of communism (seen as a consequence of the changes generated by the transition to a new ideology) have highlighted deficiencies in local public services, including the public transport system.To identify and illustrate the shortcomings of a public transport system from this region, we analysed the transport network of Iaşi (Romania) by taking into consideration various dimensions of efficiency.Partial indicators were used as input for a geospatial analysis and to create complex indicators, which can be used both as tools to measure the performance of a public transport network and as instruments to evaluate the local administration and decision-makers.The results highlight the performance level of the transport network analysed, revealing a core-periphery structure (in the context of a polynucleated city) resulting from relics of the communist period.A GIS analysis was used to assess the efficiency of the public transport network in order to identify and visualise strengths and weaknesses in the local transport system.
Source: Urbani izziv
DOI: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2015-26-02-002
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4236779649
FWCI: 5.7
Cites: 72
Cited by: 16
Related to: 10