The relationship between public transport and the progressive development of rural areas |
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| Institution: | 1. Texas Association of School Boards, Risk Management Services, Austin, TX 77843-2124, United States;2. Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77845-2124, United States;3. Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas AgriLife Extension, College Station, TX 77843-2124, United States;4. Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States;5. Texas Transportation Institute, The Texas A&M University System, 701 N. Post Oak Rd, Houston, Texas 77024, United States;6. Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2124, United States;1. Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama, Box 870205,Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA;2. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, USA;3. Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Box 870322, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA;4. Center for Data Science and Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA;1. Department of Applied Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain;2. Department of Financial Economics and Accounting, University of A Coruna (UDC), Campus Elviña s/n, 15071, A Coruña, Spain;3. Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of A Coruna (UDC), Campus A Zapateira s/n, 15071, A Coruña, Spain |
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| Abstract: | In a consequence of the economic transformation, transport companies compete for the most profitable lines of public transport whereas the wide countryside remains of a little interest. As a solution, integrated systems of public transport could play an important role in the development of rural areas, especially in post-communist countries. Such a system in the South Moravian Region connects 24 state, municipal and private transport companies in a unified mode. It includes unified tariff, operation management from one place, and creation of a skeleton of high capacity (train) lines with transfer traffic nodes, creation of nodes on the city fringe for the change from buses to electric vehicles and release of capabilities for tangential lines. The system competes mainly with the individual car transport by its increasing comfort and extension of services. The annual performances have increased from 118 to 829 million of passengers-kilometers in the regional transport and from 344 to 396 million passengers in the city during the period 2004–2015. The relation between accessibility and rural development, particularly depopulation trends, was investigated. It was found that the frequency of connections is sufficient throughout the territory, which is one of main reasons inhabitants should remain in the countryside. Moreover, this frequency contributes positively to rural tourism, prevents social exclusion and stimulates progressive rural development throughout the whole territory. |
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| Keywords: | Rural development Czech Republic Integrated public transport system Countryside |
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