Abstract
This paper considers managerial approaches to increase efficiency of the urban transport system such as promotion and integration of sustainable modes of transport, development of public transport route network, renewing the existing vehicle fleet and shift to environmental friendly fuel types in the public transport system. To assess such kind of efficiency, it is proposed to take into account the economic viability of suggested solutions as well as their influence on social sphere, environmental friendliness and sustainability of the urban transport system. The city of Naberezhnye Chelny (Russia) was chosen for the case study, where the following measures were modelled: changes of bus route network and choice of an optimal fleet on routes depending on passenger flow by hours of day. In addition, the efficiency of these measures were assessed. To evaluate the sustainability of the proposed route network, the method of “radar map” was used, which shows both strengths and weaknesses of selected indicators. Together with this evaluation, analysis of risks in managing the urban bus transportation was carried out.
Highlights
Rapid urban growth is one of the reasons of different social and economic challenges
Transportation system is the basis of any city: it contributes to economic system development through transportation of passengers to their places of work and cargos’ delivery to all enterprises of the city
At the same time transport system is the main source of environmental pollution
Summary
Rapid urban growth is one of the reasons of different social and economic challenges. The TERM 2016 report (EEA 2016) assesses that transport activity across Europe will increase by 40% between 2010 and 2050: the fastest growth is expected in the aviation sector as well as freight transport will grow by 58%. Taking into account this scenario, expected GHG emissions from transport sector will increase to 15% above 1990 levels between 2030 and 2050: this indicator is slightly higher than the proposed by the EU 60% reduction until 2050 as a target. At the UN Climate Summit in the year 2014, the UITP launched the Declaration on Climate Leadership; its main aim is to push the sector, which must double the market share of public transport by 2025 (UITP 2020) Their commitment must support cities and towns to enhance, to. Population car-dependency, continued dependence on fossil-fuel powered internal combustion engines together with large investments in the road transport infrastructure hinder all attempts and efforts to shift towards more sustainable transport
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