Impact of the epidemiological situation in Poland in 2020 on the public transport system

Bogdan Landowski,Ewa Kuliś,J Musiał,T Kałaczyński,M Matuszewski,Ł Muślewski

doi:10.1051/matecconf/202133201023

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Abstract

The use of public transport means is characterized by periodically changing phases. For a unit performing a transport task, it is important to have tools that enable the analysis and forecasting of the state of the system and facilitating decisions regarding the control of the process being carried out. During the mishap of the epidemic, many legal solutions were imposed that forced changes in the process of using public transport. The article below describes the changes and their impact on the situation in Poland.

Highlights

The COVID-19 infectious disease pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. began on November 17, 2019 in the city of Wuhan (China)
One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is the fact that many of public transport users have switched to private cars
The number of vehicle kilometers performed in individual quarters in 2019 and 2020 are at a similar level

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Introduction

The COVID-19 infectious disease pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. began on November 17, 2019 in the city of Wuhan (China). The passengers' concerns should be alleviated by the fact that both public transport vehicles and stops are regularly disinfected since the beginning of the pandemic. Since March, i.e. since the announcement of the COVID-19 pandemic by the WHO, actions are constantly being taken to increase passenger safety Both buses, trams and bus shelters are regularly washed and disinfected. The disinfection of rolling stock and infrastructure in public transport is an extraordinary precaution and method of counteracting the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which many Polish cities are putting on today. In addition to the daily disinfection, vehicles are ozonated at weekends in many of the Polish transport facilities. It is a several-hour process that can be carried out with less use of the rolling stock. Individual transport can be limited in many ways, for example by offering free 6-month travel only between work and home or by increasing prices in paid parking zones [2,3,4,5]

Exploration processes

Analysis of the problem of modeling and control of operational processes

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