Technological effectiveness of urban transport in selected Polish cities

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Research background: An efficient and effectively functioning transport in the city is of great importance both for the people residing in its territory, as well as companies doing business there. However, apart from a positive impact, transport also carries many social costs including congestion, traffic accidentsand a negative influence on the natural environment. Consequently, urban transport is an increasingly important area of city management. Purpose of the article:The aim of this study is to analyze and to assess the transport technological effectivenessin selected Polish cities.The author received a ranking of cities and identified ways to improve the efficiency. Methodology:The test procedure used non-parametric method of Data Envelopment Analysis. Data for analysis were draw from the Local Data Bank of the Central Statistical Office defining expenses in the transport section as well as data on the condition and use of transport infrastructure. The calculations have been made using Frontier Analyst Application software. The performance results were determined using the BCC model. Findings& Value added:The main result is the author's rankingof transport effectivenessin Polish cities. The analysis showed that urban transport characterized by a rather low technological effectiveness.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Institute of Economic Research Working Papers ; No. 35/2017

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure ; Regional Development Planning and Policy ; Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
• Subject: technological effectiveness ; urban transport ; city management

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hajduk, Slawomira
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Economic Research (IER)
• (where): Toruń
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/219858
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