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Review of Economic Perspectives
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken num... more The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken numerous measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, which has had a direct impact on daily mobility, modal choice and the function of public transport. This study uses quantitative and qualitative data to describe how the pandemic influenced travel on the Prague-Pilsen (Praha-Plzeň) railway line. The results of the case study on the Prague-Pilsen railway line are consistent with experiences in other countries. 38% decrease in passenger numbers was found between 2019 and 2020. Although numbers are increasing again, they still have not reached the pre-pandemic level. The number of connections has also decreased by a third on average (2019 to 2020). We also conducted in-depth interviews with train passengers on the above-mentioned route. Two-thirds of passengers stated that the frequency of their journeys had not been affected by the pandemic. However, like the other participants, they de...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken num... more The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken numerous measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, which has had a direct impact on daily mobility, modal choice and the function of public transport. This study uses quantitative and qualitative data to describe how the pandemic influenced travel on the Prague-Pilsen (Praha-Plzeň) railway line. The results of the case study on the Prague-Pilsen railway line are consistent with experiences in other countries. 38% decrease in passenger numbers was found between 2019 and 2020. Although numbers are increasing again, they still have not reached the pre-pandemic level. The number of connections has also decreased by a third on average (2019 to 2020). We also conducted in-depth interviews with train passengers on the above-mentioned route. Twothirds of passengers stated that the frequency of their journeys had not been affected by the pandemic. However, like the other participants, they described other changes caused by the pandemic. Fear of infection played an important role, and the inconvenience of overcrowding was mentioned several times. The switch from buses to trains was mentioned, as was the fact that more and more travellers prefer to travel first class. In some cases, changes in the temporality of trips were also documented. The survey suggests that respondents travel less frequently by train for systematic, functional, health or social reasons.
Geografie bariér, 2021
The ninth chapter presents Examples of good practice for the creation of accessible urban space, ... more The ninth chapter presents Examples of good practice for the creation of accessible urban space, which have been practiced by multiple actors in Brno city under specific circumstances and which can serve as inspiration and motivation for other municipalities in their barrier-free policies and practice. While being the source for inspiration can be their principal goal, another goal is to archive the good practice. The authors start the chapter defining themselves against methods guidelines for barrier-free space; methods are introduced as a certain conceptual tool for strict, systematic and universal creation of barrier-free/accessible space, which can be too binding and less open to eventual changes. On the other hand, Examples of good practice represent a different approach, open to eventual developments, unexpected phenomena and trying to inspire for creation of accessible space everywhere and every time, in pragmatic, unprecedented and diverse ways. As has been indicated above, ...
The book Geography of Barriers: Examples of Good Barrier-free Practice offers a collection of tex... more The book Geography of Barriers: Examples of Good Barrier-free Practice offers a collection of texts that are interested in making space, services, and information accessible. Thus, the collection is primarily about barriers, their nature, localization, and possible effects. Under barriers, most people imagine material barriers for wheelchair users in the form of steps or sidewalk curbs. Only a few would think that barriers can be represented by loosely placed rugs, unfit lighting, large glass surface, a doorbell without visual output, unwanted attention, frequent asking and offering help, lack of language knowledge, pity, etc. Thus, the book broadens awareness of what can be considered a barrier. The texts are divided into three parts – theoretical, methodic, and empirical – and their arrangement follows the logic of thematic focusing from the most general to the most concrete types of barriers. While the theoretical part places the policies of accessibility into the wider context o...
Review of Economic Perspectives, 2021
In the first half of 2020, the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus became a phenomenon affectin... more In the first half of 2020, the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus became a phenomenon affecting all spheres of human life. Measures against the spread of the virus have led to restrictions in life in public spaces and have also affected the transport sector. These impacts consisted of two types - firstly, the number of connections was reduced due to a drop in transport demand, and secondly, it was necessary to comply with hygiene measures on the part of carriers and passengers. The impacts of these measures could be monitored at all spatial levels, from global to local. This paper deals with the course of the so-called first wave of the pandemic in the Czech Republic in relation to public transport and its organization. The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of these measures in relation to general government regulations and their subsequent implementation at the national, regional (county) and local (selected large cities) level. Furthermore, the paper uses three case st...
Přispěvek se zaměřuje na využiti dat mobilnich operatorů v geografii casu. Diky změnam v poctu ob... more Přispěvek se zaměřuje na využiti dat mobilnich operatorů v geografii casu. Diky změnam v poctu obyvatel v konceptu mista a casu můžeme sledovat denni i týdenni rytmicitu na přikladu města Brna. Z důvodu vysokeho poctu individualně definovaných rytmizatorů pracuje geografie casu castěji s uzce definovanými skupinami, jednotlivci nebo misty ve velkých měřitcich. Někdy nas vsak charakter dat nuti pracovat s větsim celkem. Rytmicita města, byť obtižněji vysvětlitelna, je ovsem patrna i na urovni mensich měřitek a umožňuje nam proniknout do prostorových změn a castecně poznat rutinni aktivity městskeho obyvatelstva. V nasem přispěvku pracujeme s mobilnimi daty za policejni okrsky města Brna v letnim obdobi, přicemž srovnavame rytmicitu jednotlivých okrsků.
Narůst blahobytu a nebývala dostupnost osobnich automobilů ma v poslednich dekadach napřic světem... more Narůst blahobytu a nebývala dostupnost osobnich automobilů ma v poslednich dekadach napřic světem za nasledek castý kolaps motorove dopravy ve městech a znecistěni ovzdusi měst. Dostupnost automobilů je vsak pouze jednou stranou problemu. Druhou stejně důležitou je samotný proces rozhodovani lidi k volbě automobilu a jiných dopravnich prostředků, který je ovlivněn vnějsimi okolnostmi a motivaci clověka. Cilem přispěvku je přinest vhled do procesu rozhodovani volby dopravniho prostředku. V ramci mezinarodniho projektu Movecit proběhlo dotaznikove setřeni dopravniho chovani mezi zaměstnanci 13 pracovisť v celkem 6 zemich obsahujici cca 1500 pozorovani. Analýzou dat se budu snažit popsat možne univerzalni prediktory dopravniho chovani jak z oblasti motivace, tak z oblasti vnějsich faktorů (např. vzdalenost cesty, pocet clenů domacnosti, dostupnost parkovani aj.).
There are many different approaches applied to the study of urban night in geography. The researc... more There are many different approaches applied to the study of urban night in geography. The researchers are focusing on various aspects of phenomena happening after the nightfall in their studies, the questions of meanings and experiences of the darkness, the night-time economy, the form and intensity of regulations and the increasing heterogeneity of practices of going out belong to the most emphasised issues according to van Liempt et al. (2015). This contribution deals with the topic of public transport which is seen here as a tool that provides the possibility to use city increasingly also during the night because it enables the involvement of various places into the nocturnal network of live, busy places. Based on the mutual, interdependent relation between the night life on one side and public transport on the other, public transport can be analytically deployed to the more detailed analysis of the urban night. Its regime can thus provide valuable information both on spatial asp...
Review of Economic Perspectives, 2019
hosted the fourth annual meeting of transport geographers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia on... more hosted the fourth annual meeting of transport geographers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia on October 11 and 12, 2018. The Transport Geography Workshop is a regularly occurring event held every two years by a different academic workplace. The workshop takes the form of an informal platform through which participants are acquainted with current events in the field of Czech and Slovak transport geography. The focus of the workshop is actually in line with current discussions about the present and the future of our discipline, which are taking place at other levels as well, see, for example, current texts in the key journal
Publikace vznikla za podpory projektu specifického výzkumu MUNI/A/0997/2015 a v rámci projektu OP... more Publikace vznikla za podpory projektu specifického výzkumu MUNI/A/0997/2015 a v rámci projektu OP VVV Nová mobilita-vysokorychlostní dopravní systémy a dopravní chování populace, č.
Bakalařska prace se věnuje důsledkům automobility, přicemž se zaměřuje na důsledky negativni, zej... more Bakalařska prace se věnuje důsledkům automobility, přicemž se zaměřuje na důsledky negativni, zejmena na dopravni nehody. Faktorů, ktere ovlivňuji nehodovost, je mnoho. Mezi ně patři i různa bezpecnostni opatřeni, ktera se cim dal castěji zavaději. Prace se věnuje vlivu opatřeni na dopravni nehodovost. Jeji soucasti je i geograficka analýza Noveho Města na Moravě a socialni akceptace bezpecnostnich opatřeni jeho obyvateli.
Diplomova prace se věnuje každodenni městske mobilitě. Ta je zkoumana na uzemi města Brna přicemž... more Diplomova prace se věnuje každodenni městske mobilitě. Ta je zkoumana na uzemi města Brna přicemž sledovanou skupinou jsou studenti brněnských vysokých skol. Prace se zaměřuje na volbu dopravniho prostředku a na determinanty, ktere tuto volbu urcuji. Studovano je i vnimani a reprezentace různých druhů dopravy, ktere tento výběr take ovlivňuji. Pozornost je věnovana rytmům dennich pohybů vcetně urcovani rytmizatorů ve studentskem životě. Pro ucely studie byly užity kvantitativni i kvalitativni metody, vcetně ne zcela obvyklých metod casoprostorových deniků a fotografii. Soucasti jsou take dilci výstupy, ktere vychazeji z charakteristik prostoroveho chovani studentů.
Review of Economic Perspectives
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken num... more The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken numerous measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, which has had a direct impact on daily mobility, modal choice and the function of public transport. This study uses quantitative and qualitative data to describe how the pandemic influenced travel on the Prague-Pilsen (Praha-Plzeň) railway line. The results of the case study on the Prague-Pilsen railway line are consistent with experiences in other countries. 38% decrease in passenger numbers was found between 2019 and 2020. Although numbers are increasing again, they still have not reached the pre-pandemic level. The number of connections has also decreased by a third on average (2019 to 2020). We also conducted in-depth interviews with train passengers on the above-mentioned route. Two-thirds of passengers stated that the frequency of their journeys had not been affected by the pandemic. However, like the other participants, they de...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken num... more The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of our everyday lives. Governments have taken numerous measures to contain the spread of the pandemic, which has had a direct impact on daily mobility, modal choice and the function of public transport. This study uses quantitative and qualitative data to describe how the pandemic influenced travel on the Prague-Pilsen (Praha-Plzeň) railway line. The results of the case study on the Prague-Pilsen railway line are consistent with experiences in other countries. 38% decrease in passenger numbers was found between 2019 and 2020. Although numbers are increasing again, they still have not reached the pre-pandemic level. The number of connections has also decreased by a third on average (2019 to 2020). We also conducted in-depth interviews with train passengers on the above-mentioned route. Twothirds of passengers stated that the frequency of their journeys had not been affected by the pandemic. However, like the other participants, they described other changes caused by the pandemic. Fear of infection played an important role, and the inconvenience of overcrowding was mentioned several times. The switch from buses to trains was mentioned, as was the fact that more and more travellers prefer to travel first class. In some cases, changes in the temporality of trips were also documented. The survey suggests that respondents travel less frequently by train for systematic, functional, health or social reasons.
Geografie bariér, 2021
The ninth chapter presents Examples of good practice for the creation of accessible urban space, ... more The ninth chapter presents Examples of good practice for the creation of accessible urban space, which have been practiced by multiple actors in Brno city under specific circumstances and which can serve as inspiration and motivation for other municipalities in their barrier-free policies and practice. While being the source for inspiration can be their principal goal, another goal is to archive the good practice. The authors start the chapter defining themselves against methods guidelines for barrier-free space; methods are introduced as a certain conceptual tool for strict, systematic and universal creation of barrier-free/accessible space, which can be too binding and less open to eventual changes. On the other hand, Examples of good practice represent a different approach, open to eventual developments, unexpected phenomena and trying to inspire for creation of accessible space everywhere and every time, in pragmatic, unprecedented and diverse ways. As has been indicated above, ...
The book Geography of Barriers: Examples of Good Barrier-free Practice offers a collection of tex... more The book Geography of Barriers: Examples of Good Barrier-free Practice offers a collection of texts that are interested in making space, services, and information accessible. Thus, the collection is primarily about barriers, their nature, localization, and possible effects. Under barriers, most people imagine material barriers for wheelchair users in the form of steps or sidewalk curbs. Only a few would think that barriers can be represented by loosely placed rugs, unfit lighting, large glass surface, a doorbell without visual output, unwanted attention, frequent asking and offering help, lack of language knowledge, pity, etc. Thus, the book broadens awareness of what can be considered a barrier. The texts are divided into three parts – theoretical, methodic, and empirical – and their arrangement follows the logic of thematic focusing from the most general to the most concrete types of barriers. While the theoretical part places the policies of accessibility into the wider context o...
Review of Economic Perspectives, 2021
In the first half of 2020, the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus became a phenomenon affectin... more In the first half of 2020, the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus became a phenomenon affecting all spheres of human life. Measures against the spread of the virus have led to restrictions in life in public spaces and have also affected the transport sector. These impacts consisted of two types - firstly, the number of connections was reduced due to a drop in transport demand, and secondly, it was necessary to comply with hygiene measures on the part of carriers and passengers. The impacts of these measures could be monitored at all spatial levels, from global to local. This paper deals with the course of the so-called first wave of the pandemic in the Czech Republic in relation to public transport and its organization. The aim of the paper is to provide an overview of these measures in relation to general government regulations and their subsequent implementation at the national, regional (county) and local (selected large cities) level. Furthermore, the paper uses three case st...
Přispěvek se zaměřuje na využiti dat mobilnich operatorů v geografii casu. Diky změnam v poctu ob... more Přispěvek se zaměřuje na využiti dat mobilnich operatorů v geografii casu. Diky změnam v poctu obyvatel v konceptu mista a casu můžeme sledovat denni i týdenni rytmicitu na přikladu města Brna. Z důvodu vysokeho poctu individualně definovaných rytmizatorů pracuje geografie casu castěji s uzce definovanými skupinami, jednotlivci nebo misty ve velkých měřitcich. Někdy nas vsak charakter dat nuti pracovat s větsim celkem. Rytmicita města, byť obtižněji vysvětlitelna, je ovsem patrna i na urovni mensich měřitek a umožňuje nam proniknout do prostorových změn a castecně poznat rutinni aktivity městskeho obyvatelstva. V nasem přispěvku pracujeme s mobilnimi daty za policejni okrsky města Brna v letnim obdobi, přicemž srovnavame rytmicitu jednotlivých okrsků.
Narůst blahobytu a nebývala dostupnost osobnich automobilů ma v poslednich dekadach napřic světem... more Narůst blahobytu a nebývala dostupnost osobnich automobilů ma v poslednich dekadach napřic světem za nasledek castý kolaps motorove dopravy ve městech a znecistěni ovzdusi měst. Dostupnost automobilů je vsak pouze jednou stranou problemu. Druhou stejně důležitou je samotný proces rozhodovani lidi k volbě automobilu a jiných dopravnich prostředků, který je ovlivněn vnějsimi okolnostmi a motivaci clověka. Cilem přispěvku je přinest vhled do procesu rozhodovani volby dopravniho prostředku. V ramci mezinarodniho projektu Movecit proběhlo dotaznikove setřeni dopravniho chovani mezi zaměstnanci 13 pracovisť v celkem 6 zemich obsahujici cca 1500 pozorovani. Analýzou dat se budu snažit popsat možne univerzalni prediktory dopravniho chovani jak z oblasti motivace, tak z oblasti vnějsich faktorů (např. vzdalenost cesty, pocet clenů domacnosti, dostupnost parkovani aj.).
There are many different approaches applied to the study of urban night in geography. The researc... more There are many different approaches applied to the study of urban night in geography. The researchers are focusing on various aspects of phenomena happening after the nightfall in their studies, the questions of meanings and experiences of the darkness, the night-time economy, the form and intensity of regulations and the increasing heterogeneity of practices of going out belong to the most emphasised issues according to van Liempt et al. (2015). This contribution deals with the topic of public transport which is seen here as a tool that provides the possibility to use city increasingly also during the night because it enables the involvement of various places into the nocturnal network of live, busy places. Based on the mutual, interdependent relation between the night life on one side and public transport on the other, public transport can be analytically deployed to the more detailed analysis of the urban night. Its regime can thus provide valuable information both on spatial asp...
Review of Economic Perspectives, 2019
hosted the fourth annual meeting of transport geographers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia on... more hosted the fourth annual meeting of transport geographers from the Czech Republic and Slovakia on October 11 and 12, 2018. The Transport Geography Workshop is a regularly occurring event held every two years by a different academic workplace. The workshop takes the form of an informal platform through which participants are acquainted with current events in the field of Czech and Slovak transport geography. The focus of the workshop is actually in line with current discussions about the present and the future of our discipline, which are taking place at other levels as well, see, for example, current texts in the key journal
Publikace vznikla za podpory projektu specifického výzkumu MUNI/A/0997/2015 a v rámci projektu OP... more Publikace vznikla za podpory projektu specifického výzkumu MUNI/A/0997/2015 a v rámci projektu OP VVV Nová mobilita-vysokorychlostní dopravní systémy a dopravní chování populace, č.
Bakalařska prace se věnuje důsledkům automobility, přicemž se zaměřuje na důsledky negativni, zej... more Bakalařska prace se věnuje důsledkům automobility, přicemž se zaměřuje na důsledky negativni, zejmena na dopravni nehody. Faktorů, ktere ovlivňuji nehodovost, je mnoho. Mezi ně patři i různa bezpecnostni opatřeni, ktera se cim dal castěji zavaději. Prace se věnuje vlivu opatřeni na dopravni nehodovost. Jeji soucasti je i geograficka analýza Noveho Města na Moravě a socialni akceptace bezpecnostnich opatřeni jeho obyvateli.
Diplomova prace se věnuje každodenni městske mobilitě. Ta je zkoumana na uzemi města Brna přicemž... more Diplomova prace se věnuje každodenni městske mobilitě. Ta je zkoumana na uzemi města Brna přicemž sledovanou skupinou jsou studenti brněnských vysokých skol. Prace se zaměřuje na volbu dopravniho prostředku a na determinanty, ktere tuto volbu urcuji. Studovano je i vnimani a reprezentace různých druhů dopravy, ktere tento výběr take ovlivňuji. Pozornost je věnovana rytmům dennich pohybů vcetně urcovani rytmizatorů ve studentskem životě. Pro ucely studie byly užity kvantitativni i kvalitativni metody, vcetně ne zcela obvyklých metod casoprostorových deniků a fotografii. Soucasti jsou take dilci výstupy, ktere vychazeji z charakteristik prostoroveho chovani studentů.