Special Issue "Sustainable Public Transportation"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Adam Torok
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Department of Transport Technology and Transport Economics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: transport economics; transport statistics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will consist of papers describing the state-of-the-art in sustainable public transportation systems. Activities in the field of public transport, intelligent and integrated transport systems, as well as the practical application of knowledge about passenger transport, design, and operation of public transport systems and processes, contribute to ensuring sustainable public transportation system development. This is achieved by providing conditions for the safe, efficient, and economic public transportation of people that can minimize the negative impact on the environment.

Prof. Adam Torok
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Intelligent transport systems
  • Integrated transport systems
  • Passenger transport
  • Design of public transport systems
  • Operation of public transport systems
  • Sustainability of public transportation systems
  • Safe, efficient, and economic public transportation

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Exploring Passenger Loyalty and Related Factors for Urban Railways in Thailand
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5517; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105517 - 14 May 2021
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The research investigates the relationships among indicators related to the loyalty of urban railways passenger in Thailand at three routes, which consisted of BTS Sky train, MRT, and Airport Rail Link. The research instrument was 600 questionnaires, and the purpose was to study [...] Read more.
The research investigates the relationships among indicators related to the loyalty of urban railways passenger in Thailand at three routes, which consisted of BTS Sky train, MRT, and Airport Rail Link. The research instrument was 600 questionnaires, and the purpose was to study the indicators that affected perceived service quality and passenger loyalty by using structural equation modeling. The analysis of influence information that affects passenger loyalty revealed that trust, satisfaction, appreciation, cost of service changing, and relationships have an effect on passenger loyalty, statistically significant at 0.01. The satisfied variable was an important variable that affected passenger loyalty and was directly influenced by trust, appreciation, and perceived service quality. The perceived service quality was measured using 36 indicators and grouped into five complement groups, which were station, news, services, staffs, and vehicle, respectively. The research finding was that the cooperation concern with urban railway service can apply the result to the marketing development strategy to be a sustainable method of standardized service and urban railways system improvement. Full article
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Passenger Preferences in Rail Transport in Poland as Regards Travelling Time and Cost
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4737; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094737 - 23 Apr 2021
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The paper includes an analysis of passengers’ preferences in the context of selected marketing activities conducted by leading railway companies operating in the passenger transport sector in Poland. Operators’ offers are highly varied, which may make it difficult to find the benefits expected [...] Read more.
The paper includes an analysis of passengers’ preferences in the context of selected marketing activities conducted by leading railway companies operating in the passenger transport sector in Poland. Operators’ offers are highly varied, which may make it difficult to find the benefits expected by the passenger. Basing on earlier research, the main categories covered by operators’ classic marketing activities include the time and cost of the journey, and, less frequently, safety and comfort. The purpose of the analysis was to find whether the categories of time and price (cost categories) applied in most of the marketing activities, used for development of the operator’s offer, corresponded with contemporary passengers’ preferences. The conclusions are based on the results of primary research conducted on a random-quota sample of 1012 passengers. Research results—major factors determining preferences among long-distance passengers included trip duration and favorable departure hours, whereas the price was not a major issue. The importance of price increased with the age of respondents. Moreover, on short-distance routes, price and time were major factors depending on the domicile of respondents. The smaller the town, the more important these two factors were. Full article
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