Let's improve public transport! Welcome to the presentation of our research groups.
Periodic timetable
Since the end of the last century, a group of transport enthusiasts has been operating at the CTU FTS. We strive to maintain a traditionally high share of public transport passengers and a traditionally high evaluation of public transport quality in the Czech Republic compared to other EU countries. The basic tool for the competitiveness of public transport against increasingly available individual transport is temporal and spatial availability. So the key lies on the side of an attractive offer of services. However, with limited resources, it is obviously not possible to drive often enough directly everywhere. For the basic offer of transport services in the area, it is therefore appropriate to design a well-thought-out network of lines (for different transport purposes, different service layers and different transport flows) and apply the principles of periodic timetable with systematic connections in nodes in its operation.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic and Czech Railways, this concept, which has proved successful especially in German-speaking countries, has gradually succeeded in long-distance transport in the Czech Republic. Subsequently, many regions took it for granted, and the focus of our work shifted to regional, suburban and urban transport. The capacity limits of the current rail infrastructure then caused the need to address freight transport in accordance with the priorities of the govermental transport policy. For the further development of this concept, it is necessary not only to work with the service offer (timetable) independently, but also to plan it together with new vehicles, proposals for modifications and completion of the infrastructure and the methodology of traffic management on it.
We currently offer six attractive research groups specializing in public and combined transport, rail technology, urban mobility, and, last but not least, groups focused on aspects of traffic behavior and demand modeling in collaboration with the Charles University in Prague. Now you have the opportunity to join in and solve public transport problems together, for example where you know it well!
Research group 17X1IG:
Integral periodic timetable in the Czech Republic
Compared to individual transport, public transport lacks temporal and spatial accessibility for individual. In a developed area, however, it can offer a clever network of transfer links between lines (and traffic modes) at regular intervals - a periodic timetable. The aim of The group is the concept of a hierarchical offer of functional layers of public service with backbone in rail transport - from the modeling of transport relationships through modal split to the creation of timetables and operatinal technology, including long-term optimization of timetables, network of lines, vehicle rostering, infrastructure and dispatching.
Research group 17X1KC:
Competitive public transport
Bus, urban and rail transport is usually ordered and paid for in terms of performance (per mileage), although most costs are fixed (per vehicle, drivers in shift, etc.). The aim of The group is to learn to use the available resources from improving the offer of links to the preparation of comprehensive documents for competition for carrier selection. We are mainly concerned with macroscopic transport modeling and design of public transport timetables.
Research group 17X1RN/TN:
Development / Technology of rail freight transport
Most of the railway network was created thanks to freight transport. However, it now faces both competition from road transport and insufficient track capacity on many backbone lines intensively used by passenger transport. In the Czech Republic, the market on the part of carriers is fully liberalized and the transfer of transport back to the railways is a strategic goal of the EU and the state, even though current construction projects do not take this very much into account.
How to obtain attractive and flexible routes for freight trains without restricting periodic timetabled passenger transport - long-distance and suburban - and filling freight trains into "holes" in tact? Yes, it's feasible in a better way!
Research group 17X1RG:
Regional mobility support
The research group focuses on individual modes of transport - their specific applications, current trends and interconnections between them. We get acquainted with the concept of mobility as a service, show the strengths of public transport and look for suitable solutions to ensure transport on the "last mile".
Last diploma and bachelor theses
Proposal of new public transport concept for microregion Milevsko
Králová, Anežka; Diploma theses; 2024
The subject is analyse and improve current public transport concept for microregion Milevsko. Based on the findings from analysis of suburban origin-destination pairs and analysis of the current operational concept carried out in this diploma thesis, vulnerabilities are identified. Then the changes in current traffic concept are proposed and vulnerabilities are eliminated. In the end, the new concept is evaluated according to public transport service in the study area, the transport performance, the number of vehicles or infrastructural changes.
Possibilities of extending request stops in the PIT
Šlapák, Filip; Bachelor theses; 2023
The subject of this thesis is to analyse the current state of request stops in Prague Integrated Transport and other public transport systems and on the basis of the analysis to assess the possibilities of implementing all request stops in the PIT. The thesis includes a description of the requirements that should be applied before implementation of this system and also the positive and negative impacts of the extension of request stops.
New urban bus service concept for Příbram
Marášková, Iveta, Bc.; Diploma theses; 2023
The subject of the thesis is to create a new proposal for the operational concept of urban bus service in the city of Příbram. New service concept for Příbram is based on an analysis of its current state and from defined sources and destinations of commuting. Subsequently, a line guidance is specified and its operational and economic demands.
Verification of the possibility of introducing a zone-relational IDZK tariff
Havel, Dominik, Bc.; Diploma theses; 2023
This thesis deals with the description of the existing zone-relational tariffs in Czechia and the proposal of the zone-relational tariff for the Zlín Region Integrated Transport. Innovative procedures in the tariff distance matrix calculation are checked, and the method of determining the permitted journey is also qualified. A price list and an evaluation of its impact on revenues are included in the thesis. Due attention is paid to the further development of the ticket offer regarding passengers who use public transport regularly, but not on a daily basis.
The use of cargo tram for the parcel delivery in Prague
Drozd, Štefan, Bc.; Diploma theses; 2023
The master's thesis deals with the use of the freight tram as a means of delivering parcels in Prague. The thesis is divided into five main chapters dealing with the analysis and design of parcel service stations in tram roundabouts in Prague. In the first part, the thesis analyses the existing parcel delivery processes of the Czech Post and other parcel delivery companies. The second part analyses the use of trams for city logistics in Europe. The next chapters classify the Prague tram network according to the method proposed by the author. Then, using this method, suitable locations are selected, and the technology of their service is proposed. The last part contains an evaluation of the proposed solution including an economic assessment.
Design of traffic organization of the Plzeň - Česká Kubice railway line
Fišl, Kristián, Bc.; Diploma theses; 2023
This thesis is focused on the Plzeň – Domažlice – Česká Kubice railway line during its modernisation. It contains an analysis of current traffic concept of regional and long-distance transport on this line. Based on the analysis and restrictions the author proposes possible variants of traffic organization including substitute bus service during each stage of the reconstruction. The author recommends the best variants for each stage of the modernization.
Zonal timetable on railways Prague – Lysá nad Labem – Kolín / Mladá Boleslav
Heřmanová, Zuzana, Bc.; Diploma theses; 2023
The subject of the thesis is the design of the operational concept on the lines Prague – Lysá nad Labem – Kolín / Mladá Boleslav using a zonal timetable. In the first part, the definition of the zone timetable and other types of timetables is presented. In the following section, the current operational concept on these lines is examined and described in detail. The third part includes an analysis of the strategic documents with a focus on the requirements of the transport authority that are relevant to the lines in question. The fourth part contains an analysis of the traffic demand in terms of the traffic survey carried out on the lines and in terms of the traffic relations established from a statistical source. In the next section, operational concepts are proposed. In the last part, all options are evaluated and then one design option is selected and recommended.
Regional rail connection Pardubice - Hradec Králové - Náchod - Wrocław
Smetana, Leoš; Diploma theses; 2023
This thesis is focused on the proposal of a regular regional railway connection Pardubice – Hradec Králové – Náchod – Wrocław using routes via Jaroměř and Týniště nad Orlicí. For both routes, the possibilities of proposals for this connection resulting from the current state of the railway infrastructure and the proposed timetable will be determined. In case of conflicting situations, minor adjustments to the timetables will be proposed so that the existing time nodes are preserved. The final outcome of this thesis is the proposal of a new operational concept and its economic and operational evaluation.
Proposal of a new operational concept of bus traffic in the area of Rudná
Příbrský, Adam; Bachelor theses; 2023
The aim of this thesis is firstly to analyse transport relations and current traffic concept in the area of Rudná. Then based on findings from the analytic part and using principles of integrated schedule propose several new traffic concepts of bus lines. Lastly, proposed traffic concepts will be compared from economic as well as transport point of view and one will be recommended to be implemented.
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