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The research group of Competitive Public Transport (17X1KC, 17X2KC) is intended for students LOG/LA - Logistics and Transport Process Management in Bachelor and Master studies.

Motivation

We are primarily concerned with macroscopic traffic modelling and supply design in public transport.

Macroscopic transport modelling mainly includes:

  • Four-stage traffic model,
  • Discrete choice theory.

Public transport supply design includes:

  • public transport demand analysis,
  • nalysis of the competitiveness of public transport against individual traffic and other modes,
  • design of public transport supply with respect to its competitiveness with other modes,,
  • variant proposals for public transport supply with regard to the economics of operation.

Who are we looking for?

Students who:

  • are not afraid to think,
  • want to meet regularly their supervisors,
  • want to see public transport in a real context.

What will we make of you?

Professionals who:

  • Keep both sides of the issue (supply but also demand) in mind,
  • are able to think independently.

Our project is a specialization from the parent traditional project Integral Clockface Timetable in the Czech Republic with many successful graduates. You can become one of them!

Project meetings

Our project meetings are held regularly every 2 weeks, partly together with our sister projects. We discuss current public transport issues, semester topics, transport solutions used in practice or consult bachelor and master theses. Join us mock meeting, see current dates.

projektový poster KC 2024

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Our Team

Ing. Milan Kříž, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader, Assistant Professor CTU FTS K617

"And why do you think it should ride your way and not mine?"

11DOPM - Transportation Planning and Modeling
17GEDS - Geography of Transport Systems
krizmil1@fd.cvut.cz

Ing. Jiří Pospíšil, Ph.D.

Research Group Leader, Assistant Professor CTU FTS K617

"I was expecting a lot, but this got me"

17TEDL - Transport Technology and Logistics
17TVD - Technology of Public Transport
17Y1SK - Urban and Regional Rail Transport System
pospijir@fd.cvut.cz

Ing. Stanislav Metelka

Research Group Leader, Ph.D. Student CTU FTS K617

"You can't replace a tram bell with a horn or an MP3 sound."

17TEDL - Transport Technology and Logistics
17TVD - Technology of Public Transport
metelsta@fd.cvut.cz

Our Students

Kateřina

I was brought into the KC project, probably like most people, by a long-standing interest in public transport that stems from my early childhood. Through maps and networks of Prague's public transport lines I later added railways, and all this was elevated by an interest in the railways of German-speaking countries, as I grew very fond of their language and culture. This also led me to Erasmus in Berlin, where I spent the summer semester of 2024 and which I am continuing now in the winter semester. In my bachelor's thesis I want to use my language skills and extended experience of the German railway system.

Michal

I've had a relationship with transport since I was a kid, when I used to draw graphs in my notebooks and go to watch trains. As a native of the "hole" in the Považie region, Dubnica nad Váhom, which has a very inadequately designed and uncompetitive public transport system, especially bus transport, I became interested in the possibilities of some kind of transport improvement here and elsewhere. So I decided to study transport, namely public transport technology. I hope that, based on the knowledge I will gain through my studies, I will one day be able to improve transport in my home country, which is what my bachelor's thesis is related to. Besides transport, I also enjoy politics, geography, unintelligibly fast speech or complaining about everything.

Filip

I come from Jablonec nad Nisou. I was interested in transport since I was a kid, and then I joined economics. Above all, I am interested in railways, but other mods I also promised myself. In my bachelor thesis I would like to focus on optimization.

Sebastian

I'm from Ricany, a town outside the big city. I have always been interested in transport, at the beginning mainly in rail transport. However, I don't live in a railway station, so this interest eventually extended to bus transport, and eventually I came to public transport as a whole. For some time now I have also been working in my home town council, where I am responsible for the strategic development of public transport. I like this work very much, but I want to take a break from the topic of small-town transport, so I decided to focus my bachelor thesis on night-time long-distance rail transport. Change is life. :) My hobbies include travelling around Europe (how else), enjoying good food, admiring architecture, but also hiking and skiing.

Štěpán

I come from the eastern Bohemian village of Kratonohy, which is located near Hradec Králové. Since childhood I have been interested in transport, especially public transport. But as time went by, my interest gradually turned more and more to regional transport, especially bus transport. I have also dealt with it in my bachelor's thesis and I would like to deal with it further in the future. My hobbies besides transport include travelling, photography and now and then some hiking or cycling.

Martin

I'm originally from Bratislava, but my passion for transport drew me to Prague. My interest in transport goes back to my childhood, in which I spent long moments over traffic plans and maps, later transformed into the teenage "shoto" phase. I am currently working towards reaching the professional phase within the 17KC project. I believe that its beginning will be my bachelor's thesis, dedicated to the public transport system in the city of Pezinok, which I dare to call the largest detached housing estate in Bratislava. The thesis consists of an analysis of the current state and the subsequent modification of the bus lines to create, together with the railway, a competitive transport system.

Filip

I've lived in Prague all my life, so transport in this city is the closest thing to my heart. I am interested in the operation of all modes of public transport, whether it is road or rail. I also focus my attention on the future development of public transport not only in our capital city. In my bachelor's thesis, I focused on the possibilities of extending stops on signs on Prague Integrated Transport lines. My great hobby is also travelling abroad and in the Czech Republic.

Egor

I come from Krasnodar. I am interested in modelling and planning of public transport. I like to use all kinds of public transport in Prague. The topic of my bachelor thesis is the design of a new operational concept of urban and suburban railway in Krasnodar.

Our partners

TU Drážďany
Leo Expres
PTV Group
IDSK - Integrovaná doprava Středočeského kraje
KIDSOK - Koordinátor Integrovaného dopravního systému Olomouckého kraje
KOVED - Koordinátor veřejné dopravy zlínského kraje
TSK Praha a.s.

Last defended Theses

Below we present an illustrative selection of theses from our students which cover the portfolio of problems solved within the student project.

Bus lines in Pezinok

Šulek Martin; Bachelor theses; 2024

The thesis deals with the creation of a new concept of urban mass transit in Pezinok and the modification of regional bus lines. The first part contains an analysis of the current mass transit system in Pezinok. The second part contains an analysis of analogous mass transit systems in Europe, relevant strategic documents, and selected sources. The general principles of how to establish mass transit lines are elaborated by the analysis. The third part presents a proposal for a new concept of public bus transportation in Pezinok, utilizing the principles previously developed.

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Proposal of a new concept of regional bus transport in the area of Strakonice

Šrajer Štěpán; Bachelor theses; 2024

The subject of this thesis is to firstly analyse transport relations in the Strakonicko area and then to analyse the current level of traffic service of regional bus transport. On the basis of this analysis, the next step is to propose a new concept for regional bus transport in the area, which will use the principles of an integrated periodic timetable. At the end of thesis, the concept is evaluated in comparison with the current operation.

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Night passenger long-distance rail transport in Czechia and on adjacent routes

Macura Sebastian; Bachelor theses; 2024

This thesis deals with the issue of the operation of night sleeper trains in the Czech Republic and surrounding Europe. The general characteristics of this mode of transport and the possibility of its participation in the transport services of Europe are examined. The thesis responds to the development of sleeper trains in the near abroad. Furthermore, the development of sleeper connections connecting the Czech Republic with surrounding Europe is examined based on the identified demand through an adapted gravity model and analyzed boundary conditions to maximize the attractiveness of such connections. The main output of the thesis is a conceptual design of an effective operational concept of sleeping connections.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Modification of Traffic Control with Tram Operation focused on traffic eficiency

Gregora, Tomáš; Bachelor theses; 2022

This thesis deals mainly with active tramway priority at intersections in Prague. The traffic conditions in Prague in combination with traffic light controls managements and other components providing appropriate public transport operation form a base which reflects in the reliability of the tram operation itself. In conclusion, an influence of a dynamic conduct modification of the junction is shown by benefits and impacts for various road users.

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Public transport service in the town of Poděbrady

Urbánek, Adam; Bachelor theses; 2022

The subject of this thesis is to analyze the current state of public transport, transport demand and its sources and destinations in the town of Poděbrady and on the basis of this analysis to propose a suitable traffic concept of public transport in the town including its economic demands. The thesis compares three possible public transport service scenarios from which the variant of one urban line serving mainly the core areas of the town is selected as the most suitable.

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