Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2022, 24(4):G15-G23 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2022.4.G15-G23

The Smart City Concept to Incentivize Public Transport in the v4 Countries in the Post-Covid-19 Period

Milan Kubina ORCID..., Oliver Bubelíny ORCID...*
University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia

The attractiveness of public transport is not high and therefore it is obvious that private transport is the preferred mode of transport. The interest in public transport has declined even more since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which passengers feared the rapid spread of the disease in public vehicles. As a result, the habit of traveling individually has increased. This paper highlights the massive increase in private transport in the V4 Countries by the use of private vehicles and the related decrease in use of public transport. It also presents some of the relevant tools of the Smart City concept that could improve the use of public transport in cities. This paper is aimed at highlighting the current use of public bus transport (including public transport) in the V4 countries vis-a-vis the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and highlighting the information and communication technology (ICT) - related means of incentivization.

Keywords: public transport, management, smart city, strategy, COVID-19
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Received: May 5, 2022; Revised: October 4, 2022; Accepted: August 17, 2022; Published: October 26, 2022  Show citation

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Kubina, M., & Bubelíny, O. (2022). The Smart City Concept to Incentivize Public Transport in the v4 Countries in the Post-Covid-19 Period. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 24(4), G15-23. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2022.4.G15-G23
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