Open AccessCollective transport as a tool to reduce congestion – case study
Author(s) -
Katarzyna Midor,
Witold Biały,
T. N. Ivanova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/971/5/052063
Subject(s) - economies of agglomeration , scale (ratio) , air quality index , traffic congestion , business , population , public transport , private transport , air transport , natural resource economics , environmental economics , transport engineering , economic growth , engineering , economics , geography , sociology , meteorology , demography , cartography
In view of the increase in population’ wealth and thus in the quality of life, the number of individual transport means is increasing significantly. Today’s society values comfort and freedom of movement, and consequently is not willing to use public transport on a mass scale, which always entails certain restrictions. However, in a situation of recurring congestion, especially in urban and industrialized areas, as well as increasing air pollution caused by emissions of harmful substances from the combustion of oil-based fuels, it is necessary to ask a question whether we should not seek solutions that would significantly reduce these phenomena. One such measure is the organization of collective transport by companies as an alternative to individual employee commuting. This paper presents the research results that show in a selected area of the Silesian agglomeration on what scale the collective transport organized by the company influences the local congestion and emission of harmful substances into the air.