Open AccessCOVID-19 impacts on passenger rail transport in Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Romania
Author(s) -
Vilmos Oszter
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
prace komisji geografii komunikacji ptg
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-859X
pISSN - 1426-5915
DOI - 10.4467/2543859xpkg.20.001.12099
Subject(s) - covid-19 , public transport , business , scale (ratio) , transport infrastructure , passenger transport , service (business) , geography , regional science , development economics , economic growth , economy , political science , economics , transport engineering , engineering , medicine , cartography , disease , pathology , virology , marketing , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , biology
The spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has urged to take special actions to limit the level of contagion. The unprecedented scale of measures declared by the national governments in nearly every country ot the world would have a huge impact on public transport services and in general, on the citizens travel behaviours. This paper endeavours to give an overview of the emerged epidemic situation caused by COVID-19 in Hungary and some of its neighbouring Central and South-East European countries. It identifies the most important public transport service changes together with their interrelated impacts on the mobility patterns. The responses vary country per country so an overall comparison shows novel findings on emergency transport management policies.