Public transport and shared mobility services are widely acknowledged as the backbone of sustainable urban transportation in terms of reduction of traffic congestion, air pollution and noise and increasing traffic safety. These services play pivotal roles in achieving the objectives of EU Cities Mission and the European Green Deal ambition of net zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050.

    Alongside this, the evolution of emerging mobility concepts is also transforming the future of mobility landscape, which impose a paradigm shift towards smarter carbon-neutral mobility services. Therefore, development of smart sustainable mobility solutions and ensuring improvement of customized mobility services for all citizens are key challenges for the cities of tomorrow. All of these require experimentation besides nudging people’s mobility behavior towards sustainable and climate-friendly choice of transport modes especially in Central and East European cities with high tendency for car ownership and use of private car for daily commuting.

    With a twofold objective of raising public transport ridership and passengers’ level of satisfaction with collective and public transport systems, this paper focuses on presenting various mobility-related solutions and measures and the implementation of the most promising ones through utilizing co-creation process for improvement of public transport service features and their smart integration with existing shared mobility services. The case study is provided for the city of Žilina as one of the twining cities in the Horizon Europe SPINE “Smart Public transport Initiatives for Climate-Neutral cities in Europe” Innovation Action project.


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    Title :

    Smart and Innovative Solutions for Maximizing Public Transport Ridership and Passengers’ Satisfaction: Case Study of the City of Žilina


    Additional title:

    Lect.Notes Mobility



    Conference:

    Transport Research Arena Conference ; 2024 ; Dublin, Ireland April 15, 2024 - April 18, 2024



    Publication date :

    2025-03-07


    Size :

    7 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English






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