The efficiency of providing public services in transport
The efficiency of providing public services in transport

Summary/Abstract: Today’s dynamic environment, which is developing at a rapid pace, places highdemands not only on transport, but also on efficiency, speed, safety, quality and, inparticular, questions about the efficiency of spending funds from city budgets, all with astrong emphasis on the environmental friendliness of urban public transport. Given that thepublic sector is undergoing changes, the main goal of which is to increase the efficiencyand effectiveness of financial management in the public sector, cities must really alwaysplace a strong emphasis on ensuring maximum efficiency of services provided and the useof public resources in all expenditure areas of the budget. In the vast majority of cases, thefinancing of urban public transport currently represents the greatest burden on urbanpublic budgets not only in the Czech Republic but also in cities in the EU.The article presents the outputs that emerged within the project “Methodological -application tools for efficiency financial management of territorial structured statutorycity”. The outputs of the article are focused on the area of transport, as it is one of the keyareas of the city budget and in terms of expenditure sections, transport expendituresrepresent the highest amount in the budget of the Statutory City of Ostrava. Geographicinformation systems (GIS) can be successfully used to analyse efficiency, demand andurban public transport planning. For the purpose of effective presentation of informationon the state and drawing of the budget and on the effectiveness of funds spent from thebudget of the statutory city and individual city districts, the R-Point web map applicationwas created. An interactive map showing statistical indicators in the area, there are alsographs that serve the user for a better comparison of data between individual city districtsand the City of Ostrava.

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