Transport publiczny w miastach z perspektywy pandemii COVID-19
Public transport in cities in the perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Marcin Jurczak
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Poznaniu
Keywords: transport publiczny;miasta;pandemia Covid-19;transport w miastach;
Summary/Abstract: There is no doubt that the global pandemic has affected all areas of the economy. Public transport in cities, as a derivative of the transport needs of residents, felt these changes very strongly. The purpose of this article is to present selected issues related to changes in public transport as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes which, although for today are primarily operational, may forever change the way people think about public transport. Today, experts are trying to outdo each other in catastrophic visions regarding further pandemic attacks or other viruses that may affect the economy in the coming years. Following this pessimistic trail, it can be assumed that the next months and years will be marked by the stabilization of public transport in the new circumstances and reorganization after the changes. The changes that have come, are coming and may come anytime soon. The author makes a few basic hypotheses. Firstly, that COVID-19 will force a remodelling of the organization of public transport, and these changes will be systemic in nature. Secondly, these changes will concern the first stage of transport organization. At a later stage, it can be expected that the changes will also apply to the financing of transport and planning it at the strategic level (after the stage of dynamic changes and stabilization, in the long term, it will be necessary to consider what to do next, in the context of financing transport, efficiency, etc.). It should also be considered whether, from the point of view of public transport, the coronavirus can be used as an opportunity for the development of selected areas of transport, primarily in the context of the reorganization of transport and the digitization of their administrative services. The impact of the coronavirus on public transport is a relatively new area of research, and A. Koehl (2020) and A. Ceder (2020) are writing about the challenges and the future of transport in the times of COVID-19.

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