REGIONÁLNÍ A ENVIRONMENTÁLNÍ SOUVISLOSTI PLÁNOVANÉ VÝSTAVBY VYSOKORYCHLOSTNÍCH TRATÍ V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE
REGIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF PLANNED CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-SPEED RAILS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Author(s): Milan Viturka, Vilém Pařil
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: high-speed rail; stimulation; sustainability;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of evaluation of the effectiveness of construction of four planned high-speed rail/HSR routes in the Czech Republic based on their potential impacts on development and environment of the relevant NUTS 3 regions (kraje) expressed by criteria of stimulation and sustainability. The methodology developed for the evaluation of the first criterion includes the most important segments of road and rail infrastructure assessed on the basis of relevant technical and operational parameters (the significance of road and rail transport was set at 5.5: 1). As regards the second criterion, the used methodology takes into account the potential impacts of construction on protected areas of European importance Natura 2000. According to the research results, the most significant stimulation effects can be expected for the RS 3 route Praha – Plzeň (München) and the longest RS 1 route Praha – Brno – Ostrava (Katowice). In the case of the sustainability criterion, the RS 3 route was again evaluated as the best and on the contrary, the RS 1 route was evaluated as the worst, i.e. the most environmentally conflicting. The obtained results represent an important basis for setting construction priorities.

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