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Improving passenger transportation by public transport is an important task on the way to improving such indicators as the comfort of living conditions of the population, the concentration of harmful substances in the atmosphere, transport accessibility, travel costs. To build an effective public transport route network, an integrated approach considering a number of parameters is needed. The passenger traffic was evaluated for vehicles (trolleybuses, trams and buses) by means of a tabular method taking into account picking-up and dropping-off at stopping points. The collection of statistical information among pedestrians and drivers of private cars was carried out by filling out questionnaires and by means of interactive forms on the Internet. As a result of the survey of passenger traffic for public transport routes, it was possible to find out the effectiveness of each route of such types of transport as trams, trolleybuses and buses. Comparison of the number of passengers transported by each type of transport in 2001, 2007, 2012 and 2019 allowed us to determine trends of the passenger volume and directions of passenger traffic. The reasons for the decrease in passenger demand for such types of transport as tram and trolleybus were defined. Recommendations were made to improve the route network of public transport for each type of transport. The lines of the development of a network of trolleybuses and electric buses passing through densely populated areas of the city were outlined. Due to the elimination of duplicate bus routes, it was possible to reduce their number by more than 50%. The appearance of medium-sized buses and an increase in the number of large-sized buses with a simultaneous decrease in small-sized buses is intended to improve the organization of traffic and the quality of passenger service. As a result of the study, recommendations for improving the passenger network of public transport were proposed, which contributed to the achievement of a number of positive results.
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The work was performed within the framework of the state assignment for 2022 (No. 0851-2020-0034).
The work was carried out with the support of the administration of the Southwest State University; we express gratitude for the assistance in conducting a continuous survey of passenger traffic on public transport routes of the city of Kursk.
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Novikov, A.N., Emelianov, I.P., Pykhtin, A.I. (2023). Evaluation of the Public Transport Route Network of the City of Kursk and Recommendations for Its Improvement. In: Silhavy, R., Silhavy, P., Prokopova, Z. (eds) Data Science and Algorithms in Systems. CoMeSySo 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 597. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21438-7_77
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