Transport and Communications

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Transport and Communications is an scientific journal intended to bring together the information in different areas of transport and communications. The aim of this journal is to combine theory and practice in the field transport and communications and thus advancement of transport and communications sciences. It will provide a platform for academicians, researchers and engineers to share their experience and solution to problems.Journal is indexed in database Index Copernicus.

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    The Effectivness of Suporting Public Passenger Transport from Public Funds
    (University of Zilina, 2016) Poliak, Miloš; Semanová, Štefánia; Varjan, Peter
    The paper deals with the issue of efficiency of financial support for public passenger transport from public funds from the perspective of improving road safety. The aim is to verify the hypothesis that financing public passenger transport from public funds is a significant tool to influence the number of passengers carried by individual automobile transport, and thus it can be a tool for influencing road safety in a particular territory. The first part of the paper analyses the sources for financial support of public passenger transport. The last part analyses possible impacts of financing public passenger transport on the road safety in relation to the specified hypothesis.
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    Value of Time Savings as a Factor in Deciding on Route Choice
    (University of Zilina, 2015) Poliak, Miloš; Semanová, Štefánia; Komačková, Lenka; Mrníková, Michaela
    The paper deals with the definition of time savings as a factor in deciding on route choice of a carrier whether to use toll road network. The first part of the paper describes a history of road infrastructure charging in the EU Member States and the USA. Next part analyses the factors affecting decision-making process of a carrier when considering which road infrastructure to use – toll or non-tolled roads. The paper also identifies the value of time savings as a significant factor in route choice.
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    Providing Transport Services Based on the Gross Cost and Net Cost Contracts
    (University of Zilina, 2015) Poliak, Miloš; Semanová, Štefánia; Varjan, Peter; Komačková, Lenka
    The paper deals with an issue of the impact of a contract form choice on providing public transport services and its influence on a scope of transport services. The first part of the paper describes the current situation in selected countries and then various contract forms. It also analyses the existing risks and possibilities for their allocation between the contracting parties in the field of public transport provision. Further part of the paper describes an approach of public service operators to net cost contracts and gross costs contracts.
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    Development of courier services in Poland
    (University of Zilina, 2015) Porębska, Ewelina; Caban, Jacek; Sopoćko, Mateusz
    The article presents the genesis of courier services in Poland, since the first such businesses in 1982. Courier companies in Poland are relatively short on the market, holding the prominent place in the economy of the country. The courier services in comparison with the countries of Western Europe are still in the development stage. After 2000 began the process of merger of best organised national courier companies by the largest global companies. In the article are presented factors affecting development of courier service in Poland, as well as the changes, which occurred within a few years, such as the level of employment, enterprises operating range and their generated revenue.
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    The Risk Analysis in Public Passenger Transport
    (University of Zilina, 2013) Poliak, Miloš; Semanová, Štefánia; Kilianová, Katarína
    The paper deals with the risks related to providing public passenger transport. The risks are divided into two groups: cost and revenue risks. The paper describes possibilities of risk allocation among contracting parties when providing transport services.