STUDY VISIT System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Milan Brich Prague, 23 September 2011 1 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic the stake-holders, their roles the questionnaires protocols and procedures implemented 2 The stake-holders, their roles: the providers of data (operators) who are obliged to supply the statistics the administrative sources (CRV, CZSO, Central information system of Timetables) the producer of the statistics who organizes the statistical system in transport sector (MoT( MoT) ) and ensures data collection and data treatment (CDV) the users of transport statistics (policy makers and public administrations at all levels, statistical authorities, research institutes and the general public) 3 1
The questionnaires The statistics are collected by Act No. 89/1995 on the State Statistical Service in the Czech Republic The statistics on bus and urban public transport are collected quarterly 4 The form of Quarterly questionnaire on bus transport 5 Quarterly questionnaire on bus transport The purpose of the survey Obtaining information on the performance of regular and occasional bus services for the state administration and for processing data for statistics of the European Union, the European Economic Commission of the United Nations and the International Transport Forum 6 2
Quarterly questionnaire on bus transport Characteristics of indicators Data on the structure of passenger transport, passenger kilometres and vehicle kilometres in regular and occasional bus services and in national and international bus services 7 The provider of the statistical data (operator) Owner of the buses with following main economic activity by the NACE 49.31 Urban and suburban passenger land transport 49.39 Other passenger land transport or 79.1 Travel agency and tour operator activities 8 49.31 Urban and suburban passenger land transport This class includes: - land transport of passengers by urban or suburban transport systems. This may include different modes of land transport, such as by motor bus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus, underground and elevated railways etc. The transport is carried out on scheduled routes normally following a fixed time schedule, entailing the picking up and setting down of passengers at normally fixed stops. This class also includes: - town-to to-airport or town-to to-station lines - operation of funicular railways, aerial cableways etc. if part of urban or suburban transit systems 9 3
49.39 Other passenger land transport This class includes: - other passenger road transport: scheduled long-distance bus services charters, excursions and other occasional coach services airport shuttles operation of teleferics,, funiculars, ski and cable lifts if not part of urban or suburban transit systems This class also includes: - operation of school buses and buses for transport of employees - passenger transport by man- or animal-drawn vehicles 10 Quarterly questionnaire on bus transport The providers of the statistical data (operators) The big companies (own 10 and more buses) are surveyed quarterly and smaller ones (own less then 10 buses) only annually 11 79.1 Travel agency and tour operator activities This group includes the activities of agencies, primarily engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services to the general public and commercial clients and the activity of arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agencies or directly by agents such as tour operators 12 4
Quarterly questionnaire on bus transport Quarterly questionnaire on bus transport is divided into the following five sections I. BUS TRANSPORT II. TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT III. PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION BY REGIONS IV. OTHER REGULAR NATIONAL BUS TRANSPORT V. PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT BY CITIES 13 I. BUS TRANSPORT Structure of the section I. of the questionnaire 14 Section Bus transport consists from the following columns Bus transport total Occasional bus transport Regular international bus transport Regular urban bus transport Public service obligation Other regular national bus transport 15 5
I. BUS TRANSPORT Definition (1) For an explanation of indicators monitored by this questionnaire I present the definitions taken from the following documents Glossary for Transport Statistics (G) Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 (R) Report of the ad hoc meeting on harmonization of sustainable urban and regional transport statistics (H) 16 I. BUS TRANSPORT Definition (2) National road transport Road transport between two places (a place of embarkation and a place of disembarkation) located in the same country irrespective of the country in which the road motor vehicle is registered. It may involve transit through a second country (G) International road transport Road transport between a place of embarkation or disembarkation in the reporting country and a place of embarkation or disembarkation in another country (G) Urban road transport Transport carried out on urban roads or tramways (G) 17 I. BUS TRANSPORT Definition (3) Suburban transport Any movements of passengers in a suburban area (G) Public road transport Public road transport covers passenger transport by bus or tram in scheduled service, whether operated by a public or private enterprise (G) 18 6
I. BUS TRANSPORT Definition (4) Regular services - means services which provide for the carriage of passengers by bus or coach at specified intervals along specified routes, passengers being picked up and set down at predetermined stopping points (R) Special regular services - means regular services, by whomsoever organised, which provide for the carriage of specified categories of passengers to the exclusion of other passengers (R) Occasional services - means services which do not fall within the definition of regular services and the main characteristic of which is the carriage by bus or coach of groups of passengers constituted on the initiative of the customer or the carrier himself (R) 19 Section Bus transport consists from the following main rows Number of passengers transported (thousands) Number of passenger kilometres performed (thousands) Number of vehicle kilometres driven (thousands) of which vehicle kilometres driven by occupied buses (thousands) vehicle kilometres driven by empty buses (thousands) Consumption of motor gasoline (thousand litres) Consumption of alternative fuels (LPG, NGL) (thousand litres) 20 I. BUS TRANSPORT Definition (5) Road passengers transport Any movements of passengers using a road vehicle on a given road network (G) Road passenger Any person who makes a journey by a road vehicle. Drivers of passenger cars, excluding taxi drivers, are counted as passengers. Service staff assigned to buses, motor coaches, trolleybuses, trams and goods road vehicles are not included as passengers (G) Road passenger-kilometre Unit of measurement representing the transport of one passenger by road over one kilometre. The distance to be taken into consideration is the distance actually travelled by the passenger (G) 21 7
I. BUS TRANSPORT Definition (6) Vehicle-kilometre Unit of measurement representing the movement of a road vehicle over one kilometre. The distance to be considered is the distance actually run. It includes movements of empty road motor vehicles. (G) Road passenger transport link The combination of the place of embarkation and the place of disembarkation of the passengers conveyed by road whichever itinerary is followed. Places are defined by using international classification systems such as NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics - Eurostat) (G) 22 II. TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT Structure of the section II. of the questionnaire 23 Section Transport equipment consists from the following columns Bus transport total Bus transport occasional Regular international bus transport Regular urban bus transport Public service obligation Other regular national bus transport 24 8
Section Transport equipment consists from the following rows Number of buses of which articulated buses other buses with allowed capacity over 60 seated and standing passengers other buses with allowed capacity over 30 60 seated and standing passengers other buses with allowed capacity less than 30 seated and standing passengers 25 II. TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT Definition Bus Passenger road motor vehicle designed to carry more than 24 persons (including the driver), and with provision to carry seated as well as standing passengers. The vehicles may be constructed with areas for standing passengers, to allow frequent passenger movement, or designed to allow the carriage of standing passengers in the gangway (G) Motor coach Passenger road motor vehicle designed to seat 24 or more persons (including the driver) and constructed exclusively for the carriage of seated passengers. (G) 26 III. PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION BY REGIONS Structure of the section III. of the questionnaire 27 9
Section Public service obligation by regions consists from the following main columns Number of passengers transported (thousands) Number of passenger kilometres performed (thousands) Number of vehicle kilometres driven (thousands) 28 Section Public service obligation by regions consists from the following rows Public service obligation of which Capital Praha region Středo edočeskýeský region Jihočeský region Plzeňský region Karlovarský region Ústecký region Liberecký region Králov lovéhradecký region Pardubický region Region Vysočina Jihomoravský region Olomoucký region Zlínský region Moravskoslezský region 29 III. PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION BY REGIONS rows Regions which are listed in the rows questionnaire are NUTS 3 regions according to the following Regulation Commission Commission regulation (EU) No 31/2011 of 17 January 2011 amending annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) 30 10
III. PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION BY REGIONS rows In n this way are the statistical regions of the individual countries EU presented in OJ 31 III. PUBLIC SERVICE OBLIGATION BY REGIONS rows (2) The map of the NUTS 3 regions in the Czech Republic 32 IV. OTHER REGULAR NATIONAL BUS TRANSPORT Structure of the section IV. of the questionnaire 33 11
Section Other regular national bus transport consists from the same columns and rows as the previous section 34 V. PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT BY CITIES Structure of the section V. of the questionnaire 35 Section Public urban transport by cities consists from the following columns Number of passengers transported (thousands) Number of passenger kilometres performed (thousands) Number of vehicle kilometres driven (thousands) Number of Seat-/Standing place kilometres performed (thousands) Number of hours in service Number of buses in service - peak Number of buses in service - saddle 36 12
Section Public urban transport by cities consists from the following columns (cont.) These columns are submitted at the end of year only Total length of the bus urban transport network operated axe (km) Number of the bus connections operated Total length of the urban public transport route operated (km) Number of departures 37 Section Public urban transport by cities consists from the following rows Total of which cities 38 The form of Quarterly questionnaire on public urban transport 39 13
Quarterly questionnaire on public urban transport The purpose of the survey Obtaining information on the performance of public urban transport for the state administration and for processing data for statistics of the European Economic Commission of the United Nations and the International Transport Forum 40 Quarterly questionnaire on public urban transport Characteristics of indicators Data on the structure of lines, rolling stock and transport performances by type of traction. These data are supplemented with economic indicators, divided by type of traction, data on consumption of fuels and traction power and number of employees 41 The provider of the statistical data (operator) Companies with following main economic activity by the NACE 49.31 Urban and suburban passenger land transport 42 14
49.31 Urban and suburban passenger land transport This class includes: - land transport of passengers by urban or suburban transport systems. This may include different modes of land transport, such as by motor bus, tramway, streetcar, trolley bus, underground and elevated railways etc. The transport is carried out on scheduled routes normally following a fixed time schedule, entailing the picking up and setting down of passengers at normally fixed stops. This class also includes: - town-to to-airport or town-to to-station lines - operation of funicular railways, aerial cableways etc. if part of urban or suburban transit systems 43 Quarterly questionnaire on public urban transport Quarterly questionnaire on public urban transport is divided into following sections I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Following sections are submitted at the end of the year only II. NETWORK OF THE PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS III. ENERGY CONSUMPTION V. EMPLOYMENT VI. TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT 44 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Structure of the section I. of the questionnaire This part of the questionnaire is submitted by cities 45 15
Section Transport indicators consists from the following columns Urban Urban public transport - Total Urban Urban public transport - Buses Urban Urban public transport - Trolleybuses Urban Urban public transport - Trams Urban Urban public transport - Metro 46 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (1) Urban area Area within the administrative boundary or a set of administrative boundaries of a core city (settlement). Urban area may be classified by size according to number of inhabitants: 10 000 to 49 999 small 50 000 to 249 000 medium 250 000 or more large (H) Suburban area Area within an administrative boundary and connected to an urban area (H) 47 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (2) Urban transport Any movements of passengers in an urban area (H) Urban public transport Any movements of passengers in public transport in an urban area (H) 48 16
Section Transport indicators consists from the following rows Number of passengers transported (thousands) Number of vehicle kilometres driven (thousands) Number of Seat-/Standing place kilometres performed (thousands) Number of passenger kilometres performed (thousands) Number of hours in service Number of buses in service - peak Number of buses in service - saddle 49 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (3) Passengers in urban or suburban public transport Any person, excluding members of the staff, who makes a journey by urban or suburban public transport (H) Vehicle-kilometre in public service Unit of measurement representing the movement of a vehicle over one kilometre in public service. Only vehicle-kilometres open to the public and according to timetable are to be taken into account.(h) 50 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (3) Seat-/Standing place-kilometre offered Unit of measure representing the movement of one seat/authorized standing place available in an urban public transport vehicle when performing the service for which it is primarily intended over one kilometre. The distance to be considered is the distance actually run. (H) 51 17
I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (3) Urban or suburban public passenger- kilometre Unit of measure representing the transport of one passenger by urban or suburban public transport over a distance of one kilometre. The distance to be taken into consideration should be the distance actually run by the passenger on the concerned network. If it is not available, then the distance charged or estimated should be taken into account.(h) 52 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (4) Vehicle-hour hour in public service Movement of a vehicle during one hour in public service. The period begins with the departure of the vehicle from the station to start the transport service and ends with the return of the vehicle to the station after terminating the transport service. It covers the total time of driving and operational waiting of the vehicle per period surveyed. The period of preparing the vehicle before its departure and the period of its standstill after its arrival at the station are not counted as period of vehicle operation.(h) 53 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (4) Maximum number of vehicles in service Maximum number (peak) of vehicles in service during a day (24 hours) (H) Minimum number of vehicles in service Minimum number of vehicles (saddle) of vehicles in service during a day (24 hours) 54 18
II. NETWORK OF THE PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS Structure of the section II. of the questionnaire This part of the questionnaire is submitted by cities 55 Section Network of the public urban transport connections consists from the following columns Urban Urban public transport - Total Urban Urban public transport - Buses Urban Urban public transport - Trolleybuses Urban Urban public transport - Trams Urban Urban public transport - Metro 56 Section Network of the public urban transport connections consists from the following rows Total Total length of the bus urban transport network operated axe (km) Number Number of the connections operated Total Total length of the urban public transport route operated (km) Number Number of departures 57 19
II. NETWORK OF THE PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS Definition (1) Tramway Line of communication made up by a pair of rails designed for use by trams (street cars). This includes both tramway laid down on the road used by other road motor vehicles as well as tramway running separately from the road. (G) 58 I. TRANSPORT INDICATORS Definition (2) Metro track An electric railway track for the transport of passengers with the capacity for a heavy volume of traffic and characterized by exclusive rights-of of-way, multi-car trains, high speed and rapid acceleration, sophisticated signaling to allow a high frequency of trains, and high platform load. Metros are also characterized by frequent stations, normally meaning a distance of 700-1 200 m between the stations. High speed refers to the comparison with trams and light rail, and means here approximately 30-40 km/h on shorter distances, 40-70 km/h on longer distances. Also known as subway, metropolitan railway or underground. (G) 59 II. NETWORK OF THE PUBLIC URBAN TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS Definition (3) Public transport route Terminal-to to-terminal terminal connection according to published timetables. (G) Daily number of departures Daily (24 hours) departures from the terminal-to to- terminal according to a timetable. Number of the departures per working day, Saturday and Sunday/holidays. (G) 60 20
III. ENERGY CONSUMPTION Structure of the section III. of the questionnaire 61 Section Energy consumption consists from the following column Consumption 62 Section Energy consumption consists from the following rows Diesel oil (thousand litres) LPG (thousand litres) CNG (thousand litres) Electric power (kwh) 63 21
V. EMPLOYMENT Structure of the section V. of the questionnaire 64 Section Employment consists from the following columns Urban Urban public transport - Total Urban Urban public transport - Buses Urban Urban public transport - Trolleybuses Urban Urban public transport - Trams Urban Urban public transport - Metro 65 Section Employment consists from the following rows Registered number of employees of which drivers 66 22
VI. TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT Structure of the section VI. of the questionnaire 67 Section Transport equipment consists from the following columns Urban Urban public transport - Buses Urban Urban public transport - Trolleybuses Urban Urban public transport - Trams Urban Urban public transport - Metro 68 VI. TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT Definition (1) Motor Coach or Bus Passenger road motor vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver). Statistics also include mini-buses designed to seat more than 9 persons (including the driver) (G) Trolleybus Passenger road vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver), which is connected to electric conductors and which is not rail-borne. This term covers vehicles, which are sometimes used as trolleybuses and sometimes as buses (since they have an independent motor) (G) 69 23
VI. TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT Definition (2) Tram (street car) Passenger road vehicle designed to seat more than nine persons (including the driver), which is connected to electric conductors or powered by diesel engine and which is rail-borne borne.. (G) Metro A railway vehicle designed to run on a metro track. (G) 70 Section Transport equipment consists from the following rows Number of vehicles total of which low floor vehicles of which number of vehicles by age to 8 years from 9 to 11 years from 12 to 20 years over 20 years 71 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Protocols and procedures implemented The Ministry of Transport operates the System of electronic data collection through Internet 72 24
System of electronic data collection through Internet The entry screen to the electronic data collection of statistical questionnaires 73 System of electronic data collection The system is divided into two areas Questionnaires open to the public for testing of electronic data collection Area designated for registered data providers 74 Area designated for registered data providers System of electronic data collection is accessed through a login and password Login Password 75 25
Area designated for registered data providers Main services of the System of electronic data collection Portal which are offered to the data provider sending standardized data messages to the server of the MoT sending confirmation of message delivery to server archiving of the questionnaires sent 76 Area designated for registered data providers There are the templates of the electronic statistical questionnaires, which the company submits to the Ministry of Transport 77 An electronic version of the questionnaire of bus transport 78 26
An electronic version of the questionnaire of bus transport Pink fields are automatically calculated, or taken from another section of the questionnaire 79 An electronic version of the questionnaire of bus transport The structure of the data file of the questionnaire of bus transport Data from electronic questionnaires are sent in XML format 80 An electronic version of the questionnaire of bus transport The confirmation of message delivery to server The system automatically sends email confirmation of the successful transmission of the completed questionnaire 81 27
An electronic version of the questionnaire of bus transport Archiving of the questionnaires sent Here is the archive of the questionnaires sent to the Ministry of Transport 82 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic MoT publishes a quarterly and annual summary statistics on road passenger transport Overviews on the bus and urban public passenger transport are quarterly published on the web page of the MoT Overviews of bus and urban public passenger transport are published in the Transport Yearbook 83 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Overviews on the bus and urban public passenger transport are quarterly published on the web page of the MoT 84 28
System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Overviews on the bus and urban public passenger transport are published in the MS EXCEL format 85 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Overviews of bus and urban public passenger transport are published in the Transport Yearbook 86 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic In the Transport Yearbook there are published the following overviews Bus transport Traffic service by public bus transport Urban public passenger transport Passenger transport within the region by public bus transport Traffic service by public bus transport in the region Urban public passenger transport by type of traction in the region 87 29
System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Bus transport 88 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Traffic service by public bus transport 89 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Urban public passenger transport 90 30
System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Passenger transport within the region by public bus transport 91 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Traffic service by public bus transport in the region 92 System of production of the statistics on road passenger transport in the Czech Republic Urban public passenger transport by type of traction in the region 93 31
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