Traffic accesibility modelling of the municipalities in the Czech Republic

Abstract

For modelling and assessment of traffic accessibility and serviceability in the meaning of creation a coherent system a lot of methods is applied that use geoinformation systems such as e.g. analyses of results of Census of Population, Housholds and Flats (CPHF), network analyses, analyses of timetables, applications of gravity-operated models, traffic inquiries, field surveys, records of ticket sales etc. Since 2006 VSB-TU Ostrava has prepared a database of traffic connections for needs of the Integrated information portal of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs ( MoLSA) of the Czech republic and further activities of MoLSA and EO. Today the database involves records of traffic connections between individual municipalities of the Czech republic through the use of public transport for periods suitable for current commutation. Connections are chosen based on several criteria from the list of connections searched out by the Timetables application of the CHAPS spol. s.r.o. company. The database is used for searching job vacancies accessible by public transport from the place of residence on an information portal and also from agents at employment offices, the next utilization is e.g. in the area of assessment of investment projects in a department of labour market analyses. Over the years the database was subject to many changes. Both in searching method and volume of data to be processed. A goal of this contribution is to do a brief summarization of the database development over the years, its utilization in modelling traffic accessibility as well as future prospects.