Zhodnocení financování městské hromadné dopravy ve vybraných městech České republiky

Abstract

This diploma thesis' theme is the evaluation of financing the urban public transport in selected cities in the Czech Republic. The subject of the work consists of nineteen transport companies with active membership in the Association of the Transport Companies of the Czech Republic. The main goal of this thesis is to evaluate the financial health of these selected companies providing urban public transport on the basis of financial analysis. To assess the financial situation of enterprises, financial analysis is used in the work where, in particular on the basis of profitability and liquidity, the financial health of the carriers can be assessed. Another partial goal of the thesis is to assess the operation of of transport companies also on the basis of performance and operational criteria. The fulfillment of the partial goal is supported by hypotheses: 1) In the tracked period of time there is an increase in the number of transported people within the tracked transport companies. 2) 50% of the total number of employees is formed by drivers of the means of transport.

Ratio indicators were used to achieve the goals of the thesis. The performance, operational and economic criteria serve as an add-on. Verification of hypotheses disproved both claims, as there is no tracked increase of the number of passengers between 2010 and 2016 in any case. About the second hypothesis, six transport companies employ below 50% of drivers of the total number of their employees. Selected transport companies combine the provision of urban public transport and also, in most cases, the city's shareholders. One exception is ARRIVA TEPLICE s.r.o., which belongs to the German concern. At the same time, this company has the best financial situation of all of the tracked companies.