Efficiency Comparison of Municipal Public Transport in the Selected Cities of the Czech Republic

The article compares the efficiency of municipal public transport in the cities of Pilsen and Ostrava. To compare the efficiency, a system of suitable ratios has been drawn up. The ratios were calculated from the underlying data in the time series from 2010 to 2019. First, the transport services in both cities were compared on the basis of the following indicators: density of the transport network, transport facilities, comparative transport capacity, the development of the average age of public transport vehicles in comparison with the development of investments in the vehicle fleet recalculated per unit of performance. Subsequently, the comparison of efficiency was drawn, with the parameter of capacity utilization of transport performance being chosen as the basic criterion. The analysis was complemented with a comparison of real sales per capita, a comparison of nominal sales per passenger transported and a comparison of the real value of compensation per capita. Based on the comparisons, the conclusions were drawn. They show that although the city of Ostrava has relatively better public transport facilities, the city of Pilsen uses its public transport more efficiently.