Publication detail

New aspects of socioeconomic assessment of the railway infrastructure project life cycle

HROMÁDKA, V. KORYTÁROVÁ, J. VÍTKOVÁ, E. SEELMANN, H. FUNK, T.

Original Title

New aspects of socioeconomic assessment of the railway infrastructure project life cycle

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper deals with the issue of evaluation of socioeconomic impacts of occurrences emerging from railway infrastructure. The presented research results form part of a broader research subject focusing on the evaluation of the socioeconomic benefits of projects for the implementation of measures aimed at increasing the safety and reliability of railway infrastructure. The research topic addresses a part of the evaluation of railway infrastructure project efficiency within its life cycle using the cost–benefit analysis method. The methodology is based on the description and definition of input variables that are essential for the process of evaluating socioeconomic impacts. It is followed by another important step, which is the analysis of the categories and the number of occurrences, separately, for regional and national lines, and, further, the data is sorted according to whether occurrences emerge at stations or on a wide line. The result of the presented research is an overview of the calculated values of the expected socioeconomic impacts of partial occurrences according to the categories related to the year of operation on the railway infrastructure and the unit of measure. The research team carried out an inquiry into the annual impacts of the subcategories of occurrences related to one railway station and one kilometer of wide line, e.g., for national lines, the impacts of €2922.72/station/year and €41.67/km of wide line/year were determined. The results of the presented research represent important and necessary inputs for the next phase of the research topic, i.e., the evaluation of the socioeconomic benefits of projects increasing the safety and reliability of railway infrastructure.

Keywords

Railway infrastructure; occurrences; socioeconomic impact; economic evaluation; CBA; life cycle

Authors

HROMÁDKA, V.; KORYTÁROVÁ, J.; VÍTKOVÁ, E.; SEELMANN, H.; FUNK, T.

Released

21. 10. 2020

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Switzerland

ISBN

2076-3417

Periodical

Applied Sciences - Basel

Year of study

10

Number

20

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

16

Pages count

16

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/20/7355

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/195717

BibTex

@article{BUT165962,
  author="Vít {Hromádka} and Jana {Korytárová} and Eva {Vítková} and Herbert {Seelmann} and Tomáš {Funk}",
  title="New aspects of socioeconomic assessment of the railway infrastructure project life cycle",
  journal="Applied Sciences - Basel",
  year="2020",
  volume="10",
  number="20",
  pages="1--16",
  doi="10.3390/app10207355",
  issn="2076-3417",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/20/7355"
}