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Year 2017
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Comparison of Polish and Danish Approach to Promotion of Cycling
PublicationThe article describes two different approaches to promotion of cycling from Denmark and Poland. In the former the promotion locally from 2009 to 2015 has been supported financially by the national government and where initiatives partly have been financed by the national level. In Poland, the promotion has been implemented often as a result of bottom up initiatives and financed solely on local level often with the support of EU...
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Growing role of walking and cycling and the associated risks
PublicationIncreasing the role of active mobility, including walking and cycling, is one of the tools for developing sustainable urban transport systems as recommended by the EU. The article describes the trends in pedestrian and bicycle traffic in Poland and its share in urban modal split. It identifies and describes the main sources of risks to pedestrian and cycle safety. Recommendations are...
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Identification of Risk Factors for Collisions Involving Cyclists Based on Gdansk Example
PublicationThe role of pedestrian and bicycle traffic in Poland has growing trend. The comprehensive traffic study, conducted in Gdansk in 2016, has confirmed the increase in the number of cyclists and their share in the modal split. Therefore, it is particularly important to ensure the safety of this group of unprotected road users. Only in 2015 on the roads of Gdansk occurred 93 accidents (excluding collisions) involving cyclists. As a...
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Pedestrian and bicycle bridges as examples of safe collision-free road crossings
PublicationPedestrians are most at risk when they are crossing the road. This represents a significant proportion of all fatalities among pedestrians, amounting respectively to 50% in non-built-up areas and 75% in built-up areas. The most frequent reason for this accident is failure to give way. What is most terrible is that 30% of pedestrian accidents occurred at marked pedestrian crossings. Therefore, an important part of pedestrian safety...
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Strategia rozwoju transportu w obszarze metropolitalnym
PublicationDokument strategii rozwoju transportu metropolitalnego jest narzędziem wyrażającym wspólne podejście samorządów i podmiotów działających na obszarze metropolii do rozwiązywania problemów transportowych i przewodnikiem służącym do osiągnięcia wyznaczonych celów. W niniejszym referacie przedstawiono podstawowe cele i założenia oraz metodykę analiz zastosowaną na potrzeby opracowania Strategii Transportu i Mobilności Obszaru Metropolitalnego...
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The Effect of University Campuses on the Modal Split of Polish Cities
PublicationThe article considers the effect Polish public universities have on the characteristics of urban traffic. The article describes how the public university community has changed over 25 years and its share in the urban population. The characteristics of the modal split in Polish university towns is given based on selected cases. The relation between the share of transport modes in the modal split and the size of towns or university...
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Universities as Part of the Urban Transport System—Analysis Using the Example of the Gdansk University of Technology and Medical University of Gdansk
PublicationMany cities perceive academic function as a distinctive feature, representing the rank and prestige of the city. Universities provide places for work and learning for a high number of people and represent a significant proportion compared to the total city population (even 22%). Many of Polish universities are located in the urban structure in the form of spatially concentrated campuses, where the number of people working and studying...
Year 2016
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Cooperation areas between universities and industry - case studies in the area of civil engineering
PublicationThe paper describes the areas of cooperation between universities and industry in the area of civil engineering. Presented examples are related to didactics, research grants and commissioned works. On the basis of the authors own experiences the mutual benefits of cooperation in different areas are described. As well as the assessment criteria of the areas of cooperation by the scientific community. The first area of cooperation...
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Developing a cycling subsystem as part of a sustainable mobility strategy: the case of Gdansk
PublicationModal share is an important component in developing sustainable transport within a city. In recent years, many cities have set modal share targets for balanced and sustainable transport modes: 30% of public transport and 30% of non-motorized (cycling and walking) modes. Gdansk strategic documents have set similar goals with some actions already taken towards those goals. The cycle network is increasing popular. Gdansk’s cycling...
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Segmentation of academic community for the purposes of mobility plan development – case study of Gdansk University of Technology
PublicationThe objective of the paper is to analyse the structure of academic community for its transport behaviour and attitudes using the example of the Gdansk University of Technology (the GUT) in Poland. Once understood, the group can be divided into homogenous sub-groups and studied for their potential and ways to influence their behaviour, attitudes and transport patterns. The results may be used to develop dedicated actions designed...
Year 2015
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Bezpłatny transport publiczny narzędziem kształtowania przewagi konkurencyjnej obszaru metropolitalnego.
PublicationDo kluczowych kompetencji władz należy sprawne wykorzystanie dostępnych narzędzi w celu budowania przewagi konkurencyjnej regionu. Holistyczne spojrzenie na zagadnienie organizacji i funkcjonowania systemu transportowego w obszarach zurbanizowanych pozwala dostrzec ogromną rolę transportu publicznego jaki może pełnić w procesie zarządzania rozwojem obszaru metropolitalnego. Odpowiednio działający system transportu publicznego może...
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The Impact of Organizational Culture on Bicycle Commuting Frequency: The Research Based on Example of Three IT companies
PublicationThis chapter describes a study on work-related factors affecting employees’ decision on bicycle commuting. Employees’ transport choices are related to organizational culture. This chapter refers to E. Schein’s definition of organizational culture model. The study was made in order to determine the impact of specific levels of organizational culture on the transport behavior of employees. It is based on a survey performed in three...
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Wyniki studenckiej ankiety dotyczącej platformy Moodle na Wydziale Inżynierii Lądowej i Środowiska
PublicationArtykuł przedstawia podsumowanie ankiety przeprowadzonej wśród studentów 5. semestru kierunku transport na WILiŚ Politechniki Gdańskiej na temat użyteczności i atrakcyjności wzbogacania klasycznych zajęć przez kursy internetowe. Otrzymane wyniki potwierdziły oczekiwaną akceptację ze strony studentów wzbogacania kursów tradycyjnych kursami na platformie Moodle. Odpowiedzi na pytania otwarte pozwoliły zidentyfikować kilka obszarów,...
Year 2014
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An application of blended and collaborative learning in spatial planning course
PublicationSpatial Planning is a master course for graduate students of Environmental Engineering. The course is based on assumptions that students’ future work will be connected with spatial planning, and spatial issues will have an influence on their everyday lives. To familiarize students with environmental issues in planning, the teams of students get an assignment to design an urban space, waterfront along a stream. The whole project...
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COMPOSITE FOOTBRIDGE - SYNERGY EFFECT IN COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND INDUSTRY
PublicationPaper presents conditions of science and industry cooperation in Poland (restrictions, barriers, good practice). A key role in initiation of collaboration between units has financial support. What is also important, it is much easier to create innovative solutions on the base of combining the potential of individuals. That is why many countries all over the world look for innovative solutions using budget funds to support grants...
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Darmowy transport publiczny w Polsce – uwarunkowania, bariery, doświadczenia
PublicationPodstawę zrównoważonej polityki transportowej miast stanowi efektywne zaspakajanie zapotrzebowania na przemieszczanie w ramach transportu publicznego. Celowym jest poszukiwanie sposobów oddziaływania na wybory transportowe mieszkańców i zachęcania ich do korzystania z transportu zbiorowego zamiast samochodu osobowego. W artykule przedstawiono idę darmowego transportu miejskiego, jako narzędzie kształtowania, postulowanej przez...
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Technical and organizational challenges of development of Public-Use Bicycles
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono ideę oraz historię systemu wypożyczalni rowerów publicznych. W materiale przedstawiono techniczne i organizacyjne wyzwania stawiane przed operatorami systemów najnowszej generacji.
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The impact of organizational culture on employees' decisions on the selection of bibycles as a form of transportation to work , in the context of creating a new culture for urban mobillity, based on an example of three IT companies located in Gdansk
PublicationCelem artykułu jest wskazanie relacji między kulturą organizacyjną pracodawcy a wyborami transportowymi pracowników. Prowadzone w artykule rozważania odwołują się do modelu kultury organizacyjnej E. Scheina, w którym według kryterium postrzegania przez postronnego obserwatora wyróżnione zostały trzy poziomy: artefakty, wartości i założenia. Przeprowadzone w trzech firmach badania ankietowe, wsparte informacjami z wywiadów osobistych, dowodzą,...
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THE ROLE OF THE POLISH UNIVERSITIES IN SHAPING A NEW MOBILITY CULTURE - ASSUMPTIONS, CONDITIONS, EXPERIENCE. CASE STUDY OF GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
PublicationThe article expresses an idea of the privileged role of universities in the process of shaping the new culture for urban mobility. Mobility management of the academic community is adopted in order to indirectly influence a wider group of the population. The aim of the study was to investigate the situation at the Polish universities and the willingness of their authorities to implement integrated tools to manage the transportation...
Year 2013
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Budowanie wizerunku uczelni otwartej na światłe idee, zaangażowanej w poprawę jakości życia w mieście
PublicationArtykuł traktuje o potrzebie nowej kultury mobilności w mieście i o roli ośrodków uniwersyteckich w kształtowaniu pożądanych społecznych postaw transportowych. Na przykładzie Politechniki Gdańśkiej opisano sytuacje konfliktowe występujące w w następstwie braku zarządzania mobilnością społeczności akademickiej a w szczególności pro-motoryzacyjnej polityki parkingowej.
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