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Evaluation of Socio-economic Impacts of Incidents on the Railway Infrastructure

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

Original Title

Evaluation of Socio-economic Impacts of Incidents on the Railway Infrastructure

English Title

Evaluation of Socio-economic Impacts of Incidents on the Railway Infrastructure

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original Abstract

Evaluation of the economic efficiency of investment projects in transport infrastructure in the Czech Republic is methodically based on the Departmental Methodology of the Ministry of Transport. Economic cash flows, generated in accordance with the CBA principles, are modelled within this methodology on the basis of the evaluation of socio-economic impact of individual projects. In the case of the railway infrastructure constructions, the socio-economic impacts used by the methodology do not include benefits associated with increasing safety and reliability of the railway infrastructure network due to new security systems implementation. Determination of socio-economic impacts associated with specific types of incidents on the railway which are caused by insufficient railway infrastructure security and which could be eliminated by the implementation of the higher-level signaling equipment forms the subject of the research. The research is based on the analysis of a database of incidents occurring on the railway in the Czech Republic in the 2009– 2018 period, which describes the basic impacts associated with a particular incident. Statistical data on the railway infrastructure is also used to determine the impact of incidents in addition to the database. The key outcomes of the research are the determination of methodological steps for the evaluation of the impacts of incidents on the railway and a case study for their verification. Future research will focus on making evaluation of the above-mentioned benefits more detailed. Research outcomes will improve decision-making process on selection and financing of the projects related to railway infrastructure safety for their future implementation.

English abstract

Evaluation of the economic efficiency of investment projects in transport infrastructure in the Czech Republic is methodically based on the Departmental Methodology of the Ministry of Transport. Economic cash flows, generated in accordance with the CBA principles, are modelled within this methodology on the basis of the evaluation of socio-economic impact of individual projects. In the case of the railway infrastructure constructions, the socio-economic impacts used by the methodology do not include benefits associated with increasing safety and reliability of the railway infrastructure network due to new security systems implementation. Determination of socio-economic impacts associated with specific types of incidents on the railway which are caused by insufficient railway infrastructure security and which could be eliminated by the implementation of the higher-level signaling equipment forms the subject of the research. The research is based on the analysis of a database of incidents occurring on the railway in the Czech Republic in the 2009– 2018 period, which describes the basic impacts associated with a particular incident. Statistical data on the railway infrastructure is also used to determine the impact of incidents in addition to the database. The key outcomes of the research are the determination of methodological steps for the evaluation of the impacts of incidents on the railway and a case study for their verification. Future research will focus on making evaluation of the above-mentioned benefits more detailed. Research outcomes will improve decision-making process on selection and financing of the projects related to railway infrastructure safety for their future implementation.

Keywords

Socio-Economic Impacts; Investment Project; Railways; Incidents; Evaluation

Released

20.10.2020

Publisher

Scipedia

Location

Barcelona, Spain

ISBN

978-84-121101-8-0

Book

Current Topics and Trends on Durability of Building Materials and Components

Pages from

407

Pages to

414

Pages count

8

URL

https://congress.cimne.com/dbmc2020/frontal/Doc/EbookDBMC2020.pdf

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/196589

Documents

BibTex 


@inproceedings{BUT165965,
  author="Vít {Hromádka} and Jana {Korytárová} and Eva {Vítková} and Tomáš {Funk} and Herbert {Seelmann}",
  title="Evaluation of Socio-economic Impacts of Incidents on the Railway Infrastructure",
  annote="Evaluation of the economic efficiency of investment projects in transport infrastructure in the Czech Republic is methodically based on the Departmental Methodology of the Ministry of Transport. Economic  cash  flows,  generated  in  accordance  with  the  CBA  principles,  are  modelled  within  this  methodology on the basis of the evaluation of socio-economic impact of individual projects. In the case of the railway infrastructure constructions, the socio-economic impacts used by the methodology do not include benefits associated with increasing safety and reliability of the railway infrastructure network due to new security systems implementation. Determination of socio-economic impacts associated with specific types of incidents on the railway which are caused by insufficient railway infrastructure security and which could be eliminated by the implementation of the higher-level signaling equipment forms the subject of the research. The research is based on the analysis of a database of incidents occurring on the  railway  in  the  Czech  Republic  in  the  2009–  2018  period,  which  describes  the  basic  impacts  associated  with  a  particular  incident.  Statistical  data  on  the  railway  infrastructure  is  also  used  to  determine the impact of incidents in addition to the database. The key outcomes of the research are the determination of methodological steps for the evaluation of the impacts of incidents on the railway and a  case  study  for  their  verification.  Future  research  will  focus  on  making  evaluation  of  the  above-mentioned  benefits  more  detailed.  Research  outcomes  will  improve  decision-making  process  on  selection  and  financing  of  the  projects  related  to  railway  infrastructure  safety  for  their  future  implementation.",
  address="Scipedia",
  booktitle="Current Topics and Trends on Durability of Building Materials and Components",
  chapter="165965",
  doi="10.23967/dbmc.2020.063",
  howpublished="online",
  institution="Scipedia",
  year="2020",
  month="october",
  pages="407--414",
  publisher="Scipedia",
  type="conference paper"
}