PUBLIC TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS IN CITIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Javni prijevoz putnika u gradovima Republike Hrvatske jedan je od osnovnih elemenata prometnog funkcioniranja svakog grada. Svaki od sustava ima svoje bitne značajke za doprinos razvoju određenog grada i njegovih naselja. Svakim danom potražnja putnika je sve veća u smislu organiziranog i individualnog prijevoza. Kako bi se izbjegla prometna zagušenost putnicima treba omogućiti što bolju uslugu, a time ih privući da koriste javna gradska prijevozna sredstva za odlazak na željena odredišta. Bitno je neprestano pratiti i analizirati stanje u prometu te ga neprestano poboljšavati u smislu pristupačnosti prijevozu, sigurnosti i poboljšanju voznog parka. Kod javnog prijevoza veliku ulogu imaju i cijene prijevoza te one moraju biti prihvatljivije od prijevoza osobnim automobilima kako bi putnici imali isplativost takvog prijevoza. Tako putnici koji koriste svakodnevno javni gradski prijevoz imaju priliku kupiti pretplatne karte koje imaju određeni popust a određena populacija stanovništva ima i besplatan prijevoz.Public transport of passengers in Croatian cities is one of the basic elements of the transport operation of each city. Each system has its essential features for contribution to the development of a certain city and its settlements. Every day the demand of passengers is growing in terms of organized and individual transport. In order to avoid traffic congestion, passengers should allow better service and thus attract them to use public means of transport to go to the desired destination. It is important to monitor and analyze the traffic continuously and to improve in terms of accessibility of transport, safety and improving fleet. By public transport, an important role plays cost of transportation and this cost needs to be more acceptable than transport passenger with private cars. The passengers would have more effectiveness of such kind of transport. Thus, passengers who use public transport every day have the opportunity to purchase season tickets, which have a certain discount and certain population has a free ride