Accessibility patterns: Czech Republic Case Study

Abstract

Czechia has a relatively high density of the road network, although the basic network of motorways has not been completed and does not match the actual needs. Some regional centres still do not have good connection to the network of motorways or higher-quality railway network. This situation affects the key results of the analysis performed: 1. The results for main regional centres' accessibility display significant geographic differentiation. On the one hand, they highlight the hinterland, while on the other hand the results show the most distant and peripheral areas located primarily at the borders with Poland and Bavaria. There are also the so-called inner peripheries in the Czech Republic, which can be found around the borders of the NUTS 3 regions. 2. The results for job accessibility by car are strongly affected by radial expressways around the main agglomerations. Expressing accessibility as a cumulated opportunity provides a new view of some peripheral areas when some municipalities located in-between several regional capitals can benefit from the offer of job opportunities in all surrounding centres. 3. Contrary to time and cumulated accessibility, the potential accessibility results show the main concentration areas and their locations in the transport networks in the Czech Republic. There is relative separation of the two historically independent settlement areas of Czechia (Moravia vs. Bohemia).

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