Objectives of transport systems

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Objectives of transport systems

• Jüri Suursoo

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Transport systems are

• cooperation networks which consist of segments
  and the connection between them
• geographically specified
• created to provide services for a specific group
  of consumers
• dynamic

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Processes in transport systems are

• inseparable part of economic affairs
• bound with the infrastructure
• having impact on the environment
• cyclic disposition
• dynamic
• predictable

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Effectiveness of transport systems can be
assessed through

• Measurable parameters
• Comparable parameters
• Subjective opinions
• It is possible to assess on the scales of
  economic activities, social development as well
  as culture and traditions

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Objectives of the system

• Identify parameters to measure and through that
  we can give an evaluation of the objectives of
  the system
• For evaluating objectives It is not enough just
  to confirm the ratio between price and quality

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Characterizing parameters for transport systems
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Balance of the system

• The system is balanced if the evaluations of all
  the parameters correspond to expectations of the
  target group
• The system loses balance if one parameter is
  preferred more or has more weight. The systems
  begins to find a new state of balance. This can
  cause a change in target group of services.

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Time and money

• Counting money is favourite activity.
• Price and what does it consist of?
• How to consider time?
• Time as an expense article. Is time money?
• Connections of time and money in objectives of
  transport systems

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Quality oriented system
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Measuring transport services

• Level of service as a quality reading
• - number of possible services
• Quality of service(s)
• - regularity
• - frequency
• - comfort of use
• - subjective evaluation

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Quantity of services
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Security of the system

• According to laws of nature, risks are objective
  phenomena of systems
• The goal is to minimize
• Integration risks risks due to links between
  joints of a system
• Damage risks damage to the objects of the
  system
• Time risks change or delay in delivery
• Risks of social environment

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Flexibility of the system

• Adaptability
• - alternative solutions
• - resources
• - reserves
• Innovation
• Feedback

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Some examples

• Price oriented systems
• - cheap flight systems
• - public transport systems
• Measure of service oriented systems
• - service of business class travellers
• Minimizing time oriented systems
• - courier services system

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Public transport systems

• Target group is users, not potential users
• Optimisation is local, not systematic
• Price reduction vs. quality and safety
• Time as an agent is untargeted

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Summary

• Evaluating and setting targets to transport
  logistical systems must be done systematically
  taking in account different parameters and
  background systems

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Thank you for your attention

• Jüri Suursoo