Marcin Wolek

• PhD
• Professor (Associate) at University of Gdańsk

This publication has been developed within the European project SUMPs for BSR – Enhancing Effective Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning for Supporting Active Mobility in BSR Cities, co-financed by Interreg Baltic Sea Region. The project SUMPs for BSR, co-funded by the Interreg BSR programme, is supporting transition to sustainable urban mobility pl...

This study aims to identify and analyse the potential conflicts of tourism, resort and residents’ functions based on coastal resort cities of the highest importance in Poland (Sopot, Ustka, Kołobrzeg, Świnoujście). Coastal health resorts are specific urban units where tourist and resort functions provided under high environmental restrictions domin...

The electrification of public transport is an overwhelming trend, representing the first step in the energy transition of the transport sector. The transport sector is characterized by the prevalence of public ownership and the significant influence of the public sector. Accordingly, tendering procedures are widely utilized to identify the most eff...

Electromobility is one of the leading trends transforming public transport worldwide. Supported by international organizations, such as the European Union, and national cofounding, public transport operators and local authorities are taking strategic decisions on the direction and scope of the electrification of rolling stock. Most of the electric...

Political support for active mobility is growing for many reasons, including land use planning, health, and improved mobility. As the vital part of many cities is their central area, decision-makers need to know what factors are essential for increasing walkability. This paper aims to identify the main factors affecting the walkability of the city...

This chapter investigates walking mobility as an element of modal split on the example of cities of Warsaw and Gdynia (Poland). Research methodology presents a real challenge in trying to establish the precise share of walking in urban modal split. Whilst the methods applied in defining and measurements of mechanised trips have an established prese...

Transport in cities is one of the most important sources of emissions. Electromobility is an essential element in the catalogue of activities of local authorities aimed at combating climate change. Over the years trolleybus transport has been characterised by both phases of development and regression and is still an essential component of zero-emis...

Electromobility is a vital tool in reducing the environmental impact of transportation. A technologically mature means of public transport is the trolleybus. Based on a case study of the Polish cities of Gdynia and Sopot, this paper explores the factors that influence the development of the trolleybus system. Recent developments of in-motion chargi...

A quality of life is nowadays one of the leading socioeconomic and political topic. On an urban level its importance is growing as megatrend of urbanization is reconstructing global map of megacities. By 2050 2/3rd of global population will live in cities. Therefore quality of life, although difficult for the objective measurement, is one of the mo...

In recent years, trolleybus transport is undergoing technological transformation from catenary-based electric public transport to flexible electromobility platform based on ‘hybrid-trolleybuses’ with batteries. The article presents an analysis of state-of-the-art of trolleybus transport in Poland, including three urban areas. The research was condu...

The article presents the results of the research on the consumer profile as a key factor affecting the willingness to use the shared mobility services such as carpooling or bikesharing. A research based on 265 respondents shows that the customers who are participating in shared mobility have a different customer profile than those who are using the...

In recent years, free urban transport has become the area of interest among numerous groups. The article presents the analysis of social, economic and environmental rationale for introducing free urban transport.

For some time, sustainable urban mobility planning has been in the centre of attention of various cities and municipalities in Poland. Its substance involves integrating the urban transport and spatial policy. While the transport policy is well established in the functioning of Polish cities, its impact on their spatial sphere regarding balancing t...

Streszczenie: W artykule przedstawiono preferencje pasażerów gdyńskiego transportu miejskiego w zakresie wzrostu dostępności przestrzennej usług przez wydłużenie trasy linii trolejbusowej. Jak wynika z badań preferencji i zachowań komunikacyjnych mieszkańców Gdyni, dostępność niezmiennie plasuje się w hierarchii postulatów przewozowych na czwartym...

The bikesharing systems are one of the most interesting and dynamically developing concepts of the sharing economy. The paper presents the idea of bikesharing along with its current state in the world and in Poland. A cluster analysis is performed to classify the bikesharing systems in Poland, and lastly an analysis is performed to verify the relat...

When planning their transport policy, cities usually focus on developing sustainable transport systems and reducing the negative consequences of transport. One way to deliver transport policies is to use the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP), a strategic document designed to meet the demand for mobility whilst ensuring adequate quality of life...

The aim of the article is to present a methodology for the construction of a synthetic business cycle indicator in the railway sector in Poland. On the background of business cycle considerations, the previous attempts to present s rail sector in a synthetic form were presented, particularly in terms of liberalization and efficiency for individual...

Passenger car has influenced the development of urban space and results in the consolidation of unreasonable division of transport tasks. The traditional model of its use causes that on a daily basis it is used extensively, contributing, among others in increasing the demand for parking spaces. Car sharing creates the opportunity to increase the ef...

The wide accessibility of European citizens to cars results in problems caused by their excessive use as a means of urban transport. Given this situation, it is necessary to find new solutions for the more efficient use of passenger cars in cities. This problem affects almost all European cities, including those in Poland. The paper analyses the le...

The study analyses the disruption created by shared mobility in the funding of transport infrastructure. While recognizing the benefits of shared mobility in terms of reduction of private car use, the study identifies that there might be short term negative effects on the revenues of long distance railway and coach operators. It also points out oth...

1. Trolleybus transport in Gdynia 2. The trolleybus fleet structure according to the financial sources of its acquisition 3. Level of grant suport in financing trolleybus fleet in Gdynia 2001-2016 4. Summary

The article describes the methodology of the research studies on the preferences and travel behavior carried out in Gdynia in 2015. The results of these studies are presented in ranges of the declared and actual way of travel, the reasons of choosing a car and public transport in urban travel and travel time. These results were the basis for identi...

Przewodnik zawiera 11 rozdziałów obejmujących takie zagadnienia jak: Pojęcie i elementy Planu Zrównoważonej Mobilności Miejskiej, Etapy planowania zrównoważonej mobilności miejskiej, Ramy strategiczne dla planowania zrównoważonej mobilności miejskiej, Planowanie zrównoważonej mobilności miejskiej w wybranych krajach UE, Partycypacja społeczna w pla...

The study introduces the notion of ‘travel behaviour’ among urban inhabitants, as well as highlighting its most common determinants, one of which is the perception of public transport. The study includes a comparative analysis of the link between passenger perceptions of the main modes of public transport, in relation to the actual mode of transpor...

Chosen novelties in trolleybus transport in Gdynia (Poland) were presented. They were introduced within CIVITAS DYNAMO (FP7) project. Their impact will be evaluated within ELIPTIC (H2020) project.

The specificity of the cities and the dynamics of the various processes which occur within them result in conflicts within the urban space, the effect of which is, among others, suburbanisation bearing negative consequences on sustainable transport and urban mobility. The analysis of EU policies has served as a basis for determining the increasing...

Based on the hierarchy of transport postulates, perception of comfort and other attributes of public transport supply were presented. Challenges for financing the development of public transport in Polish metropolitan areas were selected, taking different perspectives of the operator and public authority.

Sustainable urban mobility plans are an important instrument for achieving the objectives of European transport policy. The plans are an instrument for improve the accessibility of urban areas, to ensure high quality public transport and creating sustainable mobility. The paper presents the most important EU and national strategic documents which d...

Plany zrównoważonej mobilności miejskiej są istotnym instrumentem urzeczywistniania celów europejskiej polityki transportowej. Mają one przyczyniać się do poprawy dostępności obszarów miejskich, zapewnienia wysokiej jakości transportu publicznego oraz kreowania zrównoważonej mobilności. W artykule przedstawiono najważniejsze unijne i krajowe dokume...

Although marketing research is a mature solution in the business sector, it offers a lot of possibilities when developed in public transport. Elaborated within TIDE project (FP7) in 12.2013.

Metropolitan Public Transport Authorities may have a different scope of activities between countries, including financing models and decision making schemes, but in all cases they provide the cooperation platform between different local authorities, in order to provide quality public transport. Elaborated within TIDE project (FP7) in 12.2013.

Within task "G1.3 Pedestrian areas and access management", research on volume and structure of pedestrian traffic was conducted. Additioanlly it includes results of the research on modal split on one of the most important streets in Gdynia (Poland) for 2015 and comparison to 2014.

Zalecenia i wymogi w świetle zapisów RPO; Punkt wyjścia; Tworzenie gdyńskiego SUMP podsumowanie

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Car remains main transport mode for Swietojanska street. It has almost half of total numer of registered trips in both measuring points (with assumption that there is 1,5 persons in each passenger car). 2. Trolleybus is still very important mode servicing Swietojanska street – its share ranges from 1/4th to 1/3rd (direction to Sopot) of total numer...

Car remains main transport mode for Swietojanska street. It has almost half of total numer of registered trips in both measuring points (with assumption that there is 1,5 persons in each passenger car). Trolleybus is still very important mode servicing Swietojanska street – its share ranges from 1/4th to 1/3rd (direction to Sopot) of total numer of...

The article presents the characteristics of urban mobility which is a broad category including such notions as: the spheres of transportation, spatial planning, technical infrastructure, and public finance. With regards to the transport policy of Polish cities these issues have, until now, been addressed in an individual manner. Both the essence an...

The first part is dedicated to those factors which play a part in urban transport development within the European Union. It then focuses on the development and scope of utilization of the trolleybus transport within a city, particularly with regards to the cities involved in the Trolley project. Later on, the study takes a close look at the costs...

Wprowadzenie Europejska polityka transportowa zakłada m.in. zmniejszenie o połowę liczby samochodów o napędzie konwencjonalnym w transporcie miejskim do 2030 r. oraz eliminację ich z miast do 2050 r. U pod-staw tak rygorystycznie sformułowanego celu leży z jednej strony dąż-nie do ograniczenia emisji CO 2 w miastach, z drugiej zaś chęć uniezależnie...

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning is on Europe's top agenda for tackling urban transport challenges in cities. European Union policies call for a coordinated approach in increasing the effectiveness of urban mobility planning to achieve climate protection goals. National and local authorities require common guidance on developing and implementing...

The answer to modern problems of transport and logistics is increasingly dependent on the pool of knowledge and the ability to create innovative solutions. These problems are more and more unyielding to the instruments of transport policy that we know today, used by national governments and international institutions (regulation, technical standard...

The system transformation initiated in Poland in 1989 transfered some of the central government rights and duties to the local self-government authorities, including the local and regional transport. The processes of democratisation of social and economic life created foundations for rapid development of some urban areas in Poland.