Contents
List of Tables and Figures
List of Acronyms and
Preface .
Elżbieta Marciszewska, Jana Pieriegud
Chapter 1. Benchmarking in business and transport sector
Jana Pieriegud
1. Benchmarking as universal management tool
2. Defi nitions and the concept of benchmarking
3. Evolution and types of benchmarking
4. Benchmarking in transport sector
Part I
BENCHMARKING IN ROAD AND RAIL
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
Chapter 2. Benchmarking of transport systems in the EU countries.
Th e case of road transport
Bogusław Liberadzki, Bartłomiej Gorlewski
1. Benchmarking of transport systems – background and objectives
3. Comparison of road transport in the EU
4. Conclusion
Chapter 3. Benchmarking analysis of the rail freight market in Poland
Jana Pieriegud, Wojciech Paprocki
1. Introduction
2. Structural changes in the Polish railway market
3. Development strategies by private operators
4. Conclusion
Annex
Part II
BENCHMARKING IN AIR TRANSPORT
Chapter 4. Benchmarking in air transport – comparative research
of strategic alliances
Elżbieta Marciszewska
1. Introduction
2. Th e mega-alliances – comparative analysis of the market potential
3. Models of cooperation in strategic alliances as a subject
of benchmarking research
4. Conclusion
Chapter 5. Airports benchmarking – the scope and methodology
of research
Andrzej Siembida
1. Introduction – the scope of research
2. Operational processes at airports
3. Methods used in benchmarking research
4. Challenges while designing a research and choosing
the benchmarking team
Part III
TARIFFS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS CHARGE
COMPARISONS IN PASSENGER TRANSPORT
Chapter 6. Benchmarking analysis of air transport infrastructure
user charges
Dariusz Kaliński
1. Introduction
2. Comparison of rules for calculating airport charges
3. Comparison of navigation charges
4. Conclusion
Chapter 7. Polish urban public transport fares compared
with European mainstream solutions
Michał Wolański
1. Introduction
2. Fare integration
3. Enabling changes
4. Modern principles and criteria concerning price diff erentiation 5. Best practices
used in individual European towns
6. Conclusion
Part IV
QUALITY OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT SERVICES
IN POLAND IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
Chapter 8. Passenger rights and services quality in railway transport
Sławomir Krzemiński
1. Introduction .
2. Passenger transport trends in Poland
3. Passenger rights in railway transport
4. Quality of passenger services – SKM case
5. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Quality of services in the carriage of disabled persons
in the Polish air transport and the European and world standards
Izabella Bergel
1. Introduction
2. Assessment of the present state of adjusting air transport
in Poland to the needs of disabled persons
3. Comparison of standards in servicing disabled persons
in air transport in Spain and Poland
4. Standards of servicing disabled persons in air transport
in the USA and Canada
5. Perspectives for improving standards of servicing disabled
passengers in Polish air transport
6. Conclusion
195 pages