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Fig. 1 Share of individual transport use for daily commuting in the Czech Republic (2011)
Nevertheless these are only low-populated municipalities. The most populated
cities have the share of individual transport between 40 and 60 % what is signifi-
-
cantly below the average. This con
rms the Pearson correlation coef
cient between
the population (aged 15
64) and frequency of individual or public transport use
which is slightly higher in case of public transport mode (0.987 and 0.975). If we
analyse the correlation between the population (15
-
64) and share of individual or
-
public transport use, the correlation coef
cient is negative in case of individual
transport (R =
0.084). This is even more evident if only municipalities above
10,000 residents are included (R =
−
0.452 for individual transport). The more
populated is the city the smaller is the share of individual transport use and this
relationship is getting stronger.
The level of individual transport use is getting higher in the direction from the
eastern to the western parts of the Czech Republic (see Fig.
1
). This general spatial
trend is also con
−
rmed by negative Person correlation coef
cient between the share
of individual transport use and the x coordinates (R =
0.195). Also the correlation
−
between the population (15
-
64) and the x coordinates has been analysed to exclude
the in
uence of relationship between the population size and individual transport
share. Nevertheless, this correlation is very small, not statistically signi
fl
cant and
even positive (R = 0.009). So there may play an important role some different
in
uences and the supply of public transport connections (Fig.
2
) can be the one
with the biggest importance.
It has been discussed that the mode decision is influenced by many more or less
important factors which signi
fl
cantly depend on individual
'
s subjective opinion.
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