Dear readers,

I welcome you to the 2020 Prague Transportation Yearbook, which was produced by a team of employees of the Department of Transport Engineering at the Technical Administration of Roads. In it you can find a continuation of the long-running series of traditional data and information mapping out the situation and developments of individual types of transport in Prague.

It is my pleasure to state on behalf of TSK that last year we managed to utilise the allocated funding both to provide for the whole spectrum of obligatory services and to improve the transport infrastructure, as well as producing a large amount of planning documentation for upcoming works.

We carried out a whole range of renovations, repairs and general maintenance tasks. The most significant of these included the first stage of repairs to Barrandovský most, new carriageways on the Jižní spojka, road surface repairs on Evropská, Novodvorská and Novovysočanská, complete refurbishing of the streets Prosecká, Jaselská, Jungmannova and repairs to the retaining wall of the Letná Tunnel.

I consider it important that summer and winter maintenance was fully provided for, including street cleaning, which was particularly so important last year.

TSK did its standard monitoring of transport characteristics in the city. Despite the atypical nature of 2020, the number of registered vehicles continued to grow, numbering among the highest in Europe with a value of 870 vehicles per 1000 inhabitants. The impact of the restrictive anti-epidemic measures was significantly reflected in transport. The amount and intensity of automobile traffic also dropped and there were changes in the modal split leading to an increase in the percentage of individual automobile transport. Bicycle traffic also saw growth and there was a shift in the variation of transport, with the daytime period strengthening at the expense of the night.

In order to handle traffic demands, we continued developing intelligent traffic management, which is realised through sophisticated telematic devices and tools that the public appreciates, for example dynamic traffic control through traffic lights or providing current traffic information. Symbolically, on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the first automatic traffic light (1930 at the middle of Wenceslas Square), we collaborated with the Association for Transport Telematics to launch a new expert discussion platform entitled Organising, Influencing and Managing Traffic for a 21st Century Prague. This activity will serve for exchanging opinions on the future development of transport telematics in Prague and obtaining feedback from the widest possible range of users.

Our continued efforts to increase transport safety is reflected in all works and projects. Once again last year, a number of crosswalks and crossings were improved structurally and documentation was prepared for new extra lighting there. The opening of new bicycle paths and traffic markings on the roads created more favourable conditions for cyclists.

I would like to use this opportunity to thank our suppliers and our team of employees for their full commitment, thanks to which we managed to fulfil our planned tasks in this complicated time.

I wish you pleasant reading.

Prague, 30 April 2021

Mgr. Jozef Sinčák CEO and Chairman of the Board City of Prague Technical Administration of Roads