20.500.12556/RUL-176499 Maritime passenger transport connecting urban areas the case study of Catania based on Trieste experience The objective of this study is to determine the potential for the development of a regular or seasonal maritime service between Catania and Syracuse on the island of Sicily in Italy. The distance between the two cities is 65 kilometers. They are connected by public transport (bus and train). Ideally, the trip takes about 50 minutes by car, an hour by bus and about an hour and a half by train. However, especially during summer time, it takes much longer, making the trip not very pleasant. On the other hand, the distance by sea is about 55 kilometers. The authors analyze the current supply of public transport services and their use between Catania and Syracuse. Then, they identify the demand for a maritime service between the two cities using two separate online surveys; one for the local population, who could benefit from such a maritime service year-round, and the other for tourists. The analysis shows that more interest for ferry service is expressed by tourists than by the local citizens, who are not very willing to change their travelling habits at the moment. Sicily high speed ferry services sustainable mobility tourism hitri trajekti trajnostni turizem trajnostni razvoj Sicilija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-12-02 13:32:07 2025-12-02 13:32:08 2026-02-06 13:51:49 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 118-124 Vol. 83 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 338.484:502.131.1 2352-1465 10.1016/j.trpro.2025.02.017 230674691 230609155 1-s2.0-S2352146525000195-main.pdf 1-s2.0-S2352146525000195-main.pdf 1 0665BAF227C2E7DD18F1C5D7A6B67924 4a9899c8fdbe129fc2c3e4e51c965031dfdfff388a6cea736b96a5b86155d3c0 ae962360-cf7b-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=222867 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146525000195 1 891702ff-cf7a-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=222865 Fakulteta za pomorstvo in promet 0 0 0