In May 2026, the NGO “Vision Zero” organized a study trip to cities in the Czech Republic to study norms and practices regarding tram and trolleybus infrastructure. The participants of the trip were representatives of the NGO, managers and specialists of the State Enterprise “Scientific Research and Design and Technological Institute of Urban Economy”, representatives of the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine and the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety.

The Czech Republic is known in transport circles as a country of electric transport. Despite the country’s modest size and population of 11 million, as many as 21 cities in the Czech Republic have trams or trolleybuses. In terms of its historical, economic and geographical context, this country is relatively close to Ukraine and much more similar to it than Switzerland, Italy or France, where tram and trolleybus systems also exist in significant numbers. Therefore, the Czech Republic was chosen for the research trip.

In the cities of Prague and Brno, the participants conducted detailed inspections of the infrastructure of both types of electric transport, observed the operation of rolling stock on the routes, visited the depot and had meaningful conversations with managers and specialists of the operators. During the visit, the emphasis was on the infrastructure of electric transport, not on rolling stock. As a result, a significant amount of relevant information and photo materials were obtained, on the basis of which public reports were prepared on the website of the NGO “Vision Zero”:

• Tram infrastructure in the Czech Republic: report on a research trip
• Trolleybus infrastructure in the Czech Republic: report on a research trip

We invite you to review the reports and get acquainted with the best Czech practices in the field of urban electric transport, which can become the basis for improving Ukrainian norms and practices regarding the development of trams and trolleybuses. In these publications, the interested reader can learn about the following aspects of infrastructure in the Czech Republic:

• Integration of systems with urban fabric, development, distance to buildings, including areas with different speed regimes;
• Types of streets and roads (or other spatial conditions) for the arrangement of electric transport lines;
• Features of the contact network of tram and trolleybus lines - dimensions, location, suspension methods, etc.;
• Organization of stops and transport interchanges, integration with other types of public transport and other types of urban mobility;
• Interaction with pedestrians: pedestrian crossings, pedestrian access to lines and stops, infrastructure in pedestrian and residential areas;
• Tramway track and trolleybus traffic space on streets: different approaches to solutions depending on the spatial conditions of the city;
• Features of depot arrangement, rolling stock maintenance and charging infrastructure.

The visit to the Czech Republic took place within the framework of the project “Removing obstacles in the regulatory framework for the development of electric transport in Ukraine”, which is being implemented with the support of the European Climate Foundation in 2025-2026. As we reported earlier , the new edition of DBN V.2.3-18:20ХХ “Transport structures. Tram and trolleybus lines” is being developed in 2026 by the State Enterprise “NDKTI MG” at the request of the NGO “Vision Zero”.