Maturity models in the assessment of transport systems: a literature review

<ns3:p>The concept of transport systems includes various and complex technical, organisational, financial, and regulatory subsystems. Even considering them divided into individual branches does not make it possible to easily compare these systems due to the different conditions of their operation related to geographical, economic, and administrative factors. In such circumstances, maturity models can be a tool to assess transportation systems. This may be helpful in comparisons, but also in determining development directions.This article presents a review of the literature (conducted based on the Web of Science database, using the PRISMA method), focused on maturity models assessing transport systems. The analysis focused on the factors analysed in the described models and the similarities and differences of the individual models.For the literature review, the 'maturity model' was used as a keyword in the topic category. 31,075 results were limited by narrowing the search to the "transport" category, which resulted in 127 responses. Maturity models are listed in the following categories: general, management, specific aspect, capability, data/computing, safety/security, system, and others.Using the parameters of the tested models, it was proposed to take into account the levels of maturity for components of transport systems such as infrastructure (including: maintaining the declared technical parameters, integration with other modes of transport, and integration with the network), fleet (including: availability, condition), management system (including reliability and security, ongoing maintenance, development, data management).</ns3:p>