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such. The use of the existing infrastructure can be enhanced by introducing
more efficient and sustainable solutions and management. These include fleet
management, railway and inland navigation infrastructure management, closer
cooperation between business partners and infrastructure managers, full use of
load capacity, avoiding empty runs, or combining various means of transport,
observing European competition regulations.
EU programme documents, research projects and analyses do not question
the significance of transport to economy. The three modes of land transport –
the road, the rail and the inland waterway – are of fundamental significance to
the problem of employment, welfare and global exports of Europe. Technological
progress in transport will have – apart from stimulating innovation and
knowledge – a positive impact on European economy and social integration.
But each mode of transport poses serious challenges to natural environment, societies
and scientific research – in particular in view of the inevitable growth of
demand for transport.
Attaining the objectives specified in modern transport policy requires coordinated
approach of all the stakeholders involved in research and transport. The
new technological platforms for each type of transport make the process easier:
– ERRAC – European Rail Research Advisory Council European – has been
leading and guiding European and national plans of research on rail since
December 2002;
– ERTRAC – European Road Transport Research Advisory Council presented
its action plan in January 2005;
– WATERBORNE technological platform was launched in October 2004.
Only integration of activities at all levels, from the Community level
through national, regional and local levels, and including all the stakeholders
and entities of transport market can bring about the expected effects in the form
of reducing the environmental impact of transport and optimization of demand
for transport services.
19.5. Bibliography
1. B¹k M., Paw³owska B.: Tendencje na rynku paliw zagro¿eniem dla rozwoju transportu
w Europie. (in:) Nowa jakoϾ polskiego transportu i logistyki po akcesji do Unii Europejskiej;
[ed.:] D. Ruciñska and E. Adamowicz “Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu
Gdañskiego Ekonomika Transportu L¹dowego” No. 34/2007.
2. EEA - http://www.eea.eu.int
3. Green Paper on the Impact of Transport on the Environment - a Community strategy for sustainable
mobility, COM(92) 46 final, 12.03.1992.
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