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is, in particular, the response to the needs arising where transport interacts with
its environment – to reduce congestion, improve safety, provide better environmental
protection. Diffusion of innovations in transport depends on (and is reinforced
by) the competition on transport markets, as well as growing regulatory
requirements concerning safety and the environment, in addition to growing
efficiency and development potential brought on by new information and
telecommunication technologies 48 . Identification and ranking of innovations is
also of interest to researchers – including the scope of projects financed within
the Framework Programmes of the European Union, as well as foresight programmes
49 , in which assessment of key technologies and innovation is made in
a 20-30 years' perspective and the methods used mitigate the uncertainty of
forecasting 50 .
In 2000, the research programmes FANTASIE (“Assessment of new technologies
and environmental issues”) and RECONNECT (“Reducing congestion by
introducing new concepts of transport”) recognized the following technologies
as sources of innovation in transport and logistics 51 :
– alternative propulsion, such as fuel cells and hybrid engines;
– solutions enhancing efficiency and mitigating impact of air transport development
on the surroundings;
– technologies increasing intermodality;
– IT and telematic technologies improving transport safety and efficiency ,
particularly in:
• on-board information and navigation systems;
• electronic toll collection and traffic control systems;
• accident-risk mitigation through automation of driving;
• fleet management systems leading to higher productivity 52 .
Similar conclusions are also reached within the framework of foresight programmes
carried out by various countries, which indicate that the following
technologies – sources of innovation in transport and logistics – offer a promising
outlook for the future 53 :
– development in the field of propulsion;
– telematics;
48 H. Hernandez, Road ahead, “Foresight” 1999, vol. 1, no 6, pp. 583-589.
49 Foresight – ability to think ahead, to foresee “Foresight is a systematic way of creating medium or
long term vision of developing scientific and technical policy, its directions and priorities, used as
a decision-making tool and rallying joint action” – http://foresight.polska2020.pl/mis/pl/oprogrammeie/idea.html,
as of 05.05.2006.
50 M. van Geenhuizen, H. Geerlings, H. Priemus, Transport innovation: coping with the future, “Transportation
Planning and Technology” 2003, vol. 26, no 6, pp. 437-447.
51 Projects carried out in the IV EU Framework Programme were led by the German company Industrieanlagen
Betriebsgesellschaft Mbh in 1997-200 and in 1998-2000, www.cordis.lu, as of
30.04.2007.
52 G.H. May, Transport in Europe: where are we going?, “Foresight” 2005, vol. 7, no 6, p. 33.
53 P. Jansen, Taking transport out of the loop, “Foresight” 2001, vol. 3, no 4, pp. 361-367.
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