Sustainability in Polish Road Transport Sector

• Authors: Janusz Grabara , Liviu Mihaescu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Today, road transport is the fastest-growing segment of the freight transport in Poland. Due to its dynamic development in the 90's and low barriers to entry of new transport companies the importance of this segment still growing. Low transport rates, the ability to reach every place, as well as high flexibility and reliability of supplies carried are the main advantages of this kind of transport. However, besides the advantages, road transport has disadvantages as well, and the biggest drawback of this type of transport is its negative impact on the environment through the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. In addition, road transport is characterized by high land consumption and noise. This causes that the road transport sector is one of the sectors where actions from the field of sustainable development [1] are performed. This is due to the fact that currently the sustainability issues are very important and the present generation is aware that today's action will affect the quality of life for future generations. Therefore, road transport companies introduce measures to eliminate their negative impact on the environment or on social environment. This article describes the actions aimed at the practical implementation of the concept of sustainable development, conducted by the chosen transport companies.

Keywords

EN

transport; road; sustainable development; environment; social environment; economy

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Management of Sustainable Development
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 37-40

Dates

published

2013-06-01

online

2013-08-28

Contributors

author

Janusz Grabara

• Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland

author

Liviu Mihaescu

• “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/msd-2013-0007