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IMPORTANCE OF MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING A MORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Due to the growth of world trade, the globalization and technological progress, the demand for transport services has been continuously growing, which stimulates further need for establishing a more sustainable transport. Many goods travel long distances to reach their destinations, and these long distances are a prerequisite for introducing a form of multimodal transport in the transporting process. The institutions in charge in the European Union saw the need for the development of multimodal transport already twenty years ago, with the aim of facilitating sustainable transport and defining the objectives for the years 2030 and 2050. Better use of the railway and inland waters as transporting options that cause considerably less pollution than road transport represents the basis for the realisation of the goals set by the EU. The analysis of transport according to single transport branches shows that road transport is still dominant and there are no significant reductions in the amount of transport realized on the routes over 300 kilometres. In addition, freight transport on inland water routes and railroads has been recording negative growth rates, which reflects the necessity for the revision of the measures that stimulate Member States to participate in building a uniform network of multimodal transport in the EU.

multimodal transport, European Union, sustainable transport

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