Transport Policy Instruments for Sustainable Development of Transport
Journal Title: Logistics and Transport - Year 2018, Vol 37, Issue 1
Abstract
Transport brings significant social, economic, spatial and environmental effects, and thus is an important factor in the sustainability of society and the economy. The subject of the work is the sustainable development of transport, meaning socially and economically justified activities related to the creation of conditions and the implementation of environmentally friendly and human-friendly practices of facilities, equipment and other solutions that perform the functions of movement. The purpose of the study was to present the theoretical basis for the sustainable development concept, derived from the idea of sustainable development - sustainable transport, and to present goals that are to be achieved by improving sustainable transport, with the potential to contribute to a specific target by means of instruments divided into categories: economic instruments, technological instruments, legislative instruments, organizational instruments, market instruments, educational instruments.
Authors and Affiliations
Iwo Nowak, Anita Fajczak-Kowalska, Magdalena Kowalska
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