Open AccessEnvironmental Impacts of Railway Transportation Systems
Author(s) -
Sz. A. Köllő,
Andrei Faur,
Gavril Köllő,
Attila Puskás
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.37394/232024.2021.1.1
Subject(s) - sustainable transport , renewable energy , environmentally friendly , business , environmental planning , environmental economics , energy consumption , sustainable development , noise pollution , environmental pollution , natural resource economics , environmental resource management , sustainability , environmental protection , environmental science , engineering , computer science , economics , political science , ecology , artificial intelligence , law , electrical engineering , noise reduction , biology
The transport plays an important role in everyday life, and has significant economic, environmental influence globally but it also has direct health effect on societies` life. Nowadays when the climate change represents real challenge for the world to try to ensure an environmentally more sustainable future, the researchers and the political leaders are looking for renewable energy sources and environmentally friendly systems to reduce the air -, noise pollution, the energy consumption, etc. The aim of this paper is to compare railway transportation system with other means of transportation, on regional and European level, emphasizing its unexploited sources and advantages over other systems.