Open AccessSMOOTH TRAFFIC FLOW AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR SAFETY INCREASE IN ROAD TRANSPORT
Author(s) -
Alica Kalašová,
Milan Stacho
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
transport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1648-4142
pISSN - 1648-3480
DOI - 10.3846/16484142.2006.9638037
Subject(s) - haulage , road transport , transport engineering , traffic flow (computer networking) , business , traffic volume , passenger transport , environmental science , engineering , computer science , computer security , structural engineering , rope
The elimination of the connection between the increase of transport and economical growth has been the main aim of transport policy of the EU for a few years, which has not been accomplished yet. The volume of transport in the EU has been growing at more or less the same rate as economy or more, by nearly 20 % with passenger transport and by approximately 30 % with freight transport haulage. Transportation causes considerable external costs that although have got concrete originators, are not paid by them. The biggest external costs are connected with emissions, noise, accidents and congestions. In our contribution we would like to characterize congestions and possible solutions.