<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Transport has an immense impact on the environment. The largest share of environmental pollution is caused by road transport. The atmosphere is threatened by fuel combustion of engines of road vehicles, thereby leading to the global warming of Earth. In addition to having an adverse impact on the environment, such as greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide emissions, road transport also leads to external effects such as noise pollution, vibration, congestion and traffic accidents. The volume of transport in the world, notably on the roads, is increasing day by day. We should take the necessary steps to move to more environmentally-friendly modes of transportation, such as rail and inland navigation. Rail transportation is currently the largest competitor of road transport. If the waterways infrastructure is improved, there would be a decrease in the traffic flow of motorways and thus, we can move to a more environmentally-friendly transportation.</p></abstract>

Transport has an immense impact on the environment. The largest share of environmental pollution is caused by road transport. The atmosphere is threatened by fuel combustion of engines of road vehicles, thereby leading to the global warming of Earth. In addition to having an adverse impact on the environment, such as greenhouse gas emissions and carbon dioxide emissions, road transport also leads to external effects such as noise pollution, vibration, congestion and traffic accidents. The volume of transport in the world, notably on the roads, is increasing day by day. We should take the necessary steps to move to more environmentally-friendly modes of transportation, such as rail and inland navigation. Rail transportation is currently the largest competitor of road transport. If the waterways infrastructure is improved, there would be a decrease in the traffic flow of motorways and thus, we can move to a more environmentally-friendly transportation.

Environmental Aspects of Transport in the Context of Development of Inland Navigation

Department of Water Transport, The Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina,

Ekológia (Bratislava)

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Transport has an immense impact on the environment. The largest share of environmental pollution is caused by road transport. The atmosphere is threatened by...

Environmental Aspects of Transport in the Context of Development of Inland Navigation

Published Online: Sep 29, 2016

Page range: 279 - 288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0022

Keywords
modal split, inland waterways, petroleum fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption per tonne

© 2016 Andrea Galieriková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Environmental Aspects of Transport in the Context of Development of Inland Navigation

Published Online: Sep 29, 2016

Page range: 279 - 288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eko-2016-0022

Keywordsmodal split, inland waterways, petroleum fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption per tonne

© 2016 Andrea Galieriková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
modal split, inland waterways, petroleum fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption per tonne