Sustainable Transport Development, Innovation and Technology: Proceedings of the 2016 TranSopot Conference (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

This proceedings volume presents current research on transport sector development, with particular emphasis on sustainable transport development, innovation and transport enterprise growth and survival. Derived from the 2016 TranSopot Conference held in Sopot, Poland, this book aims to show the possibilities of maximizing the efficiency of transport, while keeping the negative effects at a sustainable level. Transport is an important field of human activity, both from economic and social points of view. It has been proven that the development of transport contributes to the development of regional, national and international economic relations. Currently, the three most important topics in transportation research are green transport, transport innovations and metropolitan transport. These are the areas in which the contributions presented in this book are focused. Researchers in the field of sustainable transport provide the reader with a comprehensive description of possible activities towards green transport both in the terms of various transport branches and in the supply chain as a whole. This is the framework of the second field of transport research – innovation. The authors present a wide array of a technological, organizational, process and marketing innovation, which allow transport organizers and operators to provide service in a safe, sound and economically favorable way. The analysis of these innovations and the practical implications of their introduction should be a worthwhile experience both for the transport researchers and for the transport business practitioners. Lastly, the book reflects the tendencies of rapid development in urban and metropolitan areas which forces transport policy makers to provide citizens with a comfortable and faster way of commuting that doesn’t result in unacceptable congestion or other negative effects. Different concepts of metropolitan transport management are presented and their effect on the transport systems is also investigated. Front Matter....Pages i-ix HGV and Maritime Transport Costs—Comparative Study Related to Efficiency and Environmental Issues....Pages 1-14 The Impact and Role of Transportation on the Construction and Operations of the Green Supply Chain....Pages 15-26 An Overview of the Progress Towards Sustainable Transport Development by Using TERM Indicators....Pages 27-45 Idea of Sustainable Development of Transport with Special Reference to Air Transportation....Pages 47-55 A Concept of Freight Traffic Flow Regulations in the City of Gdansk....Pages 57-71 Behaviours of Bus Operators in the Regulated Competition Market—on the Example of Silesia Region of Poland....Pages 73-81 Implementation of the New Control Command Vital Railway System, Overcoming Associated Challenges....Pages 83-93 Large-Scale, Economically Feasible and Safe Rearrangement of the Warsaw Rail Transport System....Pages 95-109 Sustainable Transport of Supplies in the City Centre as a Part of the Concept of Good Neighbourliness....Pages 111-117 Universities as Part of the Urban Transport System—Analysis Using the Example of the Gdansk University of Technology and Medical University of Gdansk....Pages 119-128 Analysis of the Cost Intensity of Transportation in the Polish Rescue Services System....Pages 129-135 Cost Criteria as a Means to Support Travelling Mode Related Decisions—A Case Study for the Central Part of Silesian Voivodeship (Poland)....Pages 137-150 Strategic Analysis of Risk of Employing in Public Utility Transport Enterprises....Pages 151-163 Micro- and Macroeconomic Factors of Fares Changes in Urban Public Transport....Pages 165-175 Forwarding in Contemporary Delivery Chain....Pages 177-183 How Transport and Logistics Operators Can Implement the Solutions of “Industry 4.0”....Pages 185-196 Self-regulatory Effectiveness of TSL Enterprises as an Indicator of Their Stratification Position in the Sector....Pages 197-206 The Use of Potential Models in Research on Transport Accessibility of Knowledge and Innovation Centers on the Example of Poland....Pages 207-216 Assessment of Selected Elements of Logistic Customer Service for Management in Transport Enterprises—The Multiple Discriminant Analysis....Pages 217-233 Dynamic Optimization Model for Planning of Supply, Production, and Transportation of Perishable Product....Pages 235-244 Grounds and Challenges for Implementing a Circular Economy in the European Road Transport Sector....Pages 245-269 Promotion of Environmentally Friendly Transport Behaviour Using a Multicriterial Multimodal Trip Planner as a Means to Support Reduction of External Costs....Pages 271-282