Logistics in European Traffic Policy

Modular concepts and logistics centers are the basic instruments for improving resource utilization in European transport system. Efficacy of the system and integration of transport services are not as advanced as they could be. Europe needs efficient logistics of freight traffic together with the combining of all aspects of traffic in order to retain and improve its competitiveness and progress in conformity with Lisbon co-modality programme and concept. Rapid development of freight traffic and congestion, accidents, noise and pollution, all the consequences of this rapid development, present economic, social, and ecological problems that have to be solved. Efficient planning, managing and control of transportation system are not yet developed enough. It is necessary to introduce modern logistics solutions in order to use less transport operations for transporting more goods.logistics, logistics centers, multimodality, ecology, traffic.