52 research outputs found
Estimation method for emission of road transport
The sustainable development is a development, where the pace of technical
development, the satiation of increasing supply and the raw materials and
resources of Earth are poised so that the rate of living and opportunities
of the next generations must not to be worse. Transportation cannot be
replaced because it is part of the production chain. Societies are
horizontally and vertically differential. The manpower, the stock, the semi
finished and finished products must be transported. One of the most
emphasized goals of the transport policy of the European Union is
sustainable mobility. For this reason transportation systems must be
developed and standardized, the effectiveness of transportation service must
be increased, while the environmental pollution must be decreased or
prevented. There are no harmonized guidelines for project assessment and
transport costing at EU level yet. A critical issue when comparing appraisal
practices across countries is to make sure the same definitions are being
used. Theoretically, all benefits and costs should be accounted for in the
cost-benefit analysis. In practice though, many effects are left out
Noise annoyance and willingness to pay of inhabitants exposed to transport noise
During the process of European integration the question arose how a standard
could be created to assess qualitative and quantitative effects deriving
from the development of transport infrastructures. The issue gets an even
higher emphasis in case of valuation the development of large projects which
impact several countries. The main aim of the research was to determine how
much people are bothered, disturbed or annoyed by noise, and then to
establish a correlation between this and their willingness to pay, and the
absolute noise levels. This paper summarizes the survey and its results.
Noise influences people´s well being and standard of living. It is the only
environmental pollution where it is not a polluting material that effects
the body adversely - as it is in the case of air or water pollution -, but
the danger is created by an energy overdose reaching the sensory and data
processing organs. Here we talk about nervous processes and this
characteristic distinguishes noise pollution from all the other
contaminating factors. It has also got to be mentioned that perceiving noise
is very subjective. The reaction of people is largely predetermined by how
they relate to the noise source. Noise annoyance can be determined by
socio-acoustical studies. The essence of these is that they do not only take
into account decibel levels, but attach so called annoyance levels to the
given sound pressure levels
Tools of market oriented rail restructuring with special regard to improving management information systems
The results of long term transform performance and market share analyses show that the role of railway transport has significantly decreased int he past 25 years. This was caused by the structural and behavioural changes int he economy and the inflexible operation of railway companies. According to the results of comparative analyses the observed development tendencies are differentiated by the technology level and operation circumstances of railways
Budapest - on the way to join the IDIOMA project
As traffic volume increases continuously, problems appearing in this field need new
kind of solutions. Old freight operation methods are often not satisfactory to the
needs of new demands. This paper will show the opportunity for the capital Budapest
to join the EU project in the fields of city-logistics: `Innovative
Distribution
with Intermodal Freight Operation in Metropolitan Areas (IDIOMA)´. Summarising
the objectives and the general project scope will help to find connection points to
the current shape of freight transport in Budapest. Providing, analysing important
data, and specifying the stressed fields for logistic operations the paper finishes
with the already reached steps of the project assessment contribution
Implementing ETC system on the Hungarian motorway network
Question of transport infrastructure charges - among others- covers calculation and allocation of infrastructure costsreferring different users. Cost allocation forms the basis of settingthe user charges. The reason for the existence of applyingmileage-proportional pricing system is generally accepted, asthe European regulations also discuss this topic seriously. Thismileage-proportional pricing system demands an appropriatetoll collecting system, which meets the requirements of arrangedprinciples. Among these, the most important principlesare equity, effectiveness and efficiency. Electronic Toll Collecting(ETC) systems are an appropriate solution to solvingcharging problems in various ways according to the differentkind of systems. In Hungary the current motorway charging systemis not an adequate solution for success of these principlesin the long-term. A new, mileage-proportional pricing system isbeing initiated. This study presents the plans of HungarianETC system for motorway network, focusing on introductoryissues. Among several preparatory steps, examining acceptabilitybarriers of ETC system for the stakeholders of transport isneeded. Their problem perception is to satisfy their- often contrary-demands in equal, fair and effective ways. The policy implementationprocess also plays an important role to generatesufficient conditions to implement this solution. This contributionis to discuss these objectives in applying the ETC system inan acceptable way
PROBLEMS AND ISSUES OF DEFINING USER CHARGES FOR RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
The EU Directives accepted in the 90s determined the opening of the Rail
Market and the constitutional separation of the European railways (railway
operator, infrastructure manager).
This article specifies the methodological issues of the Hungarian charge system,
demonstrates the European and national practice of the determination of the
user charges for railway infrastructure and intends to show the tasks, which
have to be done in the near future
TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT ON TRANSPORT
The study compiled by the chairman and the secretary of HTFP panel 'Transport' sum-
marises the main aims, tasks and results of research on transport future analysis. It
describes the characteristics and methodology of HTFP - based on scenario building, pro-
fessional workshops and a large-scale Delphi survey - generally, and evaluates the concrete
research methods and results of the panel 'Transport' in detail. The research results up to
now are the panel guidelines, the panel images and the Delphi statements on transport.
As further tasks can be mentioned scenario building based on the panel images, holding
professional meetings to discuss possible future development ways, and writing a panel
report summarising the results and giving recommendations for the transport policy
Dynamic model of urban controlling based on artifical intelligent methods
To effectuate a consistent methodology for urban planning - taking into consideration the viewpoints of land use and transportation - we need to approach the subject with considering complex social and economical aspects. To handle both of the mentioned urban planning areas together, we shall develop models, which are able to pay attention to all of their restrictive factors within the temporal properties as well
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