An attempt at evaluating the direction and tempo of the transport infrastructure transformation in new EU members and EU aspiring countries

Abstract

The paper presents the diversity of the transport infrastructure development in new EU members and countries aspiring to that organisation. Directions and the tempo of this phenomenon transformation are considered, as well. A statistical analysis is employed to characterise multivariate phenomenon by creation of an aggregate variable. The methodology of building up this measure encompasses normalisation process of diagnostic characteristics (zeroed unitarisation). The outcome of the research is a typology of countries according to the developmental level of an issue under investigation. Subsequently the research focuses on the prognosis of directions of the infrastructure transformation in individual countries. The forecast includes the time estimate of developmental disproportions equalization.multivariate analysis, transport infrastructure