'Periodica Polytechnica Budapest University of Technology and Economics'
Doi
Abstract
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