EXTERNALITIES OF RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT IN THE LIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS TRANSPORT

Zoltan Jerney, Gabor Bodnar, Karoly Bodnar

Abstract


The issue of transport as a primary environmental burden is of prime importance when making economic policy decisions in developed countries. To what extent do the external effects of transport, especially rail freight transport, burden the total national income of a country, what impact do they have on economic development, how much do they damage the present and influence the livable conditions of the future, these are the questions that are partially or completely waiting to be answered. The work is based on literature data and data from Hungarian railway transport companies. Companies interested in rail freight transport are making significant efforts, primarily in the field of mass goods transport, to increase the share of their performance.

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logistics; rail transportation; environment; externality; economic development

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