Article
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARISM OF ROAD AND RAILWAY TRANSPORT: A CASE STUDY IN HUNGARY
DOI: 10.7708/ijtte.2014.4(2).07
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Author(s)
Ãdám Török - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Transport Technology and Economics, Sztoczek 2, Budapest, Hungary -
Abstract
The influence of mankind around the world is unquestionable. Resources are used and pollution is made during the transportation of human capital, raw materials, semi-final and final products. Nowadays pollution is a key factor in the progress towards sustainability in all sectors. Recently only the transport sector has not been able to fulfil the requirements and lower its emission in Europe. Further on there is a global pressure on modal shift from road to rail. But the question is still not answered whether the rail transport pollutions less? This article aims to present a method of analysis and to answer these questions in the case of Hungary.
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Keywords:
life cycle analysis;
comparative analysis;
life cycle emission;
road transport;
rail transport;
Acknowledgements:
This work is connected to the scientific program of the “Development of quality-oriented and harmonized R+D+I strategy and functional model at BME†project. This project is supported by the New Szechenyi Development Plan (Project ID: TÃMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KMR-2010-0002). The author is grateful to the support of Bólyai János Research fellowship of HAS (Hungarian Academy of Science). The author is grateful for the support of Prof. Dr. Florian Heinitz, Director of Transport, and Spatial Planning Institute in Erfurt, Germany. Further on the author is grateful for the support of Judit Wirth and Boglarka Dunar MSc students for their valuable work.
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