1. Sustainable Development and Transport
relative to the total household income/consumption and/or the development of transport pricing. Transport systems should be also affordable for societies; therefore, public expenditure in a sustainable form as well as alternative funding options should be also evaluated. Traffic accidents (fatalities or injuries) lead to substantial social and economic losses for families and society. In order to evaluate transport safety, particularly in the road sector, the current situation, trends and controlling factors (e.g. speeding and drink-driving) of traffic accidents should be assessed. Finally, transportation negatively affects the environment through the consumption of non-renewable fuels, local and GHG emissions, noise and ecosystem degradation. At the same time, transport infrastructure and services are impacted by the environmental conditions and their variability. Table 1.1 summarises the relation between the three pillars of sustainable development, the key issues and particular performance indicators. The following chapters that focus on individual dimensions of sustainable transport, as defined above, contain overviews of indicators listed in table 1.1, i.e. the current regional and global situations across those dimensions, the challenges facing transport policymakers and selected best practices contributing to achieving more sustainable inland transport of passengers and freight.
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