Abstract:

A well-thought-out strategy for shaping the transport of the future is a challenge for countries and integration groups. The answer to the question which modes of transport should become priority in the context of incurred and planned investments should largely depend on their observed and forecasted environmental impact. This paper focuses on the scope and content of EU macro-regional strategies. The main objectives of the study were to identify common assumptions and differences between the EUSAIR and the EUSBSR in terms of sustainable transport, critical assessment of EUSAIR and EUSBSR compliance with the assumptions of the White Paper on transport as well as the attempt to answer the question, which modes of transport should be prioritized by the analyzed macro-regions, making environmental protection one of their main goals. On the basis of the conducted research, it is possible to state that the assumptions of both strategies of macro-regions seem to be partially consistent with the vision of the White Paper on Transport.