Modal shift modelling on the TEN-T corridor in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

In recent years, the European Union is a committed to sustainable development and has successfully integrated the sustainability dimension into many policy areas. The White Paper on Transport (2011) emphasises key objectives to ensure a sustainable European Union's transport system by 2050. In order to achieve these objectives, 30% of road freight transport should be shifted to railway and water transport as environmentally friendly modes of transport, at distances greater than 300km by 2030, and even more than 50% by 2050. Modal shift as a new paradigm of EU transport policy should be realized by the construction of efficient green freight corridors, requiring an adequate infrastructure and an efficient information and management system within the European multimodal transport network. Extension of the indicative TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Network) to Bosnia and Herzegovina offers an opportunity to become an integral part of the European multimodal transport network and to provide sustainable and effective transport rising the modal shift from roads to railways. In this paper, the modal shift on the TEN-T Corridor in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be modeled using a multi-criteria analysis focusing on the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) software Expert Choice, to determine the weights of a range of criteria identified as influencing modal shift. The results obtained by this model will be discussed and an analysis of potential positive effects of modal shift in the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable transport will be given.

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