This proceedings volume examines the effects of transport on socio-economic development including innovation, public health and cultural behavior. Featuring contributions presented at the 2017 TranSopot Conference in Sopot, Poland, the enclosed papers are divided to provide emerging research in transport sustainability, innovation, structure, and in municipal transport economics. Collectively, the contributions provide not only the theoretical background for transport analysis but also empirical data and practical applications.

Researchers in the transport sector strive to explore the nuances of various aspects of transport economics, which are connected on many levels. The sustainability of transport fits into a wide perspective of the sustainable economy. It treats the activities of individuals, companies and local, regional and national governments as means of achieving economic and social ends. Conversely, transport sustainability has a certain burden on society as it may generate external costs in the form of congestion, pollution and negative health effects. Many of these adverse effects might be counteracted by transport innovations, both the technical ones and the organizational ones. These innovations, while their main goal might be to increase the efficiency of the transport entities, should also fit into the desirable trend of responsible economic design thinking. These general ideas of transport research naturally have to influence the research in various branches of transport ranging from the road transport to railway. Lastly, there is the municipal transport, in which goals of different stakeholders are often contradictory which leads to highly complicated decision problems. Featuring case examples on topics as bike sharing, green travel, compact cars, freight transport and electric cars, this book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, policy makers and students in the fields of transport economics, innovation, and sustainability.

Inhalt
Part I Transport in the Context of Sustainability.- Ch 1 Car-Oriented Mobility Culture from the Point of View of Polish Households' Expenditures.- Ch 2 GT Planner used as a Tool for Sustainable Development of Transport Infrastructure.- Ch 3 Effects of Transportation Behavior on Public Health.- Ch 4 The Relations Between the Bikesharing Systems and Public Expenditures.- Ch 5 The Assessment of Vibroacuoustic Comfort in Trams on the Basis of Experimental Studies and Surveys.- Part II Innovation Solutions in Transport Economics.- Ch 6 Using ICT Applications to Support Sustainable Development and Tackle the Barriers Related to Extensive Introduction of Electric Cars into Transport Systems.- Ch 7 Simulation Model of Requests' Flow Processing at Logistics Center.- Ch 8 S-Mile Visualizer Tool as a Solution to Support Local Authorities in Smart Cities.- Ch 9 Management of Transport Companies Not Processing the Unit Dealing with Logistics Customer Service.- Part III New Trends in Transport Branches Research.- Ch 10 Railway Structure and Performance in Poland.- Ch 11 The Assessment of the Changes in the Road and Railway Accessibility to the Voivodship Cities of Poland in the Years 2010-2016.- Ch 12 Relevance of Urban Freight Transport Modelling Towards the Challenges of Urban Freight Policy.- Ch 13 The Research Study on Principles of Drivers' Behavior in the Labour Market of Road Transport in Poland.- Ch 14 The Economic Dimension of the Impact of the Prices of Spare Parts on the Repair Costs of Operating Vehicles from the Segment of Compact Cars.- Ch 15 Transport Infrastructure in Poland in the Years 2006-2015.- Part IV Municipal Transport Economics.- Ch 16 Preferences and Transport Behavior of Gdansk Residents in the Light of the Result of Complex Traffic Survey. - Ch 17 Parking Management as Proven Strategies for Urban Mobility.- Ch 18 Concentration Analysis of Selected Municipal Transport Market in Poland.- Ch 19 Privatization of Urban Transport Services using the Examples of the Board of Urban Transport in Gdynia.- Ch 20 The Cost of Unpaid Labour in Transport Enterprises.- Ch 21 Changes for Access to Aviation Infrastructure.