Planning and valorization of the branch Xa of Corridor X from the aspects of external costs

Abstract

A B S T R A C TBranch Xa of Pan-European Transport Corridor X has a strategic importance for Croatia since this corridor (Corridor branch) enables linking of Croatia with Slovenia and Austria, which, according to the current data on the structure of trade in goods from countries, is counted among five most important Croatian trading partners. Therefore, the valorization of the branch of Corridor X has unquestionable importance for the Croatian economy and the associated surroundings that gravitate in the transport route. Conditional on the numerous geo-transport and socioeconomic factors, the valorization of transport corridor on the transport market is determined also by the value of transport (traffic) services that are determined by the costs incurred in its production. Accordingly, the underlying problem of the present study is to analyze the external costs of the branch of Corridor X which, although, belong to the category of social costs borne by society, have the intention to become, over various regulatory measures (excise), an integral part of the costs of the conveyor. With the aim of the research in this study, which, generally, supports the need for internalization of the external costs, as the essential factors of valorization of the transport corridors, a comparative analysis of external costs of the branch of Corridor X between the road and rail transport was performed. As input data, the results of in-depth analysis were used, resulting from the studies of the European Commission for the European Union, specifically Studies for Corridor X and Studies on East-Mediterranean transport routes. The research results show that the mean values of external costs of freight rail transport on the branch Xa are almost five times fewer than the average value of external costs of road transport ( 1 / 2 EC EC = 4.88) and that, in accordance with the purpose of these investigations, the internalization of external costs is unquestionably required for planning the traffic flows and valorization of the route.

Dependence of Transport and External Cost Variables on Transportation Route Length

“…It depends on several parameters, including the choice of transport route. In [11], the authors claimed the need to valorize every traffic route for every form of transport. There have also been efforts to challenge the direct link between external costs and distance by introducing the travel purpose criterion [12].…”

External Costs on The Island of Vis: Comparison of two Traffic Modes

“…However, the inclusion of external costs in practice as a market-competitive criterion is not so easy and paradoxical results are not uncommon. Each traffic route should be examined and evaluated from the external costs point of view, in order to determine which mode of transport is the most environmentally acceptable (Vukić & Poletan Jugović, 2016). The research shows such an example from the island of Vis in Croatia.…”