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.

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 theExamples 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.