ROAD TRAFFIC AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Road traffic is one of the important factors in the economy development of the European Union countries, both in terms of its function and participation in key economic indicators. Road transport accounts for about 7 % of total employment and national income, absorbs about 40 % of public investment, consumes about 28 % of energy, causing a number of negative environmental effects, different intensities of individual branches and traffic aspects. The role and importance of road traffic transport system and its development, growth, employment and competitive positioning strength has been confirmed on the example of the intense development of transport policy and it establishes the Trans-European Transport Networks among member states of the European Union. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the road  traffic occupies about 72  % in  public transport capacity because rail transport is not operational because of the war-devastated infrastructure.