External costs of dust and gas environmental loads in rail transport of aggregates

• Autorzy: Kolanek C. , Zajac P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

According to experts, passenger and goods transport is essential for the economic growth and prosperity of each society. Every transport system burdens the environment, using the dedi-cated infrastructure and its resources. The contemporary means of transport use the environ-ment to generate propulsion energy (directly in combustion engines or indirectly in electric power plants). Rail transport is considered to be environment-friendly owing to its low exter-nal costs, which include the costs of the consequences of discharging gases and/or dusts into the atmosphere. The aim of this research was to identify the components of rail transport costs borne by the orderer of a transport service and by the electric power plant supplying the rail-way with electricity, on the basis of a case study of the transport of aggregate. Calculations showed the share of such costs in transport costs (in the considered case) to be marginal. In the light of this finding the definition of external costs is critically evaluated.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

rail transport; environmental load; external costs; dust emissions

PL

transport kolejowy; obciążenia środowiskowe; koszt zewnętrzny; emisja pyłów

• Wydawca: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Telematyki Transportu
• Czasopismo: Archives of Transport System Telematics
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 8, iss. 2
• Strony: 33--36
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 7 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Kolanek C.

• THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT IN WROCŁAW, Sołtysowicka 19, 51-168 Wroclaw, Poland

autor

Zajac P.

• WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

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