The assessment of the state of road infrastructure in Poland, based on analyses of basic statistical data, indicates a relatively high density of road communication routes, proportional to the population. However, detailed studies of Poland’s potential transport accessibility in the EU, measured by the indicator of the density of expressways in relation to the country’s area and population, indicate that it is low or very low. It is also emphasized that there is an uneven distribution of important road routes in relation to the area of the country and voivodeships, as well as their quality being inadequate to the needs.Strategies [4] and expert opinions emphasize that Polish road infrastructure is one of the weaker subsystems of the Polish economy. It is insufficiently developed in relation to the intensity of production and the mobility of residents. It is estimated that the Polish road network currently handles traffic of over 2.2 million Polish trucks, about 0.5 million foreign trucks, 64,000 intercity buses and coaches, almost 17 million passenger cars, and 1 million motorcycles. A significant weakness of the national road infrastructure is the low quality of the urban and extra-urban paved road network, which consists of 82% county and municipal roads that generally have low parameters and technical condition, and only 6.9% of national roads, 11.0% of voivodeship roads, and a mere 0.4% of motorways and expressways (data for 2009) [4]. The public road network in Poland is approximately 383.3 thousand kilometers. National roads account for nearly 5% of all public roads and carry over 60% of traffic [7]. (…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 6/2011