Politics as the art of governing a state is a very difficult and complex endeavor. This is even more true for economic policy, of which transport policy is a part, in the current economic reality of Poland. Modern transport policy faces enormous challenges related to the vision of 21st-century transport, outlined, incidentally, in the White Paper of March 2011. In this context, it should be stated that transport policy is a process of making social choices regarding projects for the development and functioning of transport from the point of view of various criteria (for example, ecology or mobility), but also the processes of influence exerted by stakeholder groups interested in specific solutions. It is, therefore, a game in which many players participate, and whose interests may be mutually contradictory. It is impossible, therefore, to argue with the thesis that it is much more difficult to achieve such a coherent policy in the field of intermodal transport, the essence of which is the multiplicity of links in the transport chain participating in the transport process and the diversity of interests, while needing to ensure the utility of these links and the partnership of the entire chain in the context of meeting customer requirements. Therefore, one should support those initiatives that serve to build a common vision for transport, including the integration of transport solutions and innovative solutions, and be able to find in them impulses for the development of one’s own initiatives that are beneficial from the point of view of target solutions.(…)
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Source: Logistyka Magazine 2/2012