INTERMODAL TRANSPORT IN THE POLICY DOCUMENTS CONTEXT

It is the policy analysis and policy-making processes, along with the structure and content of the resulting documents that make strategic transport planning different from one country to another. A national transport policy, as an umbrella strategic planning document, should meet multiple goals the relative importance of which changes over time. A need for intermodal solutions emerged as far back as the 1970s, and political interest in intermodal transport has grown considerably since. To promote intermodal transport has become one of the key goals in national and European Union transport policies alike. Strategic planning objectives and key elements have been analysed against the backdrop of several European national transport policies, and the summary presented in the paper.