Preface -- HGV and Maritime Transport Costs -- The Impact and Role of Transportation on the Construction and Operation of the Green Supply Chain -- An Overview of the Progress Towards Sustainable Transport Development by Using Term Indicators -- Idea of Sustainable Development of Transport with Special Reference to Air Transportation -- A Concept of Freight Traffic Flow Regulations in the City of Gdansk -- Behaviors of Bus Operators in the Regulated Competition Market -- Implementation of the New Control Command Vital Railway System -- Large Scale, Economically Feasible and Safe Rearrangement of the Warsaw Rail Transportation System -- Sustainable Transport of Supplies in the City Center as Part of the Concept of Good Neighborliness -- Universities as Part of the Urban Transport System -- Analysis of the Cost-Intensity of Transportation in the Polish Rescue Services System -- Cost Criteria as a Means of Support Travelling Mode Related Decision -- Strategic Analysis of Risk of Employing in Public Utility Transport Enterprises -- Micro- and Macroeconomic Factors of Fare Changes in the Urban Public Transport -- Forwarding in Contemporary Delivery Chain -- How Transport and Logistics Operators can Implement the Solutions of "Industry 4.0" -- Self-regulatory effectiveness of TSL Enterprises as an Indicator of their Stratification Position in the Sector -- The use of Potential Models in Research on Transport Accessibility of Knowledge and Innovation Centers -- Assessment of Selected Elements of Logistic Customer Service for Management in Transport Enterprises -- Dynamic Optimization Model for Planning of Supply, Production, and Transportation of Perishable Product. .

This proceedings volume presents current research on transport sector development, with particular emphasis on sustainable transport development, innovation and transport enterprise growth and survival. Derived from the 2016 TranSopot Conference held in Sopot, Poland, this book aims to show the possibilities of maximizing the efficiency of transport, while keeping the negative effects at a sustainable level. Transport is an important field of human activity, both from economic and social points of view. It has been proven that the development of transport contributes to the development of regional, national and international economic relations. Currently, the three most important topics in transportation research are green transport, transport innovations and metropolitan transport. These are the areas in which the contributions presented in this book are focused. Researchers in the field of sustainable transport provide the reader with a comprehensive description of possible activities towards green transport both in the terms of various transport branches and in the supply chain as a whole. This is the framework of the second field of transport research - innovation. The authors present a wide array of a technological, organizational, process and marketing innovation, which allow transport organizers and operators to provide service in a safe, sound and economically favorable way. The analysis of these innovations and the practical implications of their introduction should be a worthwhile experience both for the transport researchers and for the transport business practitioners. Lastly, the book reflects the tendencies of rapid development in urban and metropolitan areas which forces transport policy makers to provide citizens with a comfortable and faster way of commuting that doesn't result in unacceptable congestion or other negative effects. Different concepts of metropolitan transport management are presented and their effect on the transport systems is also investigated.