TRENDS AND INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY IN HUNGARY

ransport is the lifeblood of all developed economies, but at the same time, it is also one of the most polluting sectors. In the wake of the economic crisis and the looming threat of climate change, a number of solutions have been developed to create a transport sector for the 21 st century, with varied success. This article aims to improve our understanding of the different trends in the transport sector by analyzing time series of indicators for different aspects of sustainable mobility in Hungary and Europe. Specific indicators have been developed from a variety of data sources to describe the driving forces shaping the present and the future of the European transport sector, with a view on the different medium and long-term objectives set out on national and European levels, such as the White Paper on Transport, the Climate and Energy Package, or the National Energy Strategy of Hungary.