EIRP Proceedings, Vol 4 (2009)

Abstract

Transport services can be considered as being an active part of economy in any country. If, until recently, they were considered to be non-productive activities, in the present
services' activities contribute substantially to the actualization of GDP. In present we cannot talk about economic activities without taking in account transport activities, either we think
about supply, or we have in sight the capitalization of producing material goods. Concomitantly it is necessary to have in view both, the transport of individuals and the
transport of goods. Beside their economic role transports also have a social function due to the satisfaction of individuals' possibilities regarding their movement. The evolution of Romanian transport within the East European transport presents a desk research, and it offers an image about transport development in the East of Europe. Within the accomplished analysis there will be distinguished the following: rail transport of passengers, goods' transport by rail, goods' transport by road, sea transport of goods, air transport of passengers and the air transport of goods in different East European countries, emphasizing the evolution and development of transport in Romania compared to the evolution and development of transport from other countries.