Strategic Priorities for Transport Development in Economic Growth and Integration in the Common Transport System of Europe

The state analysis and the outlined main strategic priorities for development have important significance for overcoming the crisis in the transport industry. This task is coordinated with the tendencies towards dynamic development of the national economy and the European transport policy. The main concept in priorities development is the confirmed position that the transport is a structure determining industry with extremely important social function and role for the development of the whole economy. The transport development has a determining significance also for successful integration of Bulgaria to the common European economic, infrastructural, market and social environment. The objective integration processes impose the necessity for technological, organizational and economic compatibility of the national transport with the European transport structures. The main strategic priorities are developed based on a study in the following directions: economic and production-technological specifics of the transport as a factor for accelerated development and international integration; main directions of the European transport policy and necessity for coordination of the strategy for transport development in Bulgaria with the European standards; state, priorities and main factors for development of transport and transport infrastructure. The strategic tasks are concretization of the strategic tasks by types of transport and common transport processes. The state analysis and the outlined priorities for transport development are basis for further research studies and effective management decision making at all levels. Thus an accelerated development of the transport can be guaranteed as well as opportunities for it to correspond to the increasing needs of transport services.