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Freight Transport Policy and
Measures
Romania
Mircea Gheorghe NICOLAU
The elaboration and implementation of freight transport policy is
in charge of the Ministry of Transport, Construction and Tourism
and of the Ministry of Administration and Interior.
The main objectives are included in the Plan of Actions of
the Annual or Multiannual Govern Program.
For road transport policy the legal framework include:
- The Government Decree no. 3/4.01.2001 regarding the
organization and the functions of Ministry of Transport,
Construction and Tourism;
- The Government Ordinance no 44/1997 regarding the
road transport;
- The Government Ordinance no. 78/2000 regarding the
homologation of road vehicles;
- The Government Ordinance no 15/2002 regarding the set
up of tariffs for using Romanian’s national road system;
- The Government Ordinance no. 43/28.08.1997 regarding
the roads status, approved by the Law no. 82/22.04.1998,
republished and adjusted by the G.O. 79/2001;
- The Minister of Transport’s Order no. 211/11.02.2003
regarding the technical conditions for road vehicles to be admitted
to circulate on public roads;
- The Minister of Transport’s Order no. 827/2003 regarding
taxes for issuing the approval or special authorisation for
overweighed and oversized transports, including the route;
- The Minister of Transport’s Order no. 43/27.01.1998
regarding the approval of the Norms concerning the national roads
categories;
- The Minister of Transport’s Order no. 44/27.01.1998
regarding the approval of the Norms concerning environment
protection following to the impact of the roads on the environment;
- The Minister of Transport’s Order no. 45/27.01.1998
regarding the approval of the technical Norms for the roads design,
construction and upgrading;
- The Minister of Transport’s Order no. 46/27.01.1998 1998
regarding the approval of the technical Norms for the
establishment of the road technical class;
- The Minister of Transport’s Order no. 41/2002 regarding
the approval of the lists including the public roads with restrictions
for the maximum legal load for freight vehicles;
. The main objectives of the freight transport policy:
- Integration in European Transport System;
- Legislative harmonisation in the field of transport;
- Harmonisation of fiscal policies in the transport sector with
the EU policies;
- Modernisation and development of transport infrastructure;
- To promote the competition in a view to increase the
efficiency and quality of transport services.
- To increase the efficiency of air and rail transport;
- Modernisation of transport means and improvement of
safety;
- Development of intermodal facilities;
- Improvement of the quality of the environment.
GOOD TRANSPORT, BY MEANS OF TRANSPORT
1998
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003
%
Transported goods ( thou tonnes )
Railway transport
76512 62941 71461 72578 70654 71411 19,258
Road transport
313701 278986 262943 268496 267103 275603 74,323
Inland waterways transport 14586 13976 13102 11342 13946 12848
3,465
Sea transport
4540 2726 1357
384
295
231
0,062
Air transport
10
8
8
7
7
6
0,002
Transport through
12480 9275 8808 11335 10285 10719 2,891
petroleum - pipe - lines
Distance covered by goods ( million tonnes - km )
Railway transport*
16619 14679 16354 16102 15218 15039
Road transport
15785 13456 14288 18544 25350 30854
Inland waterways transport 4203 2802 2634 2746 3641 3521
Sea transport
20388 12147 5817 1473 1333 611
Air transport
22
20
19
12
11
9
Transport through
2258 1636 1392 1770 1780 1590
petroleum - pipe - lines
* Tariff covered by goods
GOODS TRANSPORT, BY MEANS OF TRANSPORT AND TYPE OF OWNERSHIP
TOTAL
2001
Railway transport
Road transport
Inland waterways transport
Sea transport
Air transport
Transport through
petroleum - pipe - lines
2002
75278 70654
268946 267103
11342 13946
384 295
7
7
Type of ownership
State majority
Private majority
2003 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
Transported goods ( thou tonnes )
71411 71731 68044 68697 847 2610 2714
275603 85522 57166 51241 182974 209937 224362
12848 1176 1827 779 10166 12119 12069
231
18
57
366
238
231
6
6
5
4
1
2
2
11335 10285 10719 11335 10285 10719
-
-
-
ROAD TRANSPORT OF GOODS, BY TYPE OF VEHICLES AND TRANSPORT CAPACITY,
IN 2003
Type of vehicles
Lorries - total
3.5 - 7.5 tonnes
7.6 - 12.0 tonnes
12.1 - 17.0 tonnes
over 17.0 tonnes
Auto-tractors - total
up to 17.0 tonnes
over 17.0 tonnes
All vehicles - total
3.5 - 7.5 tonnes
7.6 - 12.0 tonnes
12.1 - 17.0 tonnes
over 17.0 tonnes
Total
Thou tonnes
220629
27468
83431
103769
5960
54974
49349
5625
275603
29630
100862
133526
11585
Thou tonnes - km
8073354
1528260
3978884
2174123
392087
22780227
22309426
470801
30853581
203769
18081604
9869320
862888
Monitoring of heavy good vehicle traffic on public road network.
The main objectives of the heavy traffic monitoring and
control are:
- finding the heavy traffic distribution on the road network and
keeping track of its development in the years to come;
- assessing the heavy traffic aggressiveness towards the road by
identifying the real axle load distribution for heavy vehicles;
- identifying overloaded vehicles, which total weight or axle
loads violate road regulations and imposing penalties which can
lead up denying them traffic access;
- redirecting heavy and very heavy traffic to certain routes.
These routes have been chosen based on vehicle tonnage and the
current limitations on the national road network.
To realize the objectives the monitoring system
uses:
- Traffic volume and structure survey;
- Vehicle weight monitoring and control;
- Vehicle size control;
- Enforcement and Penalties system.
The extensions of different monitoring systems are:
- General traffic census (2005):
- 3271 counting stations;
- 9 categories of vehicles.
- Automatic traffic counts stations with traffic recorders: 377;
- Origin - Destination Survey on 492 road sections;
- Border crossing control:
- 25 border crossing;
- 408602 vehicles weighing in 2004.
- Roadside static weighing:
- 6532 vehicles weighing in 2004;
- 568 vehicles overloads.
- Weigh in motion system:
- 54 stations on national road network;
- 13391810 heavy vehicles weighing in 2004;
- 746317 overload vehicles.
EVOLUTION OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 1990 - 2003
Year
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Accidents
9,708 8,948 8,181 8,791 9,381 9,119 8,931 8,801 8,457 7,846 7,555 7,244 6,900 6,654
Casualties
3,782 3,078 2,816 2,826 2,877 2,863 2,845 2,863 2,778 2,505 2,499 2,461 2,354 2,235
Severe injuries 6,137 7,789 6,96 8,302 8,198 7,698 7,504 7,451 7,221 6,594 6,315 5,963 5,649 5,532
EVOLUTION OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 1990 - 2003
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Year
ACCIDENTS (thousand)
CASUALTIES (thousand)
SEVERE INJURIES (thousand)
ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS BY CATEGORY OF MOTOR
VEHICLES
Year 2002
Accidents %
74.07
14.09
1.01
3.27
4.99
2.47
0.04
0.06
Category of motor vehicle
Private cars
Trucks
Buses
Motorbike
Tractors
Motorcycle
Trolleybuses
Trams
Year 2001
Accidents %
85.23
10.86
1.54
0.65
0.64
0.51
0.17
0.40
Evolution of GDP on period 1990-2004
Year 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Index 100,0 94,4 82,2 75,0 76,1 79,1 84,7 88,1 82,8 78,8 77,9 79,6 84,2 88,3 92,6 100,3
Annual
rate (%)
-5,6 -12,9 -8,8 1,5 3,9 7,1 3,9 -6,1 -4,8 -1,2 2,1 5,7 4,9 4,9 8,3
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Year
Evolution of GDP annual rate
10
5
Annual rate %
Index
Evolution of GDP Index
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
-5
-10
-15
Year
Evolution of the national road vehicle fleet
1989 - 2001
Number of vehicles / year
Vehicle category
Motorbykes and
Motorcycles
Cars
Buses and
Microbuses
Freight vehicles
1989
1990
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
306157 311646 327724 332034 330367 325675 325150 315685 277210
1189938 1292283 2197447 2391869 2605465 2822254 2980014 3128782 3225512
28272
28272
42047
43225
44063
45546
47305
45142
47724
344454 342413 458588 470087 495138 529568 567855 578150 597047
Total
1868821 1974614 3025806 3237215 3475033 3723043 3920324 4070759 4147493
autovehicles
Tractors, Trailers
and Semi189056 196322 340879 377492 393492 405723 420909 431427 428254
Trailers
Total vehicles
Fleet evolution
2057877 2170936 3366685 3614707 3868525 4128766 4341233 4502186 4575747
1,00
1,05
1,64
1,76
1,88
2,01
2,11
2,19
2,22
Evolution of the national road vehicle fleet
1989 - 2001
5000000
4500000
Number of vehicles
4000000
3500000
3000000
2500000
2000000
1500000
1000000
500000
0
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Year
Motorbykes and Motorcycles
Cars
Buses and Microbuses
Tractors, Trailers and Semi-Trailers
Total vehicles
Traffic Evolution on Public Road Network
1985 - 2003
Road
Category
AADT veh / 24 h
1985
1990
1995
2000
2003
National
Roads
2614
3221
3857
3776
4052
County
Roads
991
1069
1175
1008
1082
Communal
Roads
640
656
685
621
666
Traffic Evolution on Public Road Network
1985 - 2003
Veh. / 24 h
3857
4052
3776
3221
2614
1175
1069
991
640
1985
656
1990
685
1995
1082
1008
621
2000
Year
National Roads
County Roads
Communal Roads
666
2003
Traffic Evolution of Heavy Vehicles on Public Road
Network
Period 1985 - 2003
AADT veh / 24 h
Road Category
1985
1990
1995
2000
2003
National Roads
1020
994
889
765
821
County Roads
393
370
316
176
189
Communal Roads
250
228
179
106
114
Traffic Evolution of Heavy Vehicles on
Public Road Network
1020
994
889
821
Veh. / 24 ore
765
393
370
316
250
228
179
189
176
106
1985
1990
1995
2000
Year
National Roads
County Roads
Communal Roads
114
2003
AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC COUNT ON NATIONAL ROAD NETWORK
ANNUAL FLUCTUATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC
4000
3800
3600
3400
3200
3000
2800
2600
2200
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
YEAR
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
0
1970
AADT
2400
Maximum authorized axle and gross vehicle weight
Vehicle and axle type
Motor vehicles
- two- axle motor vehicle
- three- axle motor vehicle
- four- axle motor vehicle
Trailers
- two- axle trailer
- three- axle trailer
Road trains
- two- axle motor vehicle with two- axle trailer
- two- axle motor vehicle with three- axle trailes
- three- axle motor vehicle with two or three- axle trailer
Maximum
weight
( t)
18 t
25 – 26 t*
32 t
18 t
24 t
36 t
40 t
40t
Articulated vehicles
- two- axle motor vehicle with two axle semi-trailer
- two or three axle motor vehicle with two or three axle semi-trailer
- three axle motor vehicle with two or three axle semi-trailer,
carrying a 40 fast container as a combined transport
36 – 38
t**
40 t
Vehicle axles
- single non driving axle
- single driving axle
- tandem axle of trailer or semi-trailer
- tandem axle of motor vehicle
- tridem axle
44 t
* Motor axles with twin tyres and pneumatic suspension
** Depending on axle spacing and suspension
10 t
11,5 t
18 t
19 t*
24 t