This book discusses various issues of modeling freight and passenger traffic and explores the
common approaches and regional differences. The latter may be a consequence of national
legislation or the various approaches that are adopted by scientists around the globe.It
focuses on the organization of transcontinental transport and aspects of planning and
harmonizing the movement of various transport means particularly intermodal and multimodal
transport. New approaches to the prediction of transportation needs are also considered.Written
by international experts the book is divided into 2 parts: the first part analyzes passenger
transport while the second addresses freight transport.It is intended wide audience including
university professors graduate and Ph.D. students transport professionals and logistics
specialist.