Impact of private transport on the environment and society in the concept of city logistics and life cycle assessment

Abstract

Changes taking place in the economy generate negative consequences for the environment and society. This is the case of, inter alia, agglomerations. In recent years, the concept of city logistics has been developed, the aim of which is to draw attention to sustainable development in urban agglomerations. There are many studies on the advantages of ecological means of transport, but they do not show the impact on other environmental factors. This is undoubtedly a research gap that needs to be explored. The article presents the idea of city logistics and the impact of private transport on agglomerations. Introducing new, innovative solutions in the field of private transport, such as electric cars and hybrids, does not have a positive impact. The article presents statistics on the number of cars in relation to the ecological ones. Moreover, with the help of the SimaPro program, their environmental and social impact was analyzed. The analysis was enriched by participant observations, consisting of the analysis of the number of means of transport and their use in one of the Polish cities. The aim of the article is to present the impact of passenger transport on the environment and social life. The analysis was carried out on the basis of three countries with similar economic development: the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.