Energy consumption as an important factor for decision on proper transport mode selection

This paper deals with energy consumption as one of critical factors for transport mode selection. The comparison was made in passenger and cargo transport on selected model situations. The results in case of passenger transport show the advantage of the road transport vehicle (bus). In case of cargo transport the best values are for the rail transport but in practice it is very difficult to use only this transport mode alone. For the real case it is better to compare two modes – direct road transport and the combined transport. So the best choice in cargo transport is the combined transport.