Charakterystyka polskich organizacji non profit w sferze transportu na podstawie wyników badań ankietowych

The activity of non-profit organizations is a part of the civil society development. Transport is the sector of an economy in which the great collaboration potential exists among the official authority and organizations of the third sector. The article presents the results of questionnaire survey conducted by the Transport Department of the University of Economics in Katowice in 2012 amongst Polish non-profit organizations focusing on transport. Based on achieved results principal areas of activity of these organizations were recognized. It was also possible to make the attempt of the evaluation of the relationship between non-profit organizations and subjects of the transport policy of different ranks.