Environmental pressures . In addition, transport causes water and soil pollution, noise and vibration. The Community has set itself an interim target of stabilization of CO2 emissions by 2000 at 1990 levels and a reduction in the years beyond. In the Community, road accidents alone cause more than 50,000 deaths each year and more than 1.5 million injuries. They far exceed those sustained in other modes of transport.
Transport represents an integral part of production costs for industries.
More than 5.6 million people are employed in transport in the Community. The transport equipment industry employs some further 2.6 million people. The concept of intermodality emphasises the importance of systems and links in, and between, logistics and transport systems. There is a close interaction between the development of transport and the spatial distribution of economic activity. The weakest and most peripheral links are those which are likely to benefit most by the promotion of easier movement of people and goods.