EU Transport Scoreboard – How is Romania doing?

The first ever EU Transport Scoreboard compares Member State performance in 22 transport-relevant categories and highlights for most categories the five top and bottom performers. Its aim is to give a snapshot of the diversity of Member State performance in transport matters across Europe and to help Member States identify and address shortcomings, says the official press release made public by European Commission on April 10.

According to the scoreboard, Romania has the highest market share of competitors in rail freight transport. However, its rail infrastructure is rated poorly. It has the EU’s highest number of road fatalities per million inhabitants. The same source reveals that in 2011, almost 75 percent of passengers used cars for transportation on land, followed by 10 percent of them using bus and coaches. When it comes to freight transportation, the EU studies from 2012 show that more than a half used roads, while almost a quarter used rails. The other quarter left is represented by inland waterways, while an insignificant percentage is represented by oil pipelines.

The scoreboard can be consulted either by mode of transport (road, rail, maritime, air) or by one of the following categories: single market, infrastructure, environmental impact, safety, transposition of EU law, infringements of EU law, research and innovation and logistics. Also, the scoreboard brings together data from a variety of sources (such as Eurostat, the European Environment Agency, the World Bank and the OECD).