Transport of Lithuania in the process of integration into the European Union
ENThe article analyses the topical problems of Lithuanian transport sector restructuring and development in the context of the integration into the EU. Main tendencies and perspectives of the sector's reforms are surveyed in the article. Also there are presented opportunities of separate transport modes and principal provisions of the development. Much attention is paid to the analysis of modernisation and development strategy of Lithuanian transport infrastructure by relating it to the policy of connection\extension of Trans-European transport networks to the EU candidate countries in the frame of TINA network development. Implementation of this strategy is illustrated by concrete investment projects of the development of European transport corridors on the Lithuanian territory, by emphasising the importance of regional co-operation programmes with the neighbouring countries. The authors give the review of the main aspects of the chapter “Transport policy” of the Lithuanian − EU negotiations. They stress the importance of the EU transport policy impact on the long-term national transport sector strategy. In more detail the authors present the results of their analysis of the impact of the implementation of the latest EU railway directives in the Lithuanian railways.
