Public Transport Management in Smart Environmental Protection – Case Study of Subotica, Serbia

Abstract

Energy consumption of transport sector in Serbia is estimated at 32% of final national energy consumption. The road transport consumes approximately three quarters. This consumption produced a poor quality of life, which means that it caused a real deterioration of public health through increase of respiratory diseases and the worsening of cancer risks, etc. Moreover, according to the National Agency of Environmental Protection, the traffic of Serbian public transport would be responsible for at least 42% of the emissions of CO, NOX and PM.