Aldona Jarašūnienė

• Professor
• Professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

With the growth in the number of shipments and the increasing costs of transport and air pollution caused by transport activities around the world, the past decade has seen a search for alternative freight transport methods to reduce these factors. Scientific background and assumptions: it is argued that in combined transport, the transit time is t...

The car rental sector is a dynamic and rapidly growing business sector, which is important for both the development of the automotive industry and consumer mobility needs. In the rental car market, risk management becomes an essential factor determining the success and long-term growth of business operations. Risk factors inherent in this sector, s...

Sustainability

Air transport is the only way to reach Lithuania from abroad in the short and medium term. Despite a well-developed road network in the country, connections to other European capitals are long and inconvenient. 2014 July. Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports were merged into one state-owned company, Lithuanian Airports (LTOU). Since then, the effic...

Modern technology allows for the simplification of a number of functions in industry and business. Many companies have achieved a high level of robotisation and automation in the use of services, including companies operating in the transport sector, where smart systems help to control load planning, the issuing of documents, the tracking and trans...

Logistics processes play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of the supply chain, and warehouse management is one of the key logistics activities of invaluable significance. To evaluate the management principles of companies, it is necessary to thoroughly analyze their functions, operational standards, and quality requirements. One of t...

Rail transport allows transporting large and heavy loads at relatively low transport costs, in observance of precise departure and arrival schedules, offering safety, reliability, regularity of transport, low dependence on weather conditions, and environmental friendliness, which have a positive impact on logistics decisions. More extensive use and...

Climate change has a profound impact on our way of life, prompting both individuals and companies to contribute to a greener future. The logistics sector is no exception, as green logistics plays an increasingly significant role within the supply chain. To practice sustainable and ecological logistics, it is crucial to implement green practices rig...

The rapidly growing global production and trade increase the demand for transport and logistics, leading to the establishment of increasingly more new companies providing these services. This also results in a much larger number of vehicles, which is not always a positive thing. Excessive vehicle traffic leads to an increase in environmental pollut...

The rapidly growing global production and trade increase the demand for transport and logistics, leading to the establishment of increasingly more new companies providing these services. This also results in a much larger number of vehicles, which is not always a positive thing. Excessive vehicle traffic leads to an increase in environmental pollut...

Proper supply chain management helps to ensure business continuity considering the increased importance of globalization. Logistics processes play an important role in keeping the supply chain running smoothly, and warehouse management is one of the most important logistics activities. The movement of freight flows in the supply chain poses many ch...

The article presents an analysis of academic literature in an attempt to identify the importance of the implementation of green logistics in road transportation. Areas of concern as well as solution and implementation opportunities are presented. A research of transportation companies was conducted in an attempt to understand the real situation reg...

Nowadays, transportation is a globally powerful and significant and beneficial process for the whole world. Transport plays an important role in to-day’s economy and society and has a large impact on growth and employment in Lithuania. With logistics industry the transport sector accounted for about 15% of GDP in 2019. At the beginning of 2021 this...

Automation and digitisation are the driving force of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. Industrial revolutions led to the mass production of goods, which increased the need for modern warehouses. Every year, the operation of warehouses becomes increasingly more complicated due to the increasing abundance of goods, thus the usual warehouse management st...

Advertising can influence and change consumers’ attitudes, habits, and behaviour and can therefore be a way to promote sustainable mobility and multimodality in urban transport systems. This paper focuses on the following questions: what is the impact of advertising on consumer behaviour in the context of sustainable mobility and multimodal decisio...

This paper analyses the problems of passenger transport management in the context of sustainable mobility and multimodality in major Lithuanian cities. The urban transport system, development, and problem areas in meeting consumer needs are discussed. The article also discusses the ways to promote the use of public transport services in sustainable...

Freight transport by road is constantly increasing, therefore it is very important to ensure efficient distribution of flows by optimizing/reducing transport costs. With the recent increase in the demand for small loads, less-than-truckload transportation services are becoming increasingly popular among representatives of small and large businesses...

The article analyses the influence of technological development of transport enterprises on marketing strategies in the light of academic literature which highlights the importance of technological development tools. Technological development of enterprises in the transport sector is necessary in order to adapt to technological, economic, and marke...

The article examines the importance of the quality of partial load transportation by road transport under contemporary transport market conditions. Quality criteria and specifics of partial load transportation are discussed. It is thus emphasized that companies should prioritize adequate quality management, consequantly it is neccessary to consider...

The article emphasizes that in the current time it is difficult to imagine a car-free world, many cities are paying more and more attention to environmentally friendly transport policy. The biggest challenge implementing the policy is to reduce the use of cars in densely populated city areas with the highest traffic flows. In order to make cities m...

The article analyses the importance of the development of contrailer transportation, assesses the current situation of such transport in Lithuania, presents a SWOT analysis of contrailer transportation in Lithuania, analyses the technologies of contrailer transportation applied in Europe, calculates the criteria for expert evaluation and determines...

With increasing freight flows and their carriage, sustainability in the transport sector is one of today’s key challenges. With expanding geographical coverage of consumers, manufacturers and all participants in the logistics chain, sustainable carriage is becoming a considerable challenge, which can possibly be tackled by interoperability between...

The article analyzes an evaluation of consumer satisfaction with public transport services in the light of academic literature which highlights the importance of the public transport system and the features of public transport services. The article presents the most influential aspects of public transport services to consumer satisfaction, as evalu...

A well-functioning transport network is a key element of a successful economy. One of the biggest problems in transportation is the large number of vehicles, which leads to congestion. Traffic congestion negatively influences the social and economic environment: it creates pollution and causes many accidents. A variety of innovative technologies ar...

Vilnius is one of the most dynamic cities in Eastern Europe experiencing a continuous increase in the number of vehicles and the development of road transport networks associated with a wide range of environmental impacts, greenhouse gas emissions, depletion of raw materials, energy and fuel consumption and also a social impact, expressed in the qu...

The paper analyzes the importance of the system of management of internationalization processes in developing railway transport. The article also highlights the synergistic effect of a multilevel management model in internationalization processes. The main purpose of the paper was to establish a new model of management of internationalization proce...

Railway noise is a major environmental and public health problem. When the train is moving, a few clear sounds are emitted: the noise of the locomotive engine and the wheels turning on the rail. As a result, both passenger and freight trains emit noise in the suburbs, but their noise levels are different. EU member states have different limits on e...

Interaction between rail and maritime transport is a priority. This interaction can be distinguished when transport distances are greater than 300 km. When analyzing the interaction between rail and maritime transport it is important to pay attention to the essence, benefits and need of this synergy. However, there are some problems in various area...

Vehicle congestion and high risk of accidents result in disappointment of many drivers and public transport users, causing psychological tension and increasing the accident rate. The accident rate is one of key indicators that help measuring processes of the transport system and its development. With the help of various road safety solutions, the m...

With the acceleration of globalization processes and increased international cooperation, freight transport routes are expanding, which requires new solutions for the most efficient use of various modes of transport. One of the most important factors that may improve the efficiency of the interoperability of different transport modes is information...

Dynamically changing economic conditions influence the growing demand of various freights transportation. Inevitably, the demand for heavy and oversized freight transportation is increasing, which is quite problematic. In many cases, it is very difficult to standardize the technology of heavy and oversized freight transportation. Decisions are nece...

The paper presents various scientific interpretations of the concept of competition, the concept of a competitive environment, methods and models of competitive environment assessment and the competition factors that influence the activities of the company are presented as well. According to this literature assessment, the analysis of competitive e...

A problem of optimisation of transportation processes of heavyweight and oversized loads (hereinafter – HOL) by rail transport is analysed in this article. Universal multi-criteria evaluation system of route formulated by the authors ensures rational choise of heavyweight loads routes of rail transport. The article reveals a set of problem related...

It is important to take into account the application of management theories and models for development of rail transport. During the examination of the management science, it is necessary to take into account various theories that can be applied to different fields of activity. Railway transport is a special field of activity in which attention mus...

The article analyzes the human resource management impact of competitiveness of transport companies. According to the scientific literature article discusses human resource management, Competitive advantage and competitive analysis concepts, evaluated modern human resource management models and theories of the relationship between companies and the...

The article reports the results of investigation of “3PL” areas, which has to be improve. The goal of this article is to present the results of research of “3PL” influence for company and to select key factors, which they have the influence to affect the business development. There are two main reasons then the managers should think about “3PL” ser...

The improvement of transportation systems and technologic equipment leads to changing technical capabilities of this equipment. With the development of technologies , industrial development is also inevitable, resulting in correspondingly increasing need of transportation of HeavyWeight and OverSize (HW/OS) cargo. The application of a systematic ap...

Advanced Technologies (AT) is one of the major factors accelerating the development of the Lithuanian economy and ensuring the engine of economic growth allowing for a high added value and economic development. The railway transport sector invests in advanced technologies to ensure safety, environmental friendliness, energy efficiency, competitiven...

In order to develop an integrated multimodal transportation, freight shippers and carriers, operators of multimodal transport in particular, must create and develop business strategies bringing together managerial, economic, technological and human resources. Additional investments are expensive for the companies, especially in the areas where quic...

The paper presents tendency analysis for advanced technologies. Advanced technologies – is an area having different acceptability and local adaptation levels in different countries, thus it is particularly important to be acquainted with its application possibilities and techniques. Contributing to a more efficient use of existing transport infrast...

The article examines the accidents and incidents taking place while transporting dangerous goods by railway transport. The paper presents and considers research results indicating the way the respondents estimate the main factors related to risk in rail transport. Also, the correlation of the annual losses encountered by enterprises due to accident...

The article analyzes accidents and incidents during dangerous goods transportation by railway. The research results indicate how the respondents estimate the main factors related to risks at rail transport. The annual losses incurred by enterprises due to accidents and losses incurred due to other factors are under analysis, the correlation is pres...

The process of intermodal transportation in the green corridor conceptualization shows that the biggest di-lemma at this moment arises between the formality of theoretical – legal concept of the green corridor and practical imperatives of its implementation. Intelligent Logistics Concepts of intermodal transportation in green corridors (ILCIT) is u...

The rapid growth of traffic intensity was predetermined by the dynamic change in the number of cars and the need for carriage. Vehicle congestion and high risk of accidents result in disappointment of many drivers and public transport users, causing psychological tension and increasing the accident rate. The accident rate is one of key indicators t...

The rapid growth of traffic intensity was predetermined by the dynamic change in the number of cars and the need for carriage. Transport corridors of international importance and their branches crossing the territory of Lithuania create favourable conditions for internal and international movement of cargos and passengers, development of domestic a...

Constructive and systematic management of a seaport may determine its successful competitive ability in the international market. The analysis of competitive ability of Klaipėda Seaport highlighted its weakest points, influencing the overall competitiveness of the port. The encouragement of port competitive ability is often stressed, however, there...

To increase the attraction of Lithuania as a transit country striving to promote carriers' border crossing activities and facilitate customs clearance procedures as well as freight delivery to clients it is necessary to identify the main obstacles, to analyse them and to select adequate measures and means for their elimination. Therefore, on the ba...

Nowadays just several border control posts at the external borders of EU partly comply with the re-quirements of European Union legislation, therefore it is essential to secure effective activity of the border control posts, that is establishing relevant infrastructure. Insufficient explication of the infrastructure of border control posts damages...

Technological development inevitably increases the number of hazardous cargo in the European Union. The essential problem of the haulage of hazardous consignment deals with insufficient safety. The topic seems to be relevant due to importance to ensure the safety of carrying hazardous cargo, since while transporting such materials, a certain possib...

Economic growth and increases in living standards are crucial factors influencing the growth of transport mobility in different countries. The people transport mobility is persistent high still now. As one of the main economic centres in Lithuania, Vilnius requires a balanced and well developed communication system. The number of different means of...

The article deals with global trends in civil aviation, such as: liberalisation of aviation market, globalisation of airlines, privatisation of airlines and invasion of low cost airlines into the market. Also the influence of these trends on the Lithuanian civil aviation activities has been defined. The Lithuanian civil aviation activities have bee...

There is no economic grounding and estimation of costs incurred to the State by the establishment and operation of the railway infrastructure management enterprise. In this regard, the article deals with the evaluation of reforming the railway transport sector in other countries and analyses the comparison of restructuring models according to the e...

The infrastructure of transport means has to be modernized and organized in such a way that operators could employ effective transportation technologies and processes and that the sustainable development of different transport modes and their proper interoperability with the transport systems of the neighbouring states are achieved. The long‐term d...

Following the measures foreseen in the Transport White Paper 2001, situation of road safety has improved. Road fatalities have declined by more than 17 % since 2001 in the EU. However, with around 41 600 deaths and more than 1.7 million injured in 2005, road remains the least safe mode of transport and objectives to halve the number of fatalities o...

ITS covers all modes of and considers all elements of the transportation system - the vehicle, the infrastructure, and the driver or user, interacting together dynamically. Information is at the core of ITS whether it is static or real-time traffic data or a digital map. Many ITS tools are based on the collection, processing, integration and supply...

Intelligent Transport Systems work with information and control technologies which provide the core of ITS functions. Some of these technologies, like loop detectors, are well known to transportation professionals. However, there are a number of less familiar technologies and system concepts that are the key to ITS functions. The technical core of...

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) work with information and control technologies providing the core of ITS functions. Some of these technologies like loop detectors are well known to transportation professionals. However, there are a number of less familiar technologies and system concepts that are keys to ITS functions. Although information and...

Only modern transport can reliably perform cargo and ensure efficiency and total safety of the economic process. Information technologies provide us with new possibilities in organizing transport work. Information systems can be used for electronic data registration of cargo. The necessity of mobile transport systems analysis is base on globalisati...

The article shows importance of information systems using in transport enterprises. There are evaluate and consider the factor before starting the use of information systems transport enterprises. The article analyzing information flows related to transportation process may be divided into the transport flows of the transport economy subject and th...

The infrastructure of transport means has to be modernized and organized in such a way that operators could employ effective transportation technologies and processes and that the sustainable development of different transport modes and their proper interoperability with the transport systems of the neighbouring states are achieved. The long-term d...

The paper presents the general overview of European railway traffic management system (ERTMS). Subsystems are described ETML, GSM-R with particular attention to ETCS. The technological progress of application of national railway traffic control equipment, in the case of international trains, has enforced development of a unified ERTMS system. This...

Information about defended Habilitation is presented. Scientific work (research field - transport engineering) is defended in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.

Following the measures foreseen in the Transport White Paper 2001, situation of road safety has improved. Road fatalities have declined by more than 17 % since 2001 in the EU. However, with around 41 600 deaths and more than 1.7 million injured in 2005, road remains the least safe mode of transport and objectives to halve the number of fatalities o...

Intelligent Transport Systems work with information and control technologies which provide the core of ITS functions. Some of these technologies, like loop detectors, are well known to transportation professionals. However, there are a number of less familiar technologies and system concepts that are the key to ITS functions. The technical core of...

Problems such as traffic congestion, road safety, global warming and environmental sustainability are forcing us to review our long-term plans for transport. Our aim must be to develop and improve the safety, security and effectiveness of the transportation systems where we can, building on the investments made in past decades. At the same time we...

ITS covers all modes of and considers all elements of the transportation system - the vehicle, the infrastructure, and the driver or user, interacting together dynamically. Information is at the core of ITS whether it is static or real‐time traffic data or a digital map. Many ITS tools are based on the collection, processing, integration and suppl...

The article deals with global trends in civil aviation, such as: liberalisation of aviation market, globalisation of airlines, privatisation of airlines and invasion of low cost airlines into the market. Also the influence of these trends on the Lithuanian civil aviation activities has been defined. The Lithuanian civil aviation activities have be...

The changes after Lithuania joined the EU and customs union are analyzed here. For the transport flows forecast and the analysis of traffic at the border theories of multidimensional regression, correlation analysis and wholesale service flows are applied here, the statistical data is processed. According to these mathematical theories and methods...

The changes after Lithuania joined the EU and customs union are analyzed here. For the transport flows forecast and the analysis of traffic at the border theories of multidimensional regression, correlation analysis and wholesale service flows are applied here, the statistical data is processed. According to these mathematical theories and methods...

In this article technological processes in transport terminals are analysed. A technological scheme of the transport terminal is analysed graphically reflecting the sequence of working operations with regard to aerial location, necessary equipment, outfit and workers. A technological graph chart reflecting the technological acceptability and time n...

In this article technological processes in transport terminals are analysed. A technological scheme of the transport terminal is analysed graphically reflecting the sequence of working operations with regard to aerial location, necessary equipment, outfit and workers. A technological graph chart reflecting the technological acceptability and time n...

With the growth of freight transportation by rail the main attention should be focused on the function of railway terminal activities and optimization, where the arriving trains are disbanded and new trains are arranged according to the train formation plan A loading process is analyzed. Functional structure of terminals is defined by a technologic...

With the growth of freight transportation by rail the main attention should be focused on the function of railway terminal activities and optimization, where the arriving trains are disbanded and new trains are arranged ac-cording to the train formation plan A loading process is analyzed. .unctional structure of terminals is defined by a technologi...

With the growth of freight transportation by rail the main attention should be focused on the function of railway terminal activities and optimization, where the arriving trains are disbanded and new trains are arranged according to the train formation plan A loading process is analyzed. Functional structure of terminals is defined by a technologic...

To increase the attraction of Lithuania as a transit country striving to promote carriers' border crossing activities and facilitate customs clearance procedures as well as freight delivery to clients it is necessary to identify the main obstacles, to analyse them and to select adequate measures and means for their elimination. Therefore, on the ba...

The Identification and solution of transportation problems related to customs posts at railway border stations enable successful functioning of international freight transport, thus guaranteeing its reliability, punctuality and high quality. Perfection of the complex work is necessary in order to meet the requirements as well as to preserve goods d...

The identification and solution of transportation problems related to customs posts at railway border stations enable successful functioning of international freight transport, thus guaranteeing its reliability, punctuality and high quality. Perfection of the complex work is necessary in order to meet the requirements as well as to preserve goods d...

To increase the attraction of Lithuania as a transit country striving to promote carriers' border crossing activities and facilitate customs clearance procedures as well as freight delivery to clients it is necessary to identity the main obstacles, to analyse them and to select adequate measures and means for their elimination. Therefore, on the b...

To increase the attraction of Lithuania as a transit country striving to promote carriers' border crossing activities and facilitate customs clearance procedures as well as freight delivery to clients it is necessary to identify the main obstacles, to analyse them and to select adequate measures and means for their elimination. Therefore, on the ba...

The importance of the experience of foreign countries, the improvement of the nonnative and law basis according to improvement standards, the employment of means of information are emphasized in the article. The investigation of road transport distribution on lines showed that the distribution depends on the flow law of arriving vehicles. It was...

The importance of the experience of foreign countries, the improvement of the normative and law basis according to improvement standards, the employment of means of information are emphasized in the article. The investigation of road transport distribution on lines showed that the distribution depends on the flow law of arriving vehicles. It was pr...

This paper introduces the important concepts of system architecture, including why it is needed and how it has been developed and applied around the word. In the past, control systems for road traffic were often installed to provide just one or two services working independently as separate subsystems, In contrast, complex management, control and d...

In article noted that appliance of information technologies provide us with new possibilities in organizing transport work, physical location of transport means place in railways terminal. Implementation of information technologies in railway terminals, which are used to process information quicly and productwely, are fitted for quality transportat...

This paper presents development of advance technologies in Lithuanian customs. There are described general provisions, the vision, the mission of the customs of the Republic of Lithuania for 2005−2010. Development of technologies support modernization of customs activities is showed in the paper. In this article described management and evaluation...

This article deals with the analysis of technological means application and modelling of processes activities in transport terminals. The author describes the analysis of management by complex technical systems and estimates models' using in transport terminals. An analysis procedure for the location of transport terminals that integrates facility...

As a modest-size country having limited natural resources and market, Lithuania should be very interested in becoming much more open to the world and playing traditional role of mediator between the East and the West. Among the most important conditions for the openness is a wide range of interrelated links between the maritime, road, railway and a...

There are suggest situation of Lithuanian Customs and road carriers, there are analyze overall goals and strategic objectives of Lithuanian Customs, there are comment analysis of relations between customs officers and customs and there are suggest methods solution of problems in the customs.

There are described practical and theoretical estimating of the activity of the international freight transport .There is showed short analysis of the new computerised customs transit systems for Europe, described what is the advantages of the system for transportation and customs and here are present most typical objectives of dynamic management o...