Road transport in the Republic of Croatia and the possibility of further development

U radu je analiziran cestovni promet te povijest i razvoj cestovnog prometa u Hrvatskoj. Definirani su prometni sustav i prometna politika Hrvatske te osnove ekonomike cestovnog prometa. Ključni dio rada odnosi se na mogućnosti razvoja cestovnog prometa Republike Hrvatske. Cestovni promet u Republici Hrvatskoj u posljednje vrijeme bilježi značajne napretke te mu u tome pomaže Strategija prometnog razvoja Republike Hrvatske koju je donijela Vlada Republike Hrvatske te se njome nastoji poboljšati i unaprijediti cestovni promet u razdoblju od 2014. do 2030. godine. Strategija predstavlja kvalitativni pomak s obzirom na sadašnje stanje cestovnog prometa, nastoji ga uvesti u novije faze što se tiče kvalitete prometnog sustava i prometne infrastrukture te su njoj opisani projekti, odnosno prioriteti koji se financiraju iz europskih fondova.The paper analyzes the road transport and the history and development of road transport in Croatia. Defines the transport system and transport policy Croatian and base economics of road transport. A key part of the paper refers to the possibilities development of road transport in Croatia. Road transport in Croatia recently reported significant progress and in that helps transport development strategy of the Republic of Croatian adopted by the Croatian government and it is intended to improve and enhance road transport in the period from 2014 to 2030. The strategy represents a qualitative shift in the current state of road transport, it seeks to introduce in the recent phase as far as the quality of the transport system and transport infrastructure and there are described projects or priorities which are financed from European funds