ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the conditions and state of development of transport networks that existed at the very beginning of the transition period in Central and Eastern Europe, and the changes that took place during 1990–2015, as well as their multifold consequences. The analysis is focused on road and railway networks. The study is based on a variety of research methods which were applied earlier in the studies and projects quoted. The method of potential accessibility, considered as an objective measure of the state of development of infrastructure in the region of Central Europe, is among the most important of these. Potential accessibility is based on the negative exponential distance-decay function which produces the well-known potential accessibility indicator. In all the countries of the region, road transport strengthened its position after the transformation as the most important branch of transport. Its domination was usually greater in passenger traffic than in cargo.
