The transport sector, having a share of about 7% in gross domestic product, represents the second category of services, after trade, of importance in the tertiary sector in Romania being at the same time an activity having a contribution to the economic growth equivalent to the agriculture. In Romania, defining for the transport activity, both in terms of volume of transport and as a contributor to adding value in this sector are the public and goods transportation. They provide the transport of 70% of passengers and 78.5% of goods transport, contributing with about 65% to the gross added value of transport. The article analyzes the current state of urban passenger transport based on statistical data processing using elementary methods such as graphical method, structural modification method, and so on. For a more complex analysis of the relationship and the interdependence between the macro-economic indicators characterizing the transport domain in Romania, econometric modeling methods made with database management and analysis programs were used (Excel, EViews). The stages of the econometric analysis used in the article taken into consideration were the following: establishing the correlation level and its intensity, identifying the function form of the data for the analyzed period, validating the obtained model, and so on. As a result of these methods of analysis, several results were obtained: the passenger urban transport is on an upward trend, based on the increased contribution of interurban and international road transport; even though road infrastructure in Romania leaves it desirable.
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