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                                                                <journal-id>demiryolu mühendisliği</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Demiryolu Mühendisliği</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2149-1607</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2687-2463</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Demiryolu Mühendisleri Derneği</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47072/demiryolu.1602560</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Transportation and Traffic</subject>
                                                            <subject>Transportation Engineering</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Ulaşım ve Trafik</subject>
                                                            <subject>Ulaştırma Mühendisliği</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Railway Transport as the Main Element of Sustainable Transport Systems: A Quantitative Assessment</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Sürdürülebilir Ulaştırma Sistemlerinin Ana Unsuru Olarak Demiryolu Taşımacılığı: Nicel Bir Değerlendirme</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4645-3318</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Cengiz</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ömer</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KAFKAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250131">
                    <day>01</day>
                    <month>31</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
                </pub-date>
                                                    <issue>21</issue>
                                        <fpage>111</fpage>
                                        <lpage>123</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20241216">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>16</month>
                        <year>2024</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20250109">
                        <day>01</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
                    </date>
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                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2014, Demiryolu Mühendisliği</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Demiryolu Mühendisliği</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <trans-abstract xml:lang="en">
                            <p>This research aims to emphasize the increasing importance of rail transportation as an environmentally friendly mode of transportation in today&#039;s world where sustainable transportation systems have become necessary. For this purpose, data on the determined variables were obtained and analyzed using quantitative analysis methods. The data set of the research consists of sustainable development goals, railway investment rates, greenhouse gas emission amounts and railway freight and passenger transportation amounts of 37 countries between 2000-2021. Independent Two Sample T Test and Pearson Correlation Analysis methods, which are among the parametric analysis methods, were used in the research. As a result of the analyzes, it was concluded that the demand for railway transportation is constantly increasing, the greenhouse gas emission amounts of the countries have decreased significantly, there is a positive and significant relationship between railway freight transportation and the development goals of the countries, and there is a negative and significant relationship between railway investment rates and greenhouse gas emission amounts.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Bu araştırma, sürdürülebilir ulaştırma sistemlerinin gerekli hale geldiği günümüzde, çevreci bir taşıma modu olan demiryolu taşımacılığının yeniden artan önemine vurgu yapma amacı taşımaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda, belirlenmiş değişkenlere ait veriler elde edilerek, nicel analiz yöntemleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Araştırmanın veri setini 2000-2021 yılları arasında 37 ülkeye ait sürdürülebilir kalkınma hedefleri, demiryolu yatırım oranları, sera gazı emisyon miktarları ile demiryolu yük ve yolcu taşıma miktarları oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmada parametrik analiz yöntemlerinden Bağımsız İki Örneklem T Testi ve Pearson Korelasyon Analizi yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Yapılan analizler sonucunda demiryolu taşımalarına olan talebin sürekli olarak arttığı, ülkelerin sera gazı emisyon miktarlarının anlamlı bir şekilde düştüğü, demiryolu yük taşımaları ile ülkelerin kalkınma hedefleri arasında pozitif yönde arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu ve demiryolu yatırım oranları ile sera gazı emisyon miktarları arasında negatif yönlü anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu sonuçlarına ulaşılmıştır.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Sürdürülebilirlik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Ulaştırma sistemleri</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Demiryolu taşımacılığı</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Sustainability</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Transportation systems</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Rail transport</kwd>
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