The project ‘Standardization of Collection and Processing of Data for Transport Sector Development of Science and Economy’ is financed from funds for development of the University of Zagreb. It is the result of a one year collaboration of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Science with the Faculty of Economics and Business. The initiative for cooperation on this project raised from previous collaboration of these two institutions and the obvious present lack of statistical data in the traffic sector presenting the basis of designing successful development and management of traffic process. Two forums have been organized within the project with an aim of presenting the given results; one at the Chamber of Commerce and another at the Faculty of Economics and Business. Except of researchers from previously mentioned institutions, there were two external associates from the Croatian Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Maritime affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, who were also engaged in the activities within the project.

This research has defined and conducted development principles of establishment of new cognition: 1. Principle of the future scientific and developmental researches on the traffic impact, 2. Principle of the appliance of achieved results as the basis for development of traffic science, 3. Principle to stimulate creation of strategic partnership of the Universities, as partners of this project, and the growth of economy with an aim of creating research groups for fostering the sector of economy.