The present work focusses on the rational and complex use of land and water transport, depending of the type of goods, technical characteristics of particular transport facilities (speed, capacity, environmental pollution, fuel consumption) and the particular meand of transport (automobiles, rail transport or ships).

The present work focusses on the rational and complex use of land and water transport, depending on the type of goods, technical charakteristics of particular transport facilieties (speed, capacity, environmental pollution, fuel consumption, etc.) and the particular means of transport (automobiles, rail transport or ships).

The thesis discusses the issue of freight villages and the possible usage of European funds for their construction. The topic is very actual because by the current program period 2014-2020 has appeared change concerning the financial support of multimodal freight transportation. The aim of this thesis is to determine, whether from the production companies operating in the automotive industry exists demand for such a freight villages. Needed information has been obtained on the basis of in-depths inteviews of manufacturing companies located in the region Vysočina.