为了改进其支离破碎的交通系统，欧盟设计了一个核心走廊方针 — — 与主要跨国交通流相适应并解决不通路和堵塞问题 — — 以此构成一体化、互容和协调的基础设施开发和管理基础。
To improve its fragmented transport system, the European Union designed a core corridors approach – corresponding to major trans-national traffic flows and addressing missing links and blockages – to form the basis for integration, interoperability, and coordinated infrastructure development and management.