North-Eastern Europe is a peripheral area around the Baltic Sea. In some parts i.e. Scandinavia high living standards including developed transport systems exist when at the same time rapid changes in the way of living in other parts - Poland, the Baltic Countries and Russia - are ongoing. In the western part some indications on the slowing of growth rates of road transport can be seen. In the eastern part a rapid increase in road transport is causing serious environmental and safety problems. Transport policies in the EU are caught between demands for improved mobility and the concern on the environmental protection. In the former socialist countries the environmental issues are subdued by the demands for efficient transport. The current integration of Europe is well highlighted around the Baltic Sea. Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland belong to the European Union. Poland and the Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – are negotiating about the access to the Union. Probably they all will enter the Union before 2010. From all countries around the Baltic Sea only Russia is currently totally out of this integration process. After a short presentation of the geography and history the current European transport landscape will be described. The Commission´s Common Transport Policy (CTP) is then reviewed. Then major changes during the last 20 years will be presented. In the end the results of two current future studies will be discussed.