Assessment of Effectiveness of Sustainable Transport Development

Abstract

The traditional assessment of efficiency ofoperations and of development projects of transportsystems is based on a mercantilist approach thatconsiders efficiency of activities according to the«cost–income–profit of economic entities» pattern.In this case, non-systemic, external results areusually not considered, while they can be many timeshigher in value terms than the internal resultsobtained by economic entities. External results areoften seen outside the realm of purely economicrelations. This is especially evident in theinfrastructure sector, the material basis of which isformed by transport and logistics. To some extent acrisis of economic doctrine has arisen. An ecologicalcrisis is being observed due to unrestrainedanthropogenic activity. The concentration of peopleand production activities in cities has become thecause of the urbanization crisis. Growing inequalityhas led to an exacerbation of social contradictions.As a result, mankind has faced a complex crisis ofcivilization. Sustainable development was recognizedas the main means of resolving the crisis. Sustainabletransport dev elopement-being primarily aninfrastructure field of activity, serves as thefoundation for building sustainable development ofthe economy and social sphere. The sustainabledevelopment goals set by the world communityunder the auspices of the UN can only be achievedthrough the comprehensive assessment ofeffectiveness of management decisions (cumulativeaccounting of all internalities and externalities).Transport has become a pioneer in sustainabledevelopment of territories and cities. The approachto a comprehensive assessment of effectiveness ofsustainable development determines the reform ofeconomic and fiscal relations in the future accordingto the principle of the Pigou tax.The objective of this article is to explore ways toimprove assessment of effectiveness andmethodology of sustainable development oftransport organizations and transport systems. Thearticle substantiates the relevance and directions ofimproving the methodology for a comprehensiveassessment of the results of transport activities andpresents analytical models for a comprehensiveassessment of its effectiveness. The promising tasksfor continuation of research and development areassociated with justification and legal legitimation ofthe use of cost estimates of various external resultsof improving transport, as well as with developmentof a system for monitoring of information necessaryfor a comprehensive assessment of sustainabletransport development.