TRANSPORT AND LOGISTIC SYSTEMS IN THE SMART CITY CONCEPT

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Topicality. The impact of a number of factors on climate change can be defined as twofold. Firstly, by reducing the number of pollutants responsible for global warming, and secondly, by increasing the resilience of systems (economic, environmental, social) to the vulnerability of these factors. A huge number of scientific and professional developments, strategic documents, programmes and implementation plans are devoted to these issues. Nevertheless, a tangible effect of mitigating the impact of negative environmental factors, of which transport and logistics systems (TLS) play a leading role, including TLS of urban areas, can only be achieved through an integrated approach, combining the cooperation of various stakeholders with different public interests and goals.Aim and tasks. The purpose of the study is to establish priorities and directions for the formation of new type of transport and logistics systems in the concept of a smart cityMaterials and Methods. To carry out the research, the method of processing documented data from primary sources was used – scientific publications, expert opinions, documents of municipal authorities on this issue.Research results. The peculiarity of the concept of sustainable development lies in the contradiction of its defining postulates to traditional economic mechanisms of unlimited economic growth, maximum state regulation, and profit-making by any means, without coordinating their strategies with the needs of the environment that these urban agglomerations use. It is worth noting that the vast majority of scholars and decision-makers on urban development strategies adhere to the concept of a "smart" city in terms of its intellectual provision with technologies, use algorithms, advanced digital infrastructure, etc. The economic sustainability of the transport system should aim to plan transport projects, resource consumption, etc. in a way that promotes economic growth in the long term, as the increase in the number of smart cities, as a resource-intensive and time-consuming process, is one of the mechanisms for accelerating the modernisation of the national economy as a whole. The concept of expanding the area of smart cities contributes to the expansion of domestic consumption in the region, modernisation of industry, and coordination of economic and social activities between regions.Conclusion. Taking as a basis the principles of sustainable development of transport and logistics systems of cities on the basis of the introduction of green logistics can reduce numerous environmental problems that have become a consequence of industrial modernization and globalization, and ensure the reduction of external environmental effects by balancing environmental, social and economic goals by transport and logistics enterprises.