CURRENT PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY TRANSPORT SYSTEM OF ASTRAKHAN
In accordance with the main provisions of the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation, the reliability and environmental safety of the functioning of urban transport systems is ensured when implementing an innovative variant of their development. The main shortcomings of the highway network of the Astrakhan region and the transport system of Astrakhan are highlighted, which require elimination during the implementation of the municipal program for the development of the Astrakhan territorial transport system. The implementation of the proposed measures to improve the efficiency and environmental safety of the transport system is possible both in the conditions of operation of the existing transport infrastructure, and in the process of modernization of the objects of the road transport complex of the city and the region as a whole. When determining the priority directions for the development of the transport system of Astrakhan, local natural conditions and features of the historically developed layout of the city are taken into account.