International Journal of Advanced Studies (Feb 2021)

ON THE PROSPECTS FOR THE PROJECT “UNITED EURASIA: TRANS-EURASIAN RAZVITIE BELT (TEBR) - INTEGRAL EURASIAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM (IETS)» INCLUSION AS A MEGAPROJECT INTO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TRANSPORT STRATEGY FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 2030

  • Gennady Vasilievich Osipov,
  • Alexey Alesandrovich Kubrin,
  • Natalia Vladimirovna Kuzina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12731/2227-930X-2020-4-75-122
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 4
pp. 75 – 122

Abstract

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Having more than 130 years of prehistory and actively developed in the last decade by outstanding Russian scientists team, the megaproject “United Eurasia: TRANS-Eurasian belt RAZVITIE (TEBR) – Integrated Eurasian transport system (IETS)” is considered in the existing foreign and Russian experience context in designing transnational and transcontinental transport corridors, primarily high-speed Railways, as well as in connection with the planning of the Russian Federation transport system further development. Purpose. The goal is to substantiate the need to include the TEBR-IETS megaproject in the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030 as paramount for the transport system development and increasing the domestic and foreign policy efficiency of the Russian Federation, including for eliminating the crisis consequences in the socio-economic sphere and international relationships normalization. Research methodology: The TEBR-IETS project relevance and competitiveness was assessed in the foreign projects and scientific research context in the transnational and transcontinental railway communications field; the criteria analysis for the effectiveness of the Russian Federation Transport Strategy implementation according to the conservative and innovative option in relation to the railway traffic development indicators, as well as in relation to the demand for railway freight traffic at the end of 2020 according to the Ministry of Transport of Russia data. Practical implications. The obtained results should be taken into account when making changes to the Russian Federation Transport Strategy text for the period up to 2030, as well as the Strategy for the railway transport development in the Russian Federation until 2030, which has not been updated for more than ten years.

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