New transport solutions as a response to strategic technological sovereignty challenges
- Authors: Smirnov S.A.1, Smirnova O.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University
- Issue: Vol 11, No 4 (2025)
- Pages: 713-728
- Section: Original studies
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/transj/article/view/364028
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/transsyst696119
- ID: 364028
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent years have seen tectonic shifts in the world order and international law. Economic globalization has slowed down and the international division of labor is no longer considered an absolute advantage.
Individual states’ policies show that technology is becoming the cornerstone of global politics. They are both a lever of pressure and a valuable resource for development, including for shaping a nation’s global competitiveness.
In Russia, given the significant amount of transport-related operations and the existing sanctions, the issue of technological independence in the transport sector is particularly pressing. However, high efficiency of technology solutions must be ensured to boost the progress of the national economy.
AIM: This study aimed to consider the requirements to solutions that ensure technological independence in the transport industry and its sustainable development.
METHODS: The method is based on the analysis of technical and economic parameters of modes of transport, social and economic analysis, and retrospective analysis. The information for the study is based on open information sources of international non-profit organizations, research and educational institutions, and businesses.
RESULTS: We identified the parameters of research and practical solutions ensuring the technological sovereignty of Russia in the transport sector and its innovative development.
CONCLUSION: The study confirms the availability of the transport technology that responds to the existing challenges faced by the Russian transport industry and enhances the global competitiveness of the Russian economy. This technology is magnetic levitation transport which should be used as part of a single national integrated transport system to produce the maximum synergistic effect.
About the authors
Sergei A. Smirnov
Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University
Author for correspondence.
Email: noc-pgups@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2096-6967
SPIN-code: 3042-2910
Head of the Zaitsev Research and Education Center for Passenger Transportation
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgOlga Yu. Smirnova
Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University
Email: noc-pgups@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2239-4384
SPIN-code: 9083-2984
Deputy Head of the Zaitsev Research and Education Center for Passenger Transportation
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgReferences
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