Interrelation of levels of development of innovation potential and transport ecosystem of regions

Abstract

The article analyzes the impact of innovative approaches to the formation of transport infrastructure on the level of development of innovation potential of regions, specifies the stages of formation of innovation regional systems, systematizes the approach to ranking of Russian regional innovation indices (RRII) by thematic sub-indices for the pre-pandemic period 2019 - 2020. The author notes that there is no consensus among domestic scientists about the directions of significance of a functioning and developing transport system on the region’s economy and ecosystem. On the one hand, innovations in the transport sphere influence the dynamics of income growth of the regional economy due to the reduction of costs of the transport and logistics system, increase in the speed and volume of passenger and freight traffic, growth of investment attractiveness of the region, diffusion of innovations and growth of labor productivity. However, the accompanying growth of agglomerations leads to increased density of traffic flows, environmental problems and aggravation of transport safety issues. In this connection the problems of introduction of innovations in transport, solved within the programs of increasing the level of safety of transport ecosystem of regions, formation of a qualitatively new level of development of regional innovation potential, have a high degree of influence on the regional socio-economic systems. Thus, innovation, including in the transport sector, can be considered an indispensable condition for the development of regional ecosystem.