On Transportation and Economic Development

Abstract: Transportation is the pioneer of modern industry. The development of human society from agricultural society to industrial society is based on the continuous improvement of transportation system. With the acceleration of urbanization and economic development, new requirements are put forward for the traffic conditions between cities, cities and rural areas, and rural areas. Economic development in turn reacts on the development of transportation industry, and the coordinated development of the two has attracted more and more attention. In view of this, this paper discusses transportation and economic development.

Keywords: urbanization of transportation economy

I. Introduction

Transportation is the lifeblood of the national economy and a necessary condition for economic growth and social development. Although transportation itself does not directly create tangible material products, it is indispensable in modern material production and human society. With the development of China's social economy, highway traffic has become increasingly developed, and has gradually become the main body of regional traffic, making an inestimable contribution to the development of regional economy. However, since the implementation of reform and opening up in China, the economic level has shown a sustained, stable and rapid development trend, and the corresponding traffic demand has also increased sharply. The traffic demand structure is constantly developing and changing, the growth of traffic supply has lagged behind, and the contradiction between traffic supply and demand is prominent. Although China has invested heavily in transportation, it still cannot meet the needs of economic development. Therefore, it is necessary to change the existing traffic conditions.

Second, the role of transportation in economic development

(A) the basic role of transportation in economic development

(1) Traffic is the main link of social economy. Socialized mass production is a complicated process, and production, distribution, exchange and consumption are all carried out in an extremely broad space. Only by relying on the link of transportation can we connect all the links in the whole complex process and realize socialized mass production. From the perspective of economic and social space, only through transportation can mines and factories, oil fields and factories, factories and markets, cities and villages, coastal areas and inland areas, domestic and foreign countries be connected; From the functional point of view, only through transportation can production, distribution, exchange and consumption be organically combined. (2) Traffic is one of the basic factors in the formation of economic layout. Economic layout is both the starting point and the result of economic development. From the starting point of economic development, the influence of economic layout on economic development is fundamental. Economic layout is a concept of space transportation to a great extent, except for economic and geographical factors and national or regional development strategies and policies. The distribution of resource bases, the formation of industrial and agricultural layout and the formation of central cities are closely related to the layout of transportation hubs, transportation networks, transportation corridors, transportation capacity, transportation speed and transportation efficiency.

The dynamic role of transportation in economic development

The dynamic role of transportation in economic development refers to the stimulation and role of transportation in economic development? Engine? The role of. (1) The improvement and perfection of the transportation system led to the emergence and development of large-scale industries in modern times. The establishment of modern industry is promoted by the improvement and perfection of transportation system, and the development of modern industry is inseparable from the continuous improvement and perfection of transportation system.

(2) Transportation industry drives social and economic development through its own development. The development of transportation industry drives the development of its related industries, thus promoting economic development, and this role is more prominent when the transportation mode is in the stage of innovation and growth. (3) The transportation industry has great potential to absorb new technologies, which provides a huge space for the application of new technologies. The emergence of new means of transportation is always the crystallization of new technology, and the transportation industry is promoting technological progress with such potential. (4) Transportation has promoted international economic integration. International economic integration is an important feature of world economic development today. It is the development of transportation that promotes exchanges between people in different countries and regions, thus promoting internationalization in a wide range of fields, including economic integration.

(C) Transportation provides accumulation for economic development

The role of transportation in economic development is also reflected in the accumulation of income for economic development in the transportation industry. The income of transportation industry is an important source of national income, which is more prominent in some countries. Moreover, a country's transportation industry can often obtain foreign exchange income by providing transportation services to third countries. Moreover, some countries with relatively backward transportation can save a lot of foreign exchange expenses by developing their own transportation and changing their dependence on other countries. Therefore, the transportation industry can accumulate wealth for the further development of the economy, especially foreign exchange.

(D) traffic to promote the process of urbanization

Big cities play an important role in the development of the whole national economy, with incomparable agglomeration benefits and scale benefits compared with small towns, and have important comprehensive advantages of command and coordination in economic development. The key to the sustainable development of big cities lies in how to break through the restrictive factors affecting urban development, realize the effective allocation of resource elements in space, and make them continue to develop and improve on the original basis. Building a high-grade highway network and promoting the development of urban agglomerations is the best way to solve the problems of scale and efficiency of big cities. Under the series connection of highway network, the urban agglomeration formed by many cities will broaden the originally very cramped natural space, so that big cities can achieve higher benefits and new development in a broader social environment space. The influence of highway transportation on urbanization is not only reflected in promoting the growth of big cities, but also in promoting the rapid development of small towns. In the process of industrial development, due to the differences in production technology, different industries have different sensitivities to geographical location and traffic conditions, so putting different industries in the same place will lead to different output rates and form different economic benefits. At the same time, due to the existence of differential land rent, the land price of big cities and small towns is very different. The development of highway traffic will greatly improve the advantages and benefits of traffic location and resources in small towns and promote the development of small towns.

Third, the conclusion

In a word, as China enters the stage of rapid urbanization and accelerated industrialization, the unbalanced development trend of economy is more and more obvious, and transportation plays an important role. This objectively requires that corresponding transportation policies be formulated in a wider scope according to the inherent laws of transportation and economic development. On the one hand, it is necessary to establish and improve the transportation industry investment fund system and expand the sources of government funds and investment methods, so as to solve the problem of sustainable development of the national economy caused by the current transportation infrastructure? Bottleneck? The purpose of the restriction; On the other hand, we should learn from the mature comprehensive transportation management system of developed countries, plan, build and develop the development of various transportation modes as a comprehensive, organic, complementary and mutually restrictive whole, reform and improve China's transportation management system, and fundamentally solve the problems existing in China's transportation development at present.

References:

[1] Xiong Yongjun. Transport and economic development. Beijing: China Railway Publishing House. 2006。

[2] Wang Qingyun. The concept of traffic development. Beijing: China Science and Technology Press. 2004。

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