Road transport and information network: socio-economic aspects of consolidation[Автомобильный Транспорт И Информационная Сеть: Социально-Экономические Аспекты Консолидации]

Purpose: to assess the possibilities and feasibility of the introduction of modern information and intel-ligent technologies in highway transport in the urban environment, to study the prerequisites and conditions for the development of self-driving vehicles. Methods: the research is based on the methods of theoretical and quantitative research: analysis of existing concepts and classifications, economic and statistical analysis of world, national and regional data related to the performance of highway transport, simulation of the conditions for self-driving ve-hicles performance in the urban environment. A communicative method of collecting information us-ing electronic forms of survey was used. Results: the essence of the concept "Internet of things", the level of its modern development is studied, the place of self-driving vehicles in the structure of the directions of the "Internet of things" application is determined, their classification is considered. The statistical data allowing estimating economic conditions of highway transport performance are studied and analyzed, their correlation analysis is undertaken. A sociological survey was carried out in order to identify the attitude of the population to the introduction and development of modern intellectual technologies in highway transport, as well as factors influencing them. Conclusions: the study found that the "Internet of things" is rapidly entering into human social life, in-cluding transport, which confirms both the versatile orientation of this concept and the statistics of the information networks expansion. The analysis of statistical data proved the existence of prerequisites and the need for the introduction of intelligent systems in transport within the "Internet of things", the means of implementation of which is a self-driving vehicle. The direction and character of interrelation of the indicators characterizing the performance of transport with various economic factors is established. During the sociological survey, the attitude of the population to the possibilities of using self-driving vehicles was established. Proceeding from the results of the survey, the simulation of pro-posals for overcoming the factors and risks hindering the development of intelligent systems in transport was carried out; the advantages of using self-driving vehicles were identified.