Transport security as a factor of transport and communication system of Ukraine self-sustaining development

Abstract

In the present article, attention is focused on the existing potential to ensure national self-sufficiency, the main challenges to its achievement and future prospects. According to the authors, transportation and communication system of the country can become the dominant model for self-sufficient development, due to its geostrategic location which allows it to be an advantageous bridge for goods, and passengers transit transportation between the states of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. To date, the transport and communication system is hardly the only sector of national economy, which is capable to become the catalyst for socioeconomic growth without significant investment, a tool to achieve self-sufficient and safe level of Ukraine's development.