Historical models of public administration of Russia’s transport complex: comparative analysis

The article is dedicated to the comparative analysis of models of the mechanism of public transport policy implementation in the prerevolutionary, Soviet and modern periods of the history of Russia. Statism, centralization of management, public control over transport infrastructure and the sphere of transportation are common characteristic of all the models compared. The pre-revolutionary model contributed to the economic and political formation of Russia, however, it did not provide cardinal changes in the expansion of the country's transport system and the introduction of advanced achievements of science and technology into it. These shortcomings were successfully eliminated by the Soviet model, but it was based on administrative-command and directive-planning methods of industry management, refusal to rely on private busyness initiative and investment for infrastructure development, paternalism in relation to the transport needs of society. The advantages of the modern model of transport public administration of the Russian Federation include the planned and verified nature of its functioning, aimed at advancing the construction of transport infrastructure in relation to the pace of economic development of the country and the economic development of its new hard-to-reach areas. However, the pace of commissioning of transport infrastructure facilities chosen by the current leadership of Russia creates a largely constraining effect in relation to the national economy, which negatively affects the development of most regions and social stability in this country. The way out of this contradiction could be to accelerate the development of transport infrastructure through the joint efforts of the government, business, science and a broad volunteer movement.

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