SYSTEM APPROACH AS A METHOD OF TRANSPORT SYSTEM RESEARCH
The use of a systematic approach in our research makes it possible to perceive the transport complex as a set of elements that are necessary to ensure the continuous development of an integrated national economic system in the case of their interconnected and interdependent functioning. Aim: to justify the use of the system approach as a method of cognition of the transport system with consideration of its essence and the author's interpretation of the concept under study. Methods: to achieve this goal, General scientific research methods were used, such as analogy, analysis, synthesis, and systematization. Results: modified theory of transport systems to take into account the interdependence and mutual influence of its components on the basis of consistency, a conceptual peculiarities of the Genesis of the theory of transport systems due to the nature and originality of ongoing research; summarizes existing approaches to the consideration of the nature of transportation systems with subsequent systematization of elements of transport systems on the semantic criterion, and the conditional by dividing them into two approaches; the author's interpretation of the concept of the transport system on the basis of its role and place in the system of social production and the national economy as a whole. Conclusion: the results of the study can be used in planning activities for the development of transport systems.