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The third issue of the journal in 2018 is devoted to transport logistics. It is the development of transport technologies that affects the acceleration or slowdown of the country's development. For Russia with its vast territories, transport logistics is of particular importance, and its problems solution requires both scientific and practical approaches.
We, in accordance with the tradition, release the first issue of 2018 on the eve of the XXI Moscow International Logistics Forum (MMLF), which is the most important meeting of industry professionals, where the results of the past year, the development plans for the near future, the practice of successful management of logistics by the companies from various industries, the development and implementation of new systems and technologies are discussed.
In the article the study of the transport structure is considered as a factor of economic growth. Concludes that transport infrastructure is the engine of innovation development. It provides horizontal and vertical linkages among innovation actors. In particular, the main elements of infrastructure are: innovative and technological centers, business-incubators, technoparks, scientific parks and technopolises. The experience of developed countries shows that such innovative structures create favorable conditions for efficient activity and development of small innovative enterprises that implement original scientific and technical ideas by giving them the temporary use of production space, logistics, information networks, provision of research devices and equipment, providing advice on a wide range of scientific, technological, economic and legal issues.
Key words. Transport, infrastructure, innovation, economic growth, infrastructure elements.