PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE OF UKRAINE

The article is devoted to analysis of the current state of transport infrastructure in Ukraine. Drawing from the results of this analysis, the author performs assessment of the prospects for development of the national transport infrastructure. The comprehensive analysis of problems and develop the transport sector of Ukraine in the light of threats and risks including the crisis processes. Special attention is paid to achieve stabilization and optimization of functioning transport sector due to competitive advantages and potential opportunities. The author elaborates a set of strategic directions for the development of transport infrastructure, as well as road, railway, air and waterborne transport, and reveals the problems that impede effective development of transport industry in Ukraine. The problem of lowly quality in transport sphere in Ukraine has put its mark on all elements of infrastructure. The situation gets further complicated by insufficient interaction between different industries within the transportation sector, scant investment inflows, outdated system of regulations, and rapid physical deterioration. Transport, as an infrastructure branch, should provide timely and efficient cargo and passenger transportation and promote the integration of the Ukrainian economy into the European and world economic system. This justifies the urgent need to search for way that would help to improve the transport infrastructure. Infrastructure transformation must be based on a systematic approach, which will include the justification of the strategy for its development and detailing in perspective and current plans at the macro and micro levels. The main result of the work of the logistics infrastructure should be minimizing the cost of service of material flows and their environmental safety.