Assessment and Prospects for Using Digital Technologies in the Development of Transport Systems

Now the entire world community is witnessing the intensive development of scientific and technological progress, indicating a change in the technological order. Industrial automation and research in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are of great importance in the formation of transport technologies. The dynamics of development can be traced through innovations in transport systems associated with the introduction of digital technologies. The relevance and economic efficiency of the implementation of digital technologies in transport systems determine the need for their design description, analysis, and feasibility study. The study provides a rationale for the benefits of implementing blockchain technologies, customer relationship management (CRM), and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the transport sector. The tasks solved by the introduction of certain digital technologies in transport have been systematized; their main function is formulated using the example of railroad transportation. Using the analysis of statistical data for Russia, an assessment is made of the scale of dissemination of the considered digital technologies in the Russian transport sector, including in the field of railway transport. The main directions of the digital transformation strategy of the Russian Railways company (Russian Railways) and their economic consequences are outlined.