TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS: Basic Concepts, Economy, Politics, Technology and Legislation

The concept of transportation has gone through various processes from the time of human existence to the present. In addition to being a component that constitutes a significant part of the cost within the framework of logistics management, both in passenger and freight transportation, it has also been a variable that significantly affects the effectiveness and efficiency of logistics processes. From this point of view, the concept of transportation and transportation systems continue to be an interesting subject for both practitioners and academics. Considering the foreign and local publications, it is seen that the publications within the scope of logistics and supply chain management are quite numerous, but the publications in the field of transportation systems and transportation management are very limited in number and content. The main reason for this is that countries offer local publications to the relevant audience within the framework of their own practices. It is thought that this publication, named Transportation Systems, will fill an important need especially in the literature written in Turkish. Since transportation systems should be evaluated from a multi-disciplinary perspective, the following main components required in the field of transportation systems are included in the book and presented to the attention of students, researchers, sector representatives and administrative units:
• Basic concepts of transportation,
• History of transportation,
• Transportation geography,
• actors and parties in transport,
• Transportation activities and components,
• Types of transportation,
• Integration of transportation modes,
• Loads that require special handling in transportation,
• Transportation economy,
• Transport statistics in Turkey and in the world,
• Transportation costs,
• Financial decisions in transportation businesses,
• Legal arrangements in the field of transportation,
• Safety and security in transportation,
• Sustainability and environment in transportation,
• Numerical methods in transportation systems,
• Recent developments in transportation and Turkey's transportation policies.