approaches to the evaluation of the spatial organizationof regional transport systems

We report a study of the territorial structure of transport, the elements of which form the backbone of the regional economic system. The investigation is performed using the research methods, including comparative geographical, economic and statistical techniques, as well as spatial analysis, and a systematic and integrated approach. The assessment of the transport hubs of the Russian regions of the depressed type is performed with allowance for the throughput capacity of the transport networks. The regions are selected and the Kansky coefficients are calculated for the transport networks and transport systems of different types for the European and Asian Russia regions. It is found that from all regions under study, the Vladimir region has the best potential for the functioning of the regional economy, since its transport network is not tree-like and is polycentric. The most vulnerable are linear-type transport systems in the Jewish Autonomous region and the Republic of Adygea. A special type is formed by incomplete monocentric regional transport systems, in particular, the Republic of Mordovia. The conditions and factors affecting the development of transport systems, in particular, the parameters of the territory, are identified.