Innovative transport technologies as a basis of cities’ and regions’ progressive development

The article raises modern Russian cities’ vital problems which are associated with the traffic situation – problems of ecology, safety, economy, lack of mobility. The author reviews the possibility of solving these problems by means of introducing wire transport into modern life. The aim of the research is to investigate the factor influence of new transport technologies on the future of cities, regions and their population. The article deals with the aspects of possible influence of wire transport SkyWay on the functioning of cities and regions, it provides a comparison with the existing urban and intercity kinds of transport, future changes are forecast. Using the example of the city of Samara, the author shows all aspects of the positive effects of transport innovations on the life of the city and its citizens, as a complement to the existing transport systems