Investigating the Economic Effects and Transportation Problems in Iran

Efficient transportation is one of the most important factors in the development ofcountries. Unfortunately, in developing countries, transportation has not progressed enoughand because of this, these countries have not been able to fully benefit from its benefits.Sustainable and efficient transportation makes production and distribution easier andcheaper; This will cause production to increase, the unemployment rate to decrease andeconomic growth to increase. Iran is one of the developing countries where transportationhas made some progress compared to previous years, but it still has problems that havemade it unable to access sustainable and efficient transportation. The transportation sectorin Iran has about ۹% of employees and about ۲۰% of Iran's development budget. Bymaking policies and investing in Iran's transportation sector, governments can improvetransportation performance and in this way provide the possibility for the country'sdevelopment. In this research, some of the transportation problems in Iran have beeninvestigated and solutions for them have been presented.