ON THE ISSUE OF CLASSIFICATION OF RISKS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY OF THE TRANSPORT COMPLEX: LEGAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS

Abstract

The article deals with problematic issues of the typology of risks arising in the process of functioning of elements of the transport complex. Their relevance has increased significantly in the context of the coronavirus pandemic. The author's typology of risks on various grounds is presented. The authors prove their essential importance for ensuring the environmental safety of the transport complex at the present stage. On the basis of application of methods of system-structural and systemic-functional analysis investigated the reason, possible options and likely consequences of the risk of safe functioning of transport complex elements as critical infrastructure of the state. The discussed typology of risks and their prevention will contribute to improving environmental safety in transport, as well as solving the problems of reducing the negative impact of the transport system on the environment. The methodology of the formal dogmatic approach used by the authors allowed us to reveal certain contradictions and gaps in environmental and transport legislation. Comparative legal analysis of the legislation of foreign States helped to identify promising areas for optimizing legal regulation in this area. The proposals formulated by the authors to improve the current legislation are relevant and will contribute to ensuring environmental safety in the functioning of elements of the transport complex, solving a number of problems of an environmental and transport and logistics nature.