該期刊的主要目的是將運輸經(jīng)濟學領域的研究工作結合起來，以理論與事實相結合的形式進行有機安排。交通經(jīng)濟學面臨的形勢是，舊問題有待解決，新問題由更廣泛的信息和改進的分析方法創(chuàng)造出來的。此外，可以預見的理論內(nèi)部邏輯的發(fā)展和解釋復雜現(xiàn)象（包括經(jīng)濟現(xiàn)象和非經(jīng)濟現(xiàn)象）的新假設的形成，正成為進一步研究的對象，該雜志將成為表達和比較的媒介。在這方面，重要的是要強調這樣一個事實，即運輸經(jīng)濟學準備充分利用聯(lián)合科學的貢獻，并將它們結合起來，以提供更具說服力的現(xiàn)實解釋以及具體問題的解決方案。在這一框架內(nèi)，期刊的貢獻，盡管在立場和文化背景上有所不同，但都將保持嚴格的科學學術標準。從經(jīng)濟學、管理學、工程學、數(shù)學、統(tǒng)計學等任何學科或角度探討主題。

The main aim of the Journal is to bring together the research work being done in the field of Transport Economics and arrange it organically in the form of a synthesis between theory and fact. The situation facing transport economics is one in which old problems remain to be solved and new ones have been created by a wider range of information and improved methods of analysis. In addition, foreseeable development in the internal logic of theories and the formulation of fresh hypotheses to interpret complex phenomena, both economic and non-economic, are becoming the object of further research for which the Journal is intended to be a medium of expression and comparison. It is important in this respect to stress the fact that transport economics is prepared to take advantage of contributions from allied sciences and combine them in providing a more convincing interpretation of realities together with solutions to concrete problems. Within this framework the contributions to the Journal, though differing in standpoint and cultural background, will all be expected to maintain a rigorous standard of scientific scholarship. Topics are approached from any discipline or perspective: economics, management, engineering, mathematics, statistics, etc.