The coordinated research of transportation and economic development in China

This paper measured the coordinated degree of transportation and economic development, and made a comparative analysis with the data of 31 provinces in China by the DEA method. The results showed: the coordinated degree of transportation and economic development in China was low, the average support degree of traffic system for economic development was 0.632, and the average degree of economic development for transportation was 0.753. From the three regions of east, center and west, the coordinated degree of transportation and economic development in eastern region was higher than that in the midwest.