What is Transportation Corridors | IGI Global (2024)

It is a geographical line that connects two points within the scope of freight and passenger transport using one or more transport modes. National for those who connect the dots within the same country; Those connecting points within different countries are called international transport corridors. Priority transport corridors with high capacity and quality, with a variety of transport modes are called main (core) transport corridors. Corridors that connect the main transportation corridors to each other and reach different endpoints are called intermediate or branch corridors. The fact that there is only one highway between two points does not make this a transportation corridor. There must be a variety of different transport modes for different types of freight.

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Economic Opportunities in One Belt One Road (OBOR) Project and Turkey's Position

İlteriş Turan (Uf*ck University, Turkey) and Güner Koç Aytekin (Uf*ck University, Turkey)

Abstract

After a short time from the discovery of silk by China, it had become a status symbol in the world, and it reached up to the Roman Empire. This created trade routes and they were called the “Silk Road.” The goods that came to the Mediterranean through this historical trade route were distributed to the world through Mediterranean ports. However, invention of compass by China paved the way for geographical discoveries and new trade routes were found as a result of these discoveries. These developments reduced importance of the Silk Road. Approx. 500 years later, China became a manufacturing center as a result of its trade with the West. This situation reminded China of the “Historic Silk Road,” and they announced the project under the name of One Belt One Road to the world in 2013, which is essentially a modern version of the “Historic Silk Road.” Economic Opportunities In Obor Project will be analysed in this study.