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This paper describes the factors that need to be considered when selecting indicators for sustainable transport planning, principles for selecting indicators, and represents an indicator integration methodology. Indicators are very important components for various assessments due to proper decision making, and the end results depend on the accuracy of selecting, integrating and measuring them. The sensitivity ratio between decision makers and planners concerning sustainable transport planning indicators selection and application is not at a desired level and it needs to be improved. This may be as a result of lack of sufficient methodologies for making indicators more practical and understandable from all engaged groups and individuals in transport planning. From this perspective this paper addresses the need for making indicators more understandable and easier to be measured for decision makers, planners and other engaged groups in transport planning. Based on the addressed needs this paper focuses on the differentiation and disintegration of indicators into more functional and easier to be measured indicators. For this purposes this paper proposes an expressive methodology for integration of sustainable transport planning indicators. The empirical evidence has shown the existence of a great number of departments, institutions and agencies carrying out research in the field of transport planning indicators. However there is a lack of appropriate and comprehensive methodology for integration of indicators. In order to assist filling this gap this paper proposes a straightforward methodology which is supposed to provide decision makers and planners with a perceptual tool for proper integration and measurement of sustainable transport planning indicators for use in specific circumstances.

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This paper discusses the correlation between transport and the economy. The rationality of doing this research lies on the need for a clearer definition of transport t o economic development and for the economic growth of a country or a region. The developing economies should plan their transport based on their economic projections and they should avoid the policies based on infrastructure develop ment and transport resources. In order to discuss this assumption in this paper have correlation analysis is used to observe the transport growth and GDP growth in developed and in developing countries using the data from official bureaus and from the recent literature. Furthermo re, the identification of the economic benefits of transport and opposite consequences of transport is performed in order to analyze and compare the gross value of transport in developing and developed economies. To achieve this the correlation analysis is performed. As a result we have projected the differences of increase of GDP and transport in different economies in mid and in long term considering two scenarios.