Conceptual basis for assessment of effects of magnetic levitation-based high-speed transport systems projects development

New economy forms a new value of transport service, in which the cost of time is becoming the most important factor in substantiation of investment decisions. Aim: the aim of the work is to form the methodological basis and procedures of economic substantiation of magnetic levitation based transport. Methods: the research builds on economic laws (keeping integration and high revenues) describing a new economic paradigm, methods of analysis of reason-and-consequence relation between speed and maximum revenue. The conclusions are based on representative summary of data about investment, operational and organisational costs of existing and designed high-speed lines. Results: design of a two-dimensional matrix of combination of maglev technologies with modular intermodal configuration, which enables building a scheme of economic assessment using rules of modular and architectural innovations’ combination. Consequently, the assessment process for transportation pricing from the point of view of maximum revenues for manufacturers and due mobility for population.