Review article

This paper examines the issues of studying the theory of patterns of transport behavior of population,decision support systems for passenger travel in terms of identifying patterns of such behavior, their classification and clustering. It is concluded that there is a need for a generalized representation of transport behavior, and, consequently, its pattern, in the form of logical models or in the form of trajectories in the corresponding spaces. There is established an interrelation of pattern theory with the theory of self-organized criticality, synergetics, and complexity theory, and patterns are considered as the dynamics of a network of transport elements` state parameters and a transport system of individual transportations. The methodology of studying and constructing patterns of transport behavior is presented.