運輸研究A部分包含了所有客貨運輸模式的一般興趣論文：政策分析、制定和評估；規劃；與政治、社會經濟和物理環境的互動；運輸系統的設計、管理和評估。從任何學科或角度探討主題：經濟學、工程學、社會學、心理學等。包括案例研究、調查和解釋性論文，以及有助于統一該領域或理解不同系統的比較方面的文章。還發表了評估社會或政治框架內技術創新范圍的論文。期刊是國際性的，它同樣強調工業化和非工業化地區的問題。A部分的目標和范圍是對運輸研究B部分—方法論、C部分—新興技術和D部分—運輸和環境的補充。第E部分—物流和運輸審查。第F部分—交通心理學和行為學。成套設備是目前交通科學研究中最具凝聚力和綜合性的參考。

Transportation Research-Part A contains papers of general interest in all passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with the political, socioeconomic and physical environment; design, management and evaluation of transportation systems. Topics are approached from any discipline or perspective: economics, engineering, sociology, psychology, etc. Case studies, survey and expository papers are included, as are articles which contribute to unification of the field, or to an understanding of the comparative aspects of different systems. Papers which assess the scope for technological innovation within a social or political framework are also published. The journal is international, and places equal emphasis on the problems of industrialized and non-industrialized regions.Part A's aims and scope are complementary to Transportation Research Part B- Methodological, Part C-Emerging Technologies and Part D-Transport and Environment. Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review. Part F-Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. The complete set forms the most cohesive and comprehensive reference of current research in transportation science.