Coordination between the Transportation Development and Economy Development of Jiangsu Province

This paper analyzes the comprehensive development levels of the transportation and economy of Jiangsu province based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The static and dynamic models of degree of coordination are established. The coordination is evaluated between the transportation development and economy development of Jiangsu in the period from me year 1996 to 2005. The results show that from the year 1996, the coordination between the transportation development and economy development of Jiangsu has some fluctuations. However, those are all kept in a limited range, without any in-coordinate situations. The coordination in year 2005 was in a relatively low level, which shall be paid attention to.