Pasquale Colonna, Achille Fonzone 1 The Relationship between Transport and Social-Economic Development: Reading National Data from a New Point of View Submission Date: April 8 th 2002 Word Count: paper 6,089 tables (2) 500 figures (7) 1,750 total 8,339 Pasquale Colonna Dept. of Highways and Transportation Technical University of Bari, Italy v. Re David, 200 – 70125 Bari, Italy Phone: +39.080.596.3388, Fax: +39.080.596.3329 E-mail: colonna@poliba.it Achille Fonzone (corresponding author) Dept. of Highways and Transportation Technical University of Bari, Italy v. Re David, 200 – 70125 Bari, Italy Phone: +39.080.596.3389, Fax: +39.080.596.3329 E-mail: a.fonzone@poliba.it