Sustainable Transportation
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
Sustainable transportation studies new methodologies, techniques, and developments that identify, evaluate, and/or solve social, economic, environmental, and climate issues.
From a social and economic point of view, accessibility, equity, social justice, and externalities produced by congestion and accidents are key issues. From an environmental and climate point of view, reduction of pollution, energy consumption, and global warming are very important problems that need to be addressed.
Sustainable mobility research is very dynamic and in recent times has been supported by new technologies in order to achieve even greater results and impacts. Thus, it is very important to study the impacts of current mobility and future mobility, both from the point of view of new modes of transport, as well as emerging tools and policies that are being developed. In this line, it is important to study the impacts of autonomous and connected mobility, as well as support systems that allow us to improve the efficiency and sustainability of our trips.
Other important issues to study are the impacts of sustainable policies, the promotion of active mobility, the use of cleaner and more efficient transport modes, and the improvement in quality of public and other sustainable transport systems.
This section of the journal encourages the submission of articles related to:
- Sustainable mobility planning, policies, and governance
- Methodologies, practices, and policies for achieving behavioral change
- Transport demand management
- Equity, social justice, and gender equality
- Traffic safety
- Global warming
- Carbon-neutral fuel and green mobility
- Electric vehicles
- Renewable energies
- Public transport and transit-oriented development
- Sustainable Cities
- Smart mobility, Smart Cities, and Smart Grids
- New traffic management systems
- Maas—Mobility as a service
- Green logistic
- Freight transport
In this sense, both research papers and review papers on these topics are welcome. In particular, “Sustainable Transportation” welcomes contributions by early-career researchers and propositions for Special Issues on a single, interesting theme in the field of sustainable transportation.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sustainable Maritime Transportation (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems towards Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Selected Papers from the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in Transportation Section of the World Transport Convention (WTC) (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Sustainable Development of Air Transport Management and Airport Operations (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Large-Scale Systems: Sustainable Economy and Transport in the Modern World (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Sustainable Traffic and Mobility (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- From Concept to Reality: The Role of Micromobility in Enabling the 15-Minute City Vision (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Optimization (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics for Sustainability in Tourism (Deadline: 17 December 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation: Strategies for Enhancing Safety and Reliability (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Sustainable Intelligent Transportation: Cooperative Systems and Vehicle Automation (Deadline: 27 December 2024)
- Research on Sustainable Transportation and Urban Traffic—2nd Edition (Deadline: 27 December 2024)
- Transport Safety (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Sustainable Initiatives within the Maritime Sector: Main Challenges and Future Trends (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Advances in the Development of Resilient, Reliable and Sustainable Transportation Networks (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Planning and Optimization of Sustainable Transportation in Smart Cities (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Development Trends of Sustainable Mobility (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Smart Mobility and Sustainable Urban and Rural Transport (Deadline: 1 January 2025)
- Innovative and Sustainable Planning, Control and Optimization Methods for Urban Transportation System (Deadline: 2 January 2025)
- Towards Safe Horizons: Redefining Mobility in Future Transport (Deadline: 8 January 2025)
- Towards Sustainable Urban Transport System (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- Sustainable Urban Mobility Management and Road Behavior of Vulnerable Users (Deadline: 10 January 2025)
- BRICS+: Sustainable Development of Air Transport and Tourism (Deadline: 13 January 2025)
- NEXUS International Conference: Digital and Green Transition in Maritime Ports: Trends and Challenges—DGTMP 2024 (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) toward Sustainability (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Sustainable Transport Research and Railway Network Performance (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Sustainable Road Transport System Planning and Optimization (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Intelligent Systems and Consciousness Society: Sustainable Transportation and Decision Making (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Optimization of Sustainable Transport Process Networks (Deadline: 1 February 2025)
- Advances in Active Travel and Transportation Planning in Smart Cities: Past, Present and Future (Deadline: 1 February 2025)
- Design of Sustainable Supply Chain and Transportation Service Mode (Deadline: 11 February 2025)
- Autonomous Driving, Robotic Computing and Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 16 February 2025)
- Sustainable Urban Development for Transportation Analysis, Smart Cities, and Disaster Resilience (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Next-Generation Roads: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality on the Planning, Design and Management of Sustainable Infrastructures (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Optimising Air Quality and Health Benefits of Transport Decarbonisation (Deadline: 1 March 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 6 March 2025)
- Sustainable Transportation Engineering and Mobility Safety Management (Deadline: 13 March 2025)
- Innovations and Policies Shaping Sustainable Transportation Engineering (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Urban Smart Mobility and Public Transport: Opportunities, Challenges, and Planning (Deadline: 22 March 2025)
- The Nexus Between Decarbonization and Resilience in Shipping and Freight Transport (Deadline: 22 March 2025)
- Sustainable Marine Engineering and Efficient Marine Transportation of Energy (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Research and Application in Sustainable Asphalt Pavements and Road Construction (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Operations and Management for Sustainable and Green Maritime Transportation—2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Intelligent Transport Systems and Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Contribution of Intelligent Transport Systems to Sustainable Development Goals (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Innovative and Sustainable Development of Transportation (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Road Survey and Maintenance: New Tools, Technologies and Practices (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- System Design and Operation in Sustainable Transport Networks (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Sustainable Urban Planning and Transportation Planning in the Face of Autonomous Vehicles (Deadline: 4 April 2025)
- Research on Sustainable Public Transportation System: Behavior, Safety and Planning (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Sustainable Maritime Logistics and Low-Carbon Transportation (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Sustainable Strategies for Green Ports and Maritime Logistics: Innovations, Challenges, and Best Practices (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Sustainable Energy: Circular Economy and Supply Chain Management (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Assessment of Highway Network Performance and Sustainable Traffic Control (Deadline: 6 May 2025)
- Sustainable Intelligent Systems for Infrastructure and Transport: Innovations in Prediction, Detection, and Optimization (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Vulnerability and Resilience of Transport Systems under Sustainable Transport Development (Deadline: 18 May 2025)
- Green Logistics and Sustainable Economy—2nd Edition (Deadline: 24 May 2025)
- Sustainable, Intelligent, Resilient, and Connected Mobility and Transport Services (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Transforming Supply Chain Operations: Circular Economy, Logistics Optimization, and Carbon Footprint Reduction (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Transportation Systems and Infrastructures Planning, Optimization, and Management (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Revolutionizing Road Infrastructure: A Nexus of Bioengineering, Waste Valorization, and Intelligent Systems (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advanced Machine Learning and AI Techniques for Winter Weather Traffic Modelling in Cold Region Highways (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems Applications for Sustainability and Safety (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Application of Data-Driven in Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainability Assessments and Implementations in Transport Pavement Infrastructure (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainable Transportation: Logistics and Route Network Aspects (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Sustainable Transportation: Planning, Design, Construction and Engineering to Promote Economic Efficiency and Social Equity (Deadline: 1 June 2025)
- Sustainable Transportation: Human–Computer Interaction and Intelligent Transportation (Deadline: 5 June 2025)
- Advances in Sustainability in Air Transport and Multimodality (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Transportation Electrification and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Technologies (Deadline: 11 June 2025)
- Transportation and Sustainable Mobility; Users’ Transitions for a Greener Future (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Sustainability of Pavement Engineering and Road Materials (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Sustainable Transportation: Driving Behaviours and Road Safety (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Smart Transport Based on Sustainable Transport Development (Deadline: 6 July 2025)
- Advanced Railway Infrastructures Engineering: Toward Sustainable Transport (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- Sustainable Urban Mobility: Road Safety and Traffic Engineering (Deadline: 16 July 2025)
- Sustainability of the Intelligent Transportation System and Road Safety (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Transportation and Infrastructure for Sustainability (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Sustainable Management of Logistic and Supply Chain (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Autonomous Driving and Intelligent Routing Systems in Sustainable Future Transportation (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Sustainable Enterprise Operation and Supply Chain Management (Deadline: 19 August 2025)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems and Sustainable Multimodal Transport (Deadline: 1 September 2025)
- Sustainable Traffic Flow Management and Smart Transportation (Deadline: 10 September 2025)
- Logistics for Tomorrow: Navigating the Future of Sustainable Distribution (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Driving the Future: Innovations and Challenges in Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Exploratory Railway Track Structure, Railway Operation and Transport in Sustainable Development of Railway Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Logistics for a Resilient Future: Sustainable Approaches to Supply Chain Management (Deadline: 1 October 2025)
- The Innovative Design of Service-Oriented Public Transport: Towards Sustainable Mobility and Travel Habits (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Advances in Urban Transport and Vehicle Routing: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Sustainable Air Transport Management and Sustainable Mobility (Deadline: 21 October 2025)
- Building a Sustainable and Reliable Supply Chain in Collaborative Business (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Sustainable Transport Using Inland Waterways (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Green Logistics and Intelligent Transportation (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Inter-urban Zero-Emission Rail Technology: Analyses of Emerging Passenger and Freight Transportation System Retrofits (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Innovations for Sustainable Multimodality Transportation (Deadline: 16 November 2025)
- Sustainable Development and Application in Autonomous Driving System for Better Mobility (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sustainable Transport System and Mobility in Urban Traffic (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sustainable Urban Mobility and Transportation Planning for Better Resilience (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- New Trends in Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Accident Prevention and Risk Management for Safe and Sustainable Transportation
- Advances in Transportation Planning and Management
- Bicycling Today: Establishing and Learning from the State of the Art
- Emerging Technologies and Sustainable Road Safety
- Life Cycle Assessment of Modern Mobility (Technologies) – Managing the Turnaround
- Methods and Measures to Improve Road Safety and Travel Efficiency in Sustainable Urban Transport Management
- Sustainability in Urban Transportation Planning
- Sustainable and Smart Traffic Variation, Development and Analysis toward Multi-model and Multi-source Data
- Sustainable Freight Transportation System
- Sustainable Maritime Policy and Management
- Sustainable Public Transport in Urban Areas – Optimization, Management and Development
- Sustainable Rail and Metro Systems (Closed)
- Sustainable Transport Economics, Behaviour and Policy
- Sustainable Urban Mobility Project
- Transport Inequalities, Transport Poverty and Sustainability
- Transportation Planning and Public Transport
- Urban Street Networks and Sustainable Transportation