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Transportation and Sustainable Mobility; Users’ Transitions for a Greener Future

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 4316

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Béatrice Cahour

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Guest Editor
C.N.R.S. i3 Lab., Telecom Paris IPP, 91120 Palaiseau, France
Interests: sustainable mobility; user experience; comfort/discomfort in transport modes; carpooling use; carsharing use
Dr. Sonia Adelé

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Guest Editor
COSYS-GRETTIA, University Gustave Eiffel, F-77447 Marne-la-Vallée, France
Interests: sustainable mobility; mobility behaviors; acceptance and use; user experience; naturalistic decision-making; ICT impacts

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The transition to environmentally friendly mobility inevitably requires users to adopt sustainable modes of transport: soft modes such as cycling and walking, public transport, shared cars (carpooling, car sharing, shared taxi), and electric vehicles (two-wheelers, small cars). Users’ acceptance of these modes is not self-evident and must be built up. This Special Issue will consider the obstacles, advantages and levers of these sustainable modes of transport from the perspective of users, and will reveal how transitions towards a more ecologically virtuous future can be made; this will take into account users' positive or negative perceptions, reluctance, acceptance factors, discomforts and expectations. These studies will focus on acceptability and users’ experiences of these modes, or the experience of transitions towards sustainable modes; they will also cover both current and future modes. Knowledge of these user points of view will help to enhance the design of transport modes, services, incentives and/or infrastructure. These improvements will make it easier for travelers to embrace sustainable mobility and will lead them to reduce their solo use of cars for their usual journeys.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Béatrice Cahour
Dr. Sonia Adelé
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • sustainable mobility modes
  • users’ acceptance
  • users’ experience
  • users’ expectations
  • users’ motivations
  • soft modes
  • shared cars
  • public transport
  • electric vehicles

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Bicycle Simulator Use to Evaluate Safety Risks and Perceptions for Enhanced Sustainable Urban Mobility
by Lama Ayad, Hocine Imine, Francesca De Crescenzio and Claudio Lantieri
Sustainability 2024, 16(22), 9786; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16229786 - 9 Nov 2024
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(1) Background: As cycling gains popularity as a mode of transportation, the frequency of accidents involving cyclists also rises. This has become a major concern for traffic safety, sustainability, and city planning. Identifying the risk factors that contribute to bicycle road accidents remains [...] Read more.
(1) Background: As cycling gains popularity as a mode of transportation, the frequency of accidents involving cyclists also rises. This has become a major concern for traffic safety, sustainability, and city planning. Identifying the risk factors that contribute to bicycle road accidents remains a significant challenge. This study aims to figure out which risk factors make some road segments more dangerous for cyclists than others. (2) Methods: This study introduces the use of a bicycle simulator to test different road segments involving thirty-nine participants. The impact of demographics and some risk factors related to infrastructure were analyzed in terms of their influence on the perceived level of risk through pre- and post-surveys. (3) Results: The findings showed that the bicycle facility type affects the perceived level of risk. Shared-use roads were ranked as riskiest, while separated bike lanes were least risky. Bicycle roads with no separated safety barriers had higher risks. Heavy traffic jams increased danger among cyclists. Women gave higher risk ratings than men. The perceived levels of risk were then compared with the previously developed risk index and they correlated well. (4) Conclusions: This confirms that the risk index can reliably evaluate the degree of risk of each road segment. Full article
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Investigating the Multifaceted Impact of Urban Environment on Winter Green Travel in Cold Regions: An Empirical Study of Shenyang, China
by Yu Du, Xinyao Wang, Chenxi Dou, Yongjian Wu and Jiayi Li
Sustainability 2024, 16(21), 9264; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16219264 - 25 Oct 2024
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Green travel offers significant benefits, including reducing pollution and alleviating traffic congestion. Despite these advantages, green travel is less popular in cold regions, particularly during winter, due to comfort, convenience, and safety concerns. While climate factors are immutable, enhancing the urban environment can [...] Read more.
Green travel offers significant benefits, including reducing pollution and alleviating traffic congestion. Despite these advantages, green travel is less popular in cold regions, particularly during winter, due to comfort, convenience, and safety concerns. While climate factors are immutable, enhancing the urban environment can promote winter green travel. This paper examines the impact of urban environments on residents’ willingness to engage in green travel in cities located in cold regions during winter. Using data from Shenyang, China, a comprehensive structural equation model based on the stimulus–organism–response (S-O-R) theory was constructed, revealing the causal relationships and underlying structure between environmental factors and green travel willingness. The model demonstrates that social, built, natural, and travel environments collectively shape residents’ willingness to engage in green travel, with the social environment emerging as the most impactful factor. Additionally, this study identified two crucial mediating variables, travel perception evaluation and attitude towards green travel, which indirectly influence green travel willingness. This study also identifies nine critical factors—often underappreciated in traditional analyses—that should be prioritised in urban planning. These findings advance the understanding of green travel behaviour in winter cities by illustrating the complex interplay between environmental factors and individual attitudes while providing actionable guidance for fostering supportive social environments and strategically enhancing built and travel environments to promote green travel in cold climates. Full article
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Exploring Psychological Factors Influencing the Adoption of Sustainable Public Transit Considering Preference Heterogeneity
by Gyeongjae Lee, Sujae Kim, Jahun Koo and Sangho Choo
Sustainability 2024, 16(18), 7924; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16187924 - 11 Sep 2024
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Carbon emission reduction strategies are being implemented in the transportation sector by encouraging the adoption of eco-friendly vehicles and introducing demand management policies such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Nevertheless, the efficacy of MaaS in reducing carbon emissions remains uncertain. This study [...] Read more.
Carbon emission reduction strategies are being implemented in the transportation sector by encouraging the adoption of eco-friendly vehicles and introducing demand management policies such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Nevertheless, the efficacy of MaaS in reducing carbon emissions remains uncertain. This study introduces Sustainable Public Transit (SPT) as a public transit alternative consisting of only green modes to promote sustainability. We explore the preferences of SPT in a commuting context, incorporating individual preference heterogeneity in a discrete choice model. We systematically identify the relationship between choice behaviors and individual heterogeneity in alternative attributes and psychological factors stemming from socio-demographic characteristics. The integrated choice and latent variable (ICLV) model with a mixed logit form is adopted, and the key findings can be summarized as follows: Preference heterogeneity is observed in the travel cost variable, which can be explained by characteristics such as the presence of a preschooler, household size, and income. CO2 emissions do not have a statistically significant impact on choices. Furthermore, psychological factors are also explained through socio-demographic characteristics, and it is found that low-carbon knowledge positively influences low-carbon habits. Psychological factors significantly affect choices. Respondents who dislike transfers and prioritize punctuality are less likely to choose SPT, while those who have positive low-carbon attitudes are more likely to do so. Finally, scenario analysis is conducted to forecast mode share based on improvements in SPT alternative attributes and variations in attribute levels. Policy implications are then provided to enhance the acceptability of SPT. Full article
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Examining Commuters’ Intention to Use App-Based Carpooling: Insights from the Technology Acceptance Model
by Wei Kang, Qun Wang, Long Cheng and Meng Ning
Sustainability 2024, 16(14), 5894; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16145894 - 10 Jul 2024
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App-based carpooling is recognized as a solution for sustainable commuting. However, there is currently no widespread acceptance and adoption of app-based carpooling services among urban commuters. The study aims to predict residents’ intention to use app-based carpooling services for commuting trips based on [...] Read more.
App-based carpooling is recognized as a solution for sustainable commuting. However, there is currently no widespread acceptance and adoption of app-based carpooling services among urban commuters. The study aims to predict residents’ intention to use app-based carpooling services for commuting trips based on the extended Technology Acceptance Model, focusing on perceived risk, social influence, and environmental awareness, and further explore whether there are significant gender differences among these influential factors. A questionnaire was created to empirically test the model and a total of 392 valid surveys were collected in Hefei, China. The results confirm that commuter intention was positively affected by perceived usefulness, social influence, and environmental awareness, while it was negatively influenced by perceived risk. Although the effect of perceived ease of use on intention was not significant, it played a role in enhancing commuters’ perceived usefulness of the service. Moreover, gender differences exist regarding the strength of the relationship between environmental awareness and commuter intention. These findings provide practical insights for app-based carpooling providers and transportation departments aiming to promote their services and foster sustainable commuting practices. Full article
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