Current Movement in Sustainable Urban Mobility
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3778
Special Issue Editors
Interests: traffic simulation; human behavior modeling; traffic engineering; pedestrian safety; traffic safety; micromobility; crowd dynamics
Interests: traffic engineering; public transport planning and management; traffic accident; traffic safety; personal mobility vehicles
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Traffic congestion, safety of vulnerable road users, and greenhouse gas emissions have become serious concerns in the urban centers of populated cities. Individual use of cars, particularly for short-distance trips, may largely contribute to such issues. Sustainable modes of transport are being encouraged and promoted in many cities around the world as a strategy to mitigate the negative effects of personal automobile use.
In general, any form of eco-friendly or green transportation is referred to as sustainable transportation. Sustainable means of transportation can offer numerous social, economic, and environmental benefits, e.g., alleviating traffic congestion by reducing the use of single-occupancy vehicles, enhancing safety, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, encouraging active lifestyles, improving health and social connections in urban environments, and so on.
This Special Issue aims to discuss and advance the body of knowledge related to the current trends in sustainable urban mobility. In particular, the planning, designing, operational, and policymaking aspects of sustainable urban mobility will be discussed. Submissions related to any type of sustainable transportation mode, e.g., public transport, shared transport, active mobility, micromobility, electric mobility, etc., will be considered.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles or review articles on the following specific research themes:
- Modeling and simulation of sustainable urban transportation systems
- Role of autonomous and connected vehicles in sustainable urban mobility
- ITS (intelligent transport systems) aspects of sustainable urban mobility
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches in sustainable urban transportation systems
- Big data analytics and data science in sustainable urban mobility
- Novel and advanced data collection and analysis methods related to sustainable urban mobility
- Survey methods and related statistical analyses on user perceptions, preferences, and behaviors
- Safety aspects of sustainable urban mobility
- Optimization techniques in sustainable urban transportation systems
- Life-cycle assessment in the context of sustainable urban mobility
- Environmental impact assessment in the context of sustainable urban mobility
Dr. Charitha Dias
Dr. Hiroaki Nishiuchi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable urban mobility
- sustainable transport
- public transport
- walking
- cycling
- micromobility
- e-scooters
- shared mobility
- carpooling
- ride sharing
- intelligent transport systems (ITS)
- mobility as a service (MaaS)
- electric vehicles
- traffic safety management
- traffic accident analysis
- greenhouse gas emissions in transport
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