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Sustainability and Equity in Traffic and Transportation Management and Planning: Application and Optimization Perspectives

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 14032

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Giulio Erberto Cantarella

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Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: transportation systems analysis; transportation supply design; traffic analysis and control
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Prof. Dr. Michele Ottomanelli

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Department of Civil, Environmental, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: transportation planning; transportation network design; sustainable mobility; bike-sharing systems design and management; equity and accessibility in transportation; users choice behaviour; uncertainty in transportation; travel demand estimation
Prof. Dr. Mario Binetti

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Department of Civil, Environmental, Building Engineering, and Chemistry， Polytechnic University of Bari, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: transport planning, traffic assignment, smart mobility, electric mobility

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Agenda 2030 of the United Nations has marked the objectives to foster the sustainable development of our planet. Most of this objective can be achieved with the contribution of proper transportation policies considering the effect on the environment, on the quality of life of future cities and on social inclusion.

This special issue aims at collecting papers focusing on planning and management methods and application related to sustainability and equity of transportation systems with emphasis on the quantitative issues.

It welcomes original research and reviews on the following topics, but not limited to:

  • Application and Optimization in traffic models
  • Mobility and liveability in Urban Contexts
  • Design and management of transport systems
  • Equity and accessibility
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Transport and the environment
  • Transport and Land Use
  • ICT for sustainable mobility

Prof. Giulio Erberto Cantarella
Prof. Michele Ottomanelli
Prof. Mario Binetti
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Traffic modelling
  • Transport planning
  • Equity
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Land use
  • Accessibility

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Effect of Road Traffic on Air Pollution. Experimental Evidence from COVID-19 Lockdown
by Riccardo Rossi, Riccardo Ceccato and Massimiliano Gastaldi
Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 8984; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218984 - 29 Oct 2020
Cited by 78 | Viewed by 8121
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The increasing concentration of human activities in cities has been leading to a worsening in air quality, thus negatively affecting the lives and health of humans living in urban contexts. Transport is one of the main sources of pollution in such environments. Several [...] Read more.
The increasing concentration of human activities in cities has been leading to a worsening in air quality, thus negatively affecting the lives and health of humans living in urban contexts. Transport is one of the main sources of pollution in such environments. Several local authorities have therefore implemented strict traffic-restriction measures. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness and limitations of these interventions, by analyzing the relationship between traffic flows and air quality. The used dataset contains concentrations of NO, NO2, NOx and PM10, vehicle counts and meteorology, all collected during the COVID-19 lockdown in the city of Padova (Italy), in which severe limitations to contain the spread of the virus simulated long and large-scale traffic restrictions in normal conditions. In particular, statistical tests, correlation analyses and multivariate linear regression models were applied to non-rainy days in 2020, 2018 and 2017, in order to isolate the effect of traffic. Analysis indicated that vehicle flows significantly affect NO, NO2, and NOx concentrations, although no evidence of a relationship between traffic and PM10 was highlighted. According to this perspective, measures to limit traffic flows seem to be effective in improving air quality only in terms of reducing nitrogen oxide. Full article
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On-Demand Flexible Transit in Fast-Growing Cities: The Case of Dubai
by Nadia Giuffrida, Michela Le Pira, Giuseppe Inturri, Matteo Ignaccolo, Giovanni Calabrò, Blochin Cuius, Riccardo D’Angelo and Alessandro Pluchino
Sustainability 2020, 12(11), 4455; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12114455 - 30 May 2020
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Increase in city population and size leads to growing transport demand and heterogeneous mobility habits. In turn, this may result in economic and social inequalities within the context of rapid economic growth. Provision of flexible transit in fast-growing cities is a promising strategy [...] Read more.
Increase in city population and size leads to growing transport demand and heterogeneous mobility habits. In turn, this may result in economic and social inequalities within the context of rapid economic growth. Provision of flexible transit in fast-growing cities is a promising strategy to overcome the limits of conventional public transport and avoid the use of private cars, towards better accessibility and social inclusion. This paper presents the case of Dubai (UAE), where a demand responsive transit service called MVMANT (a company based in Italy) has been tested in some low demand districts. The contribution of this work relies on the use of an agent-based model calibrated with Geographic Information System (GIS) real data to reproduce the service and find optimal configurations from both the perspective of the transport operator and the community. Different scenarios were simulated, by changing the vehicle assignment strategy and capacity, and comparing MVMANT with a ride-sharing service with smaller vehicles. Results suggest that route choice strategy is important to find a balance between operator and user costs, and that these types of flexible transit can satisfy transport demand with limited total costs compared to other shared mobility services. They can also be effective in satisfying fluctuating demand by adopting heterogeneous fleets of vehicles. Finally, appropriate planning and evaluation of these services are needed to fully explore their potential in covering the gap between low-quality fixed public transport and unsustainable private transport. Full article
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