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 Road Pavements (Deadline: 30 March 2024)
- Carbon Neutralization in Sustainable Port and Shipping (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Sustainable Asphalt Materials and Pavements (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Advances in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Industry Dynamics (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Revolutionizing Blockchain Technology for Smart and Sustainable Transportation and Logistics (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Smart Logistics and Sustainable Transportation: Last-Mile Delivery, Vehicle Routing, and Crowd-Shipping (Deadline: 1 April 2024)
- Sustainable Strategies for Green Ports and Maritime Logistics: Innovations, Challenges, and Best Practices (Deadline: 2 April 2024)
- Thermal Runaway Prognostics and Thermal Management of Li-Ion Batteries in Electric Vehicles (Deadline: 2 April 2024)
- Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Transportation Systems (Deadline: 5 April 2024)
- Solar Energy for Sustainable Maritime Systems (Deadline: 6 April 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation: Logistics and Route Network Aspects (Deadline: 8 April 2024)
- Maritime and Inland Waterways Transportation (Deadline: 10 April 2024)
- Optimization of Sustainable Transport and Logistics Processes (Deadline: 13 April 2024)
- Research on Sustainable Public Transportation System: Behavior, Safety and Planning (Deadline: 14 April 2024)
- Innovative and Sustainable Development of Transportation (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Technological Development, Applications, and Sustainability of Maglev Transportation Systems (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
- Sustainable Urban Transport: Energy Saving and Pollutant Emission Control (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Recent Research on UAM/AAM Aircraft and Systems: Modeling, Advanced Control, and Emerging Technologies (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sustainable Transport Using Inland Waterways (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Application of Emerging Simulation Technologies in Achieving Sustainable Transportation Systems (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Open Urban Mobility for Efficient and Sustainable Transport (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Sustainable Urban Transport Planning (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Smart Cities, Eco-Cities, Green Transport and Sustainability (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- Sustainable Future of Aviation Management and Air Transport Industry (Deadline: 6 May 2024)
- Assessment of Highway Network Performance and Sustainable Traffic Control (Deadline: 7 May 2024)
- Sustainable Cities: Analytical Methods for Studying Urban Mobility and Travel Behavior (Deadline: 11 May 2024)
- Optimization of Sustainable Transport Process Networks (Deadline: 14 May 2024)
- Planning and Optimization of Sustainable Transportation in Smart Cities (Deadline: 16 May 2024)
- The Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality of Global Air-Transport Industry (Deadline: 17 May 2024)
- Green Logistics and Sustainable Economy 2nd Edition (Deadline: 24 May 2024)
- Market Potential for Carsharing Services (Deadline: 25 May 2024)
- Sustainable Traffic and Mobility (Deadline: 28 May 2024)
- Technologies to Accelerate the Transition to Electric Mobility (Deadline: 28 May 2024)
- Development Trends of Sustainable Mobility (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems towards Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Sustainable Maritime Transportation (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Sustainable Eco-Driving: The Development of Connected and Automated Vehicles (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- New Techniques to Promote Sustainable Mobility: Evaluation, Optimization and Behavioral Adaptation (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Green Logistics and Intelligent Transportation (Deadline: 5 June 2024)
- Sustainable Development of Air Transport Management and Airport Operations (Deadline: 7 June 2024)
- Sustainability in the Maritime Transport Research and Port logistics (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Advances in the Development of Resilient, Reliable and Sustainable Transportation Networks (Deadline: 29 June 2024)
- Advances in Active Travel and Transportation Planning in Smart Cities: Past, Present and Future (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Air Quality-Related Sustainable Transportation Planning and Optimization in Smart Cities (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- The Urgency of Decarbonizing the Mobility and Transport System (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation and Data Science Application (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Electromobility for Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Research and Application in Sustainable Asphalt Pavements and Road Construction (Deadline: 18 July 2024)
- Intelligent Systems and Consciousness Society: Sustainable Transportation and Decision Making (Deadline: 18 July 2024)
- Dynamic Traffic Assignment and Sustainable Transport Systems—2nd Edition (Deadline: 18 July 2024)
- Sustainable Transport Research and Railway Network Performance (Deadline: 29 July 2024)
- Decarbonizing Transport by 2035: The Triple Challenge of Meeting Mobility Demand, Reducing Emissions and Adapting to a Changing Climate (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Sustainable Management of Logistic and Supply Chain (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Green Logistics and Sustainable Supply Chain Strategies (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Management (Deadline: 1 August 2024)
- Intelligent Transport Systems and Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 1 August 2024)
- Sustainability Assessments and Implementations in Transport Pavement Infrastructure (Deadline: 5 August 2024)
- Design of Sustainable Supply Chain and Transportation Service Mode (Deadline: 11 August 2024)
- Application of Big Data in Energy-Efficient Management of Rail Systems (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Autonomous Driving, Robotic Computing and Sustainable Transportation (Deadline: 16 August 2024)
- Shared Space for Active Modes and Micromobility: Recent Trends, Methodologies and Policies (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Innovations and Policies Shaping Sustainable Transportation Engineering (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Emissions and Control of Transport-Related Pollutants (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Optimising Air Quality and Health Benefits of Transport Decarbonisation (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Sustainable Road Survey and Maintenance: New Tools, Technologies and Practices (Deadline: 8 September 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation: Electrical Design Automation and Vehicle Navigation (Deadline: 9 September 2024)
- Sustainability and Resilience in Carbon Neutral Mobility and Resilient Transport Infrastructures (Deadline: 10 September 2024)
- New Trends and Technologies for Safe, Green, Low-Carbon and Sustainable Traffic Systems (Deadline: 12 September 2024)
- Digitalization of Urban Freight for Improving Sustainability and Livability (Deadline: 17 September 2024)
- Technologies, Strategies and Modelling Issues for Smart Green Ports Design (Deadline: 24 September 2024)
- Operations and Management for Sustainable and Green Maritime Transportation—2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Advances in Urban Transport and Vehicle Routing (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- The Implications of the Revised IMO GHG Strategy: Evaluating the Role of International Policies, National Action and Corporate Action in Achieving Significant GHG Reductions This Decade (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Behavioural Approaches to Promoting Sustainable Transport Systems (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Inter-urban Zero-Emission Rail Technology: Analyses of Emerging Passenger and Freight Transportation System Retrofits (Deadline: 6 October 2024)
- Sustainable Railway Construction, Operation and Transportation (Deadline: 6 October 2024)
- Emerging Transportation in Sustainable Development Environment: Multi-Modal Transportation and Connected Automated Vehicle (CAV) Technology (Deadline: 10 October 2024)
- Sustainable Strategies for Resilience (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation and Road Safety during Highway Maintenance, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Processes (Deadline: 23 October 2024)
- Advances in Sustainability in Air Transport and Multimodality (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Sustainable Logistics in the New Era (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Selected Problems Arising in the Development of Sustainable Transport Systems (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Sustainable Mobility and Automated Vehicle: Challenges for a Desirable Future (Deadline: 1 November 2024)
- Modeling of Traffic Flow and Sustainable Safety Management for Automated Driving (Deadline: 8 November 2024)
- The Influence of Transport on Global Warming and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 10 November 2024)
- Revolutionizing Road Infrastructure: A Nexus of Bioengineering, Waste Valorization, and Intelligent Systems (Deadline: 15 November 2024)
- Vulnerability and Resilience of Transport Systems under Sustainable Transport Development (Deadline: 18 November 2024)
- Selected Papers from the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality in Transportation Section of the World Transport Convention (WTC) (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Road Safety and Better Mobility in Sustainable Urban Transport (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: Human–Computer Interaction and Intelligent Transportation (Deadline: 5 December 2024)
- Transportation and Sustainable Mobility; Users’ Transitions for a Greener Future (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Sustainable Transportation: Strategies for Enhancing Safety and Reliability (Deadline: 20 December 2024)
- Research on Sustainable Transportation and Urban Traffic—2nd Edition (Deadline: 27 December 2024)
- Sustainable Intelligent Transportation: Cooperative Systems and Vehicle Automation (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)
- 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)
- Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) toward Sustainability (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Sustainable Road Transport System Planning and Optimization (Deadline: 31 January 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)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Accident Prevention and Risk Management for Safe and Sustainable Transportation
- 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 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 Traffic Variation, Development and Analysis under COVID-19 Influence
- 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