Analysis in Urban Public Transportation Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 18416
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban planning; transportation planning and modeling; geographic information systems; sustainability; public policy and administration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainability is not a new concept. Yet, sustainability in public transportation has a new connotation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the associated social tension, digital divide, as well as other crises. Public transportation in China, the US and other countries was profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of modal share, passenger volume, origin–destination travel time, vehicle frequency, social distancing, and safety concerns. The survivability and sustainability of public transportation has been called into question.
In recognition of this timely and urgent issue, this Special Issue intends to provide an in-depth analysis on sustainability in public transportation along several dimensions, namely, planning and policy, financing and economics, technologies and big data, sociodemographics, modal and international case studies, etc. Based on these theoretical and empirical studies, some policy and planning recommendations may be put forward.
This Special Issue is centered on the analysis of urban public transportation sustainability in the contexts of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, rising social tension, rapid population aging, and new technological revolution. The topic, though old, has new contents and is becoming more complicated due to the rapidly changing circumstances. Topics include but are not limited to:
• Planning and policy of sustainable public transportation;
• New technologies for sustainable public transportation in the era of big data;
• The impact of COVID-19 on the sustainability of public transportation;
• Innovative financing and sustainable public transportation;
• Aging and elder-friendly sustainable public transportation;
• Racial equity and socio-environmental justice associated with public transportation;
• New methodologies and case studies.
Prof. Dr. Xueming (Jimmy) Chen
Prof. Dr. Suwei Feng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- urban public transportation
- COVID-19
- aging
- new technologies