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Today's Urban Mobility: Experiences from COVID-19 Current Trends and New Perspectives

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 3092

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Chiara Colombaroni

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Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Interests: transportation planning; transport network calibration and modeling; driver behavior modeling; road traffic control
Prof. Dr. Gaetano Fusco

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Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Interests: transportation planning; transport network calibration and modeling; driver behavior modeling; road traffic control
Dr. Natalia Isaenko

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Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Interests: transportation planning; transport network calibration and modeling; driver behavior modeling; road traffic control

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The dramatic COVID-19 epidemic has highlighted how health aspects, timely diagnosis, and adequate patient care are crucial for people's lives and has shown that controlling mobility is equally essential for preventing the infection and disease of many other people and avoiding an exponential spread of the virus.

In the lockdown phase, monitoring people's movements was fundamental to prevent the spread of the virus; however, it was equally important to analyze the mobility patterns that were profoundly modified in the spatial and temporal distribution, in the choice of the transport mode and in the mobility behavior within the mode.

Researchers from all disciplines must adapt their models, methods, and tools to support decision-makers on coronavirus emergency days.

They focused on data available for monitoring, which have been used to carry out transport analytics both for private and public transport and to set up new transport policies.

The objective of this Special Issue is to collect contributions related to

  • Impacts of COVID-19 and anti-pandemic policies on urban transport
  • New policies on urban mobility in the post COVID-19 Era
  • Traveler's mobility behavior after COVID 19 pandemic
  • Design of monitoring and control systems for public transport during and after the phases of the pandemic spread
  • New strategies of urban freight distribution inspired by COVID-19 lockdown restrictions
  • Impacts of COVID-19 on transport demand, energy, and environmental impact due to transport
  • Micro-mobility and the latest trends of urban mobility in the post-COVID-19 era
  • Intelligent Transport Systems for mobility monitoring in pre, during, and post-pandemic era
  • Economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban transit companies
  • Impacts and opportunities after pandemic era for sustainable mobility

Dr. Chiara Colombaroni
Prof. Dr. Gaetano Fusco
Dr. Natalia Isaenko
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • urban mobility
  • transport policies
  • transport analytics
  • transport modelling
  • environmental impacts
  • sustainable mobility
  • big-data

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A Bus Network Design Model under Demand Variation: A Case Study of the Management of Rome’s Bus Network
by Andrea Gemma, Ernesto Cipriani, Umberto Crisalli, Livia Mannini and Marco Petrelli
Sustainability 2024, 16(2), 803; https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020803 - 17 Jan 2024
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This paper proposed a methodology to design bus transit networks that can be consistently adjusted according to demand variations both in level and distribution. The methodology aims to support the activities of service providers in optimizing the service capacity of the bus network [...] Read more.
This paper proposed a methodology to design bus transit networks that can be consistently adjusted according to demand variations both in level and distribution. The methodology aims to support the activities of service providers in optimizing the service capacity of the bus network according to a system-wide analysis. It stems from the changes imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Such an experience has imposed a rethinking of the methodology used for the optimal design of robust transit network services that are easy-to-adapt to demand variations without redesigning the whole network every time. Starting from an existing model, this design methodology is articulated in two parts: the first part for solving the problem with the maximum level of transit demand, aiming at giving an upper bound to the solution, and the second part, where the network is optimized for other specific transit demands. This method has been applied to a real context in the city of Rome, considering two levels of demand taken from COVID-19 experiences. They are characterized by the application of different policies regarding different timings for shopping and schools’ openings as well as by policies on smart working. The results show the effectiveness of the proposed methodology to design robust transit networks suited to comply with large demand variations. Moreover, the procedure is suitable and easy to implement, in order to adapt quickly to changes in demand without having to modify line routes, but adapting them in an optimal way, even when dealing with realistic-sized transit networks. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Today's Urban Mobility: Experiences from COVID-19 Current Trends and New Perspectives)
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Prospective Evaluation of the Public Transport System in the Petrosani Basin
by Sorin Mihailescu
Sustainability 2023, 15(23), 16481; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316481 - 01 Dec 2023
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Public transport is one of the most important functions of a city, which can have a major impact on the elements that support sustainable development: society, the environment and the economy. In order for residents and tourists of the Petrosani Basin to benefit [...] Read more.
Public transport is one of the most important functions of a city, which can have a major impact on the elements that support sustainable development: society, the environment and the economy. In order for residents and tourists of the Petrosani Basin to benefit from a predictable, systematized public transport system with well-established travel times, it is necessary to analyze some current factors and trends regarding public transport in the Petrosani Basin. This prospective study confirms that the use of the public transport system in the Petrosani Basin is decreasing, a decrease mainly associated with the lack of spatial accessibility, comfort and safety for passengers (inappropriate stations, the lack of air conditioning in means of transport, the lack of a modern fare system, the lack of means of information in the stations, etc.) but also with the change in people’s attitudes imposed by the protective measures taken as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However, it should be noted that the public transport system in the Petrosani Basin is strongly influenced by the geographical characteristics of the Petrosani Basin, by the sharp decrease in the population (a negative natural increase and a reduction in the school population) and by the increase in the number of private cars. Full article
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Electrifying Buses for Public Transport: Boundaries with a Performance Analysis Based on Method and Experience
by Bruno Dalla Chiara, Giovanni Pede, Francesco Deflorio and Marco Zanini
Sustainability 2023, 15(19), 14082; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151914082 - 22 Sep 2023
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It is widely expected that electric vehicles will be able to satisfy most road transport needs. The aim of this paper is to provide an answer to how far the electrification of buses used for local public transport can be pursuable through insight [...] Read more.
It is widely expected that electric vehicles will be able to satisfy most road transport needs. The aim of this paper is to provide an answer to how far the electrification of buses used for local public transport can be pursuable through insight into the engineering problems and range, i.e., the autonomy on battery, as well as the efficiency of recharging systems. At first, a wide survey of the main solutions that are present on the market, or foreseen for the near future, concerning the electrification of fleets for LPT is provided. Thereafter, such solutions are compared through numerical applications and by using a practical case study, pertaining to the city of Turin (IT), where static inductive charging has been extensively experienced. Particular attention is paid to engineering problems and to the autonomy on battery of the vehicles as a function of their mass, electric energy storage system, charging opportunities and infrastructure, while comparing the time and efficiency of recharging systems. The authors conclude by recommending the most promising alternatives for battery electric buses while outlining their limits, striving to provide for the literature a research instrument, which is lacking, for delimitating the applicability of electric buses for LPT while outlining the viable solutions. Full article
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