Innovative Transport Systems: Integrating Urban Logistics, Environmental Impact, and Climate Resilience
A special issue of Future Transportation (ISSN 2673-7590).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 264
Special Issue Editors
Interests: innovative transport systems; city logistics; freight transport by rail and by sea; passenger transport; acoustic capacity of roads; port telematization; transport systems simulation; optimization algorithms
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: physical oceanography and climatology; climate change; sea-level rise; air temperature trends; meteorological and oceanographic data analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Transport systems show a relevant environmental footprint and are a significant cause of climate change. Most responsible for climate change are CO2 emissions, yet transport systems also have an acoustic impact. The environmental footprint of transport systems is especially due to road transport; therefore, combined long-distance freight transport and new solutions for city logistics have been developed. On the other hand, innovative transport systems have been studied, for example, those based on automated vehicles. However, the establishment of innovative transport systems has to overcome some significant legal issues.
This Special Issue focuses on the design and optimization of innovative transport systems for passenger and freight transport, and the analysis of the environmental impacts of transport systems, as well as the consequences of climate change and the legal constraints to the development of innovative transport systems. Topics include, but are not strictly limited to, the following:
- Innovative transport systems for city logistics;
- Intermodal freight transport;
- Passenger transport in urban and low-demand areas;
- Automated and semi-automated vehicles;
- Transport system modelling and simulation;
- Transport demand forecasting;
- Noise and atmospheric emissions of traffic;
- Transport system impact on climate change;
- Strategies for extreme weather event risk reduction and system resilience;
- Legal challenges of autonomous vehicles and liability issues;
- Data protection and privacy concerns in intelligent transport systems;
- Cybersecurity and legal responsibilities in smart transportation;
- International regulation of emerging high-speed transport systems;
- Sustainable transport and environmental compliance in transport law;
- Passenger rights and consumer protection in emerging mobility systems;
- Legal frameworks supporting smart city mobility initiatives;
- Business models of innovative transport systems;
- Transport system economic analysis.
Dr. Alessandro Farina
Dr. Kareem Tonbol
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental footprint of maritime transport
- innovative transport systems
- environmental impact of transport systems
- climate change assessment
- extreme weather event risk reduction
- legal challenges of innovative transport systems
- legal frameworks for smart city mobility initiatives
- business models of innovative transport systems
- transport system economic analysis
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