The Role of Transportation Systems in the Development of More Sustainable Mobility

Dear Colleagues,

The mobility of people and freights is a key factor in the development of our society in both urban and suburban environments. Climate change, caused by vehicle emissions and congestion levels brought about by the massive use of private transport (e.g., cars, motorcycle), requires a strategic, cooperative, and systemic approach in order to promote and encourage sustainable, shared, and resilient mobility.

To achieve this goal, three key issues and their interaction need to be considered and analyzed: (i) infrastructure, (ii) vehicles, and (iii) services. In this way, it will be possible to assess the reduction of both carbon footprint and energy supply and traffic levels (external costs), especially in urban areas.

Measures taken, both at the policy and planning levels, can also mitigate the negative effects of land consumption and fragmentation by offering new scenarios for the integration of mobility systems, ecosystems, and biodiversity.

As for the urban environment, resources and services must be optimized, just as urban spaces must be redesigned to integrate multifunctional and green infrastructure to ensure livability, safety, and sustainability.

However, even for the suburban environment, it is necessary to consider these issues and adopt mobility solutions that meet different user needs while also considering the peculiarities of a given territory (accessibility and transportation demand).

This Special Issue invites scholars to submit research, case studies, and reviews in order to present findings, methods, and models useful in defining what role transportation systems will play in the development of sustainable, shared, and resilient mobility for both people and goods.

Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Transport decarbonization,
• Mobility as a service (MaaS),
• Public and urban transport planning and management,
• Shared Mobility,
• Micro-mobility,
• First- and last-mile delivery,
• Electric vehicles,
• Battery-powered vehicles,
• Hydrogen vehicles,
• Rural and suburban transport planning,
• Demand-responsive transport services (DRT).

Dr. Fabio Borghetti
Dr. Michela Longo
Guest Editors

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• transportation planning
• sustainable mobility
• public transport
• transportation decarbonization
• transportation systems