Towards Sustainable Intelligent Transport Systems: Methods, Modelling, and Insights
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022) | Viewed by 10061
Special Issue Editors
Interests: transport planning; intelligent transport systems; sustainability in transport; network modelling; traffic simulation; machine learning; traffic flow theory; multi-modal transport systems; multi-scale transport models
Interests: traffic flow theory; connected and automated vehicles; intelligent transport systems; traffic simulation; human factors; statistical and econometric modelling; machine learning
Interests: traffic flow theory; intelligent transport systems; microscopic modelling and simulation; human factors in traffic
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Intelligent transport systems (ITS) originally emerged as an answer to maximise the efficiency of existing road/rail transport infrastructure and services. This provides an alternative to creating new, typically more costly, infrastructure and/or services. However, ITS also has the potential to make our current and future transport systems more sustainable. In the best case, the sustainability aspect of ITS is considered as a nice-to-have by-product in both research and practice. However, frequently the aspect of sustainability is hardly considered at all. This is unfortunate since there are a plethora of ways ITS can help governments/project developers reach increasingly stringent sustainability goals.
In this special issue, we focus on pointed research, ideally focusing on one particular finding or aspect, that highlights potential or realised synergies between ITS and sustainability. This synergy can take on many forms, but we particularly welcome papers that explicitly consider sustainability aspect in ITS in the context of:
- Traffic management
- Mobility management and Mobility as a service (MAAS) in particular
- Impact of electrification, in both private and public transport fleets
- Impact of connected and/or autonomous vehicles, in both private and public transport
- Inclusion of non-motorised/active modes
- Human factors in ITS for sustainable transportation
- ITS for traffic safety and sustainability
- Insights and future directions on ITS and sustainability (review papers)
Some suggested sustainability aspects that would be welcomed as topics of analysis are:
- Direct/Indirect emissions, and or pollution
- Inclusion/promotion of active modes, non-motorised modes
- Types of propulsion (combustion, electric, fuel cell, etc.)
- Private vs public vs shared modes, or multi-modal perspectives and impacts
We especially encourage concise submissions with a clear and focussed topic that have a methodological or modelling component.
Special issue specific restrictions:
- Word limit: no more than 8,000 words
- Excluding: title page, figures, abstract, equations, and appendices
- Including: Main text, references
Dr. Mark Raadsen
Dr. Yasir Ali
Dr. Anshuman Sharma
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- sustainable public transport
- transport modelling
- sustainable MAAS
- future transport systems
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.
