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Future Transportation, Volume 6, Issue 3

2026 June - 40 articles

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Articles (40)

  • Review
  • Open Access
838 Views
36 Pages

Prospects for Green Aircraft Critical Technologies and Operational Aspects

  • Luís M. B. C. Campos,
  • Joaquim M. G. Marques and
  • Pedro A. Serrão

The aim of this paper is to give an overview of emerging technologies for the greening of aviation, how they can be applied to different classes of aircraft, and the challenges to be overcome in achieving efficiency and environmental objectives. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Air Transport Challenges and Solutions)
  • Perspective
  • Open Access
1,357 Views
24 Pages

Strategic Imperatives for High-Definition Map Development in the Emerging Autonomous Vehicle Market of Saudi Arabia

  • Kamil Faisal,
  • Wai Yeung Yan,
  • Wenzheng Fan,
  • Man Ho Kwan and ,
  • Mohammed Alamoudi,
  • Alaa Sindi and
  • Yasser Qaffas
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) accelerates its transition toward smart mobility under Vision 2030, establishing a robust digital infrastructure is paramount for the safe deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs). High-definition (HD) maps serve a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
741 Views
33 Pages

Decarbonizing heavy-duty road transport requires comparing zero-emission options to guide infrastructure investments along strategic corridors. This study develops a scenario-based techno-economic model to evaluate hydrogen fuel cell trucks (HFCTs) a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
581 Views
16 Pages

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have significant potential to improve road safety. However, drivers’ perceptions and acceptance of these systems in Thailand have not been explored. This study investigated Thai drivers’ perceptio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Issues in Transport and Mobility, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
654 Views
17 Pages

Medium-sized cities in the Global South are at the center of future urban growth, yet their transportation systems remain dominated by car-dependent trajectories. This paper examines how urban infrastructure shapes inclusive access to active commutin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Transportation and Quality of Life)
  • Article
  • Open Access
886 Views
33 Pages

In heavy-haul railway systems, effective empty railcar distribution (ERD) can optimize composition planning and meet empty railcar requirements (ERRs) at all loading ends, thereby improving the efficiency of train operations. To solve practical chall...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Traffic Simulation, Calibration, and Optimization for Future Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
623 Views
33 Pages

Empty-vehicle repositioning is a persistent challenge in long-haul road freight because carriers must reduce empty mileage without sacrificing service reliability under lead times, appointment windows, and uncertain load realization. This paper formu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,335 Views
19 Pages

Data Quality in Traffic Management: Framework and Real-World Impacts

  • Viktoria Petkani,
  • Dimitris Tzanis,
  • Evangelos Mitsakis,
  • Evangelos Mintsis and
  • Eleni I. Vlahogianni

Effective traffic management relies on the availability of high-quality traffic data to support real-time decision-making for optimizing traffic flow, enhancing safety, and reducing environmental impacts. This study aims to address the lack of integr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Management in Urban Networks)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
887 Views
19 Pages

Railway transport is increasingly recognized as a key pillar of sustainable mobility, offering a low-carbon and energy-efficient alternative to road and air transport and playing a critical role in achieving climate objectives, regional connectivity,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,031 Views
22 Pages

Carbon-neutral ship technologies not only protect the environment but also ensure the maritime sector’s future competitiveness and compliance with international regulations. Therefore, while the transition to carbon-neutral solutions in both po...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Navigating Uncertainty: Advanced Risk Assessment and Resilience in Maritime Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,194 Views
27 Pages

Electric scooters (e-scooters) have rapidly integrated into university transportation networks; however, there is limited empirical understanding of users’ and non-users’ perceptions, which is essential for developing effective and inclus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
919 Views
31 Pages

This study examines which onboard human functions remain essential for crewed ships operating under hybrid autonomous operations with Remote Operation Center (ROC) supervision. As maritime operations transition toward higher levels of autonomy, a cri...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,470 Views
21 Pages

Context-Aware Travel Time Prediction and Route Optimization Using Heterogeneous Traffic and Event Data: A Comprehensive Survey

  • Gianpaolo Ghiani,
  • Emanuele Manni,
  • Valentino Moretto,
  • Sandra De Iaco and ,
  • Monica Palma and
  • Gianluca Romano
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Real-time navigation systems are increasingly used to provide optimal driving routes together with accurate travel time predictions that reflect dynamic urban traffic conditions. Recent advances have focused on integrating structured traffic data fro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
651 Views
33 Pages

Transit accessibility is a critical determinant of urban equity (SDG-11) in the Global South, a term referring to emerging economies characterised by rapid urbanisation and significant infrastructure deficits. A significant ‘compliance–re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
751 Views
27 Pages

Fractal–Episodic Assessment of Ship Control Microvariability for Human-Factor-Aware Navigation Risk Monitoring in Maritime Autonomous Systems

  • Pavlo Nosov,
  • Oleksiy Melnyk,
  • Tomáš Kalina,
  • Martin Jurkovič and ,
  • Oleg Onishchenko,
  • Mykola Malaksiano,
  • Alona Sokol and
  • Petro Nykytyuk
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The rapid development of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) requires advanced data-driven approaches for navigation safety monitoring and human-factor-aware risk analysis. This research proposes a fractal–episodic framework for assessing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technologies, Systems, and Future Challenges in Maritime Autonomy and Smart Ports)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
808 Views
23 Pages

Maritime pilotage is increasingly shaped by decarbonisation, digitalisation, and wider sustainability pressures, yet the integration of sustainability thinking into pilotage training remains insufficiently understood. This study addresses that gap by...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Navigating Uncertainty: Advanced Risk Assessment and Resilience in Maritime Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
767 Views
17 Pages

Socioeconomic and Travel Variables Associated with Subway Commuting for Work or Study in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region

  • Luciana Ferreira Leite Leirião,
  • Vinicius Pazini Leite,
  • Ronan Adler Tavella,
  • Daniela Debone and
  • Simone Georges El Khouri Miraglia

This study investigates associations between socioeconomic and travel variables among users of the São Paulo metro, focusing on travels made for work and study purposes, which are expected to reflect regular commuting patterns, and identifies...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Transportation and Quality of Life)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
491 Views
35 Pages

Driving in snow presents major safety challenges due to reduced visibility and slippery road conditions. Simulation-based tools may help improve hazard awareness; however, their effectiveness depends on how realistically they represent real-world dri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Transportation Infrastructure: Planning and Resilience)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,763 Views
29 Pages

Evaluation Approaches and Indicator Architectures for Smart Urban Mobility in Smart City Contexts: A Review

  • Jorge Becerra-Moreno,
  • Antonio Hurtado-Beltran,
  • Francisco J. Domínguez-Mota and
  • Agustín Guerra

Rapid urbanization has intensified congestion, environmental pressures, and transport inequities, thereby increasing interest in Smart Urban Mobility (SUM) as an approach that combines digital technologies, sustainable transport strategies, and data-...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1,211 Views
29 Pages

Autonomous mobility is reshaping how travel time is perceived, experienced, and monetised. Most existing studies have examined the value of time (VOT), willingness to pay (WTP), comfort and safety perception, digital services, and user perception as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Evolution: Technological, Social and Environmental Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
785 Views
32 Pages

A Scalable Context-Aware STGCN Framework for Real-Time Traffic Forecasting with Residual Correction

  • Panagiotis Karetsos,
  • Viktoria Petkani,
  • Dimitris Tzanis,
  • Evangelos Mintsis and
  • Evangelos Mitsakis

Accurate short-term traffic prediction is a key requirement for modern traffic management systems, yet many existing approaches remain focused on offline evaluation and do not address the challenges of continuous real-time deployment. In this work, w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Management in Urban Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
728 Views
24 Pages

Predicting origin–destination flows in high-density bike-sharing systems remains challenging due to the lack of models that jointly capture temporal dynamics and behavioral variability in urban mobility. In this study, we introduce a spatio-tem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
991 Views
21 Pages

Driver Behavior Profiling Through Jerk Dynamics and Statistical IMU Descriptors

  • Danut Dragos Damian,
  • Felicia Michis and
  • Luminita Moraru

This study proposes a transparent, data-driven framework for behavior recognition based exclusively on IMU measurements, hypothesizing that vehicular jerk-based features can help in differentiating driving behavior. Unlike studies relying on direct j...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
399 Views
16 Pages

Pedestrian safety at urban intersections requires risk-aware mechanisms that extend beyond binary collision detection toward comparative prioritization among multiple agents. This study introduces the Intelligent Pedestrian Model (IPM), a reference-n...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,105 Views
25 Pages

Conflict-Based Models for Real-Time Crash Risk Assessment: A State-of-the-Art Review

  • Isaac Ndumbe Jackai II,
  • Steffel Ludivin Tezong Feudjio,
  • Tevoh Lordswill Ndingwan,
  • Olive Dubila Dindze and ,
  • Davide Shingo Usami,
  • Brayan Gonzalez-Hernandez and
  • Luca Persia
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Real-time crash risk assessment is a key component of proactive road safety management, enabling the identification of hazardous conditions within short temporal intervals before crashes occur. Traditional crash-based models are unsuitable for such a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,240 Views
28 Pages

Seasonal Patterns and Future Projections of ADAS and ADS Crashes: A Time-Series Forecasting Study

  • Joydeep Banik,
  • Md Emon Miah,
  • Arman Hossain,
  • Md Sifat Bin Siraj and ,
  • Armana Sabiha Huq and
  • Tiziana Campisi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Automated Driving Systems (ADS) are becoming convenient modes of transportation; however, their safety remains a critical concern as crashes continue to occur. To reveal crash trends and temporal variatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unfolding Road-Related Aspects of Modern Infrastructure in the Future Era of Road Transport)
  • Article
  • Open Access
839 Views
29 Pages

This study examines the determinants of bilateral trade asymmetries between Türkiye and its three main EU partners—Germany, Bulgaria, and Romania—over 2002–2024. Within the gravity framework, bilateral symmetry in trade data im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
703 Views
20 Pages

The transformation of transport is necessary not only for climate change mitigation, but also for increasing competitiveness, developing modern technologies in transport, and improving the well-being and quality of life of the population. This articl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Transport Systems: Integrating Urban Logistics, Environmental Impact, and Climate Resilience)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,220 Views
18 Pages

Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility: A Survey

  • Ang Ji,
  • Xilu Ju,
  • Nieyangzi Liu,
  • Junxian Chen and
  • Zhe Dai

Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) is a critical paradigm for overcoming the limitations of single-vehicle intelligence and enabling coordinated intelligent transportation. To address the lack of systematic reviews towards recent CCA...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Intelligent Transportation Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,718 Views
31 Pages

From BRT to Multimodality: A Cost-Efficiency Comparison of Public Transport Systems in Curitiba and Lisbon

  • Jorge Gonçalves,
  • Fernando Nunes da Silva and
  • Robert de Almeida Marques

This article conducts a thorough comparative analysis of public transport systems in Curitiba and Lisbon, focusing on cost-efficiency and structural performance from the user’s viewpoint. Curitiba is noted for pioneering the BRT model in the 19...

  • Article
  • Open Access
536 Views
24 Pages

Unsignalized intersections involve complex interactions among heterogeneous road users and are associated with elevated safety risks. Although surrogate safety measures derived from high-resolution trajectories enable proactive safety assessment, suc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,124 Views
34 Pages

Hybrid Model-Based Framework for Real-Time Adaptive Traffic Signal Control

  • Bratislav Lukić,
  • Goran Petrović,
  • Žarko Ćojbašić,
  • Dragan Marinković and
  • Srđan Dimić

Real-time traffic signal control represents a key challenge in modern intelligent transportation systems, particularly under highly variable traffic flows and the presence of priority vehicles. This study proposes a hybrid framework for adaptive sign...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Vision Technologies in Traffic Surveillance Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
658 Views
24 Pages

Early-Stage Utility Value Analysis Supported Model-Based Systems-Engineering Design of a Dual-Use Shuttle

  • Armin Stein,
  • Bjarne Käberich,
  • Souhaiel Ben Salem,
  • Raffael Bausch and
  • Thomas Vietor

Growing mobility demand and declining vehicle utilization motivate dual-use vehicles that can alternately transport passengers and freight. This work presents an early-stage utility value analysis to select a baseline concept and integrates it into m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,012 Views
21 Pages

This study proposes a rigorous optimization framework for the design of traffic counting station locations in large-scale highway networks, with specific application to Thailand’s national highway system. A mixed-integer linear programming (MIL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,103 Views
32 Pages

The transition to autonomous driving is creating mixed traffic environments in which human-driven vehicles, partially automated vehicles, and autonomous vehicles must continuously interact, adapt, and respond to one another. This paper presents a com...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,634 Views
19 Pages

Dry Port–Seaport System: A Systematic Review

  • Saida Fellah and
  • Charif Mabrouki

Dry ports are becoming increasingly important elements of port–hinterland transport systems, particularly as maritime gateways face rising congestion, infrastructure pressure, and coordination challenges within global supply chains. As internat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,228 Views
38 Pages

The rapid increase in the number of cars in large cities has made efficient parking management one of the major challenges of urban transportation systems. The present study aims to develop a smart framework for sustainable allocation of parking spac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Parking Allocation for Smart Cities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
898 Views
21 Pages

A Spatio-Temporal Hybrid Multi-Head Attention Model for AIS-Based Ship Trajectory Prediction

  • Yuhui Liu,
  • Xiongguan Bao,
  • Shuangming Li,
  • Chenhui Gu and
  • Qihua Fang

To improve ship AIS trajectory prediction under pronounced spatiotemporal coupling and dynamic maneuvering conditions, this study proposes a Spatio-Temporal-Hybrid-Multi-head Attention model (STHA) integrating multiscale convolution, bidirectional lo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Next-Generation AI and Foundation Models for Transportation Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,411 Views
22 Pages

This study addresses the question of how augmented reality (AR) technologies can be designed and integrated into maritime navigation systems to meet the needs of young navigators within contemporary socio-technical bridge environments. The article is...

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