Towards the Road of Future—Sustainability and Innovation in Pavement Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

The transportation system has the same importance to a country as the arteries, veins, and nerves have to the human body. The road has evolved over the years with the evolution of humanity. In recent decades, the road industry has positively changed to meet the needs of sustainable development and cost reduction. Meanwhile, the technological evolution in other transportation-related industries has been spectacular. Therefore, today’s roads will lag behind these technological, economic, environmental, and societal evolutions if the road industry cannot advance at the same rate. The good news is that several researchers worldwide are working on redefining the road of the future. This road is sustainable, resilient, connected, adaptable, self-healing, a source of energy, smart, and versatile. The ideas proposed in this field will contribute to the efforts towards the road of the future.

This Special Issue focuses on emerging technologies and innovative research that target the development of new materials and solutions towards the road of the future.

Prof. Dr. Hassan Baaj
Dr. Pejoohan Tavassoti
Guest Editors

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Prof. Dr. Hassan Baaj
Dr. Pejoohan Tavassoti
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. Applied Sciences 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.