Innovations in Intelligent Transportation Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Innovations in intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) are reshaping how people and goods move across land and air. This Special Issue welcomes original research and high‑quality reviews that advance data‑ and model‑driven methods for the design, management, and operation of transportation networks. Topics of interest include connected and autonomous vehicles, traffic management and control, cooperative and V2X communications, and smart infrastructure, as well as urban/advanced air mobility, airport and terminal operations, and flow‑centric airspace management. Methodological contributions may span optimization (deterministic, stochastic, and robust), simulation and digital twins, uncertainty quantification, sensor fusion, machine learning, and human‑in‑the‑loop decision support. We particularly encourage papers that quantify trade‑offs among efficiency, safety, resilience, capacity, service quality, and environmental impact and that demonstrate real‑world relevance through case studies, experiments, or open datasets. Cross‑domain studies that integrate air traffic management with urban ITSs, or that couple logistics and passenger operations across modes, are especially welcome. The aim is to provide a rigorous and practice‑oriented forum that bridges theory and application, enabling scalable solutions for next‑generation mobility systems. The scope of this Special Issue includes the following topics:

• Intelligent transportation systems (ITSs);
• Traffic management and control;
• Urban/advanced air mobility (UAM/AAM);
• Flow‑centric airspace management (ATM);
• Airport operations optimization;
• Machine learning and digital twins;
• Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV);
• V2X communications (C‑ITS).

Prof. Dr. Ehsan Asadi
Guest Editor

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