Next-Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems

Dear Colleagues,

The transportation domain is experiencing a profound transformation driven by rapid advancements in Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communication, 5G/6G connectivity, artificial intelligence, edge computing, and digital-twin technologies. The next generation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) is evolving beyond the isolated optimization of vehicles or infrastructure toward a fully integrated, cooperative, and adaptive ecosystem. These systems aim not only to mitigate conventional challenges such as congestion, safety, and emissions but also to support emerging applications in automated driving, cooperative vehicle–infrastructure control, public transit optimization, transportation network modeling, and smart mobility management for sustainable urban development.

This Special Issue seeks to present cutting-edge research that advances next-generation ITSs in terms of communication architectures, sensing and data fusion, intelligent control, coordinated scheduling, cybersecurity and privacy, sustainability, multi-modal integration, data-driven traffic prediction, digital-twin modeling, vehicular and edge intelligence, and cooperative decision making. We welcome contributions including theoretical developments, system design, prototype implementation, simulation and experimental validation, and policy and standardization perspectives. The goal is to provide a multidisciplinary forum that fosters innovative ideas and technologies for building efficient, safe, green, and human-centered transportation infrastructures of the future.

Dr. Yuyan Pan
Dr. Xin Wu
Dr. Fangtong Jiao
Guest Editors

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