Future Transportation

Technologies, Systems, and Future Challenges in Maritime Autonomy and Smart Ports

edited by

Oleksiy Melnyk

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Oleg A. Onishchenko

and Martin Jurkovič

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2243 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime autonomous surface ships; smart ports; autonomous navigation; artificial intelligence; digital twins; port automation; cybersecurity; maritime safety; ship-to-port communication; accident prevention; emergency procedures; regulatory compliance

Traffic Accident Analyses and Road Safety

edited by

Salvador Hernandez

and

Jason Anderson

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1742 | Submission Open

Keywords: traffic safety; crash analysis; severity modeling; human factors; speed management; big data analytics; policy evaluation; active transportation; freight safety; telematics data

Data-Driven Traffic Management and Sustainable Infrastructure Under Adverse Weather Conditions

edited by

Hyuk Jae Roh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 741 | Submission Open

Keywords: winter road maintenance; traffic reduction; critical thresholds; data-driven insights; resource allocation; sustainable infrastructure; vehicle-type response; weather-responsive traffic management; machine learning; AI; climate resilience

Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Air Mobility in Next-Generation Transportation Systems: Progress, Methods and Challenges

edited by

Zihe Zhang

,

Jiaqi (Jackey) Gong

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Weike Lu

and Sagar Dasgupta

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles (AVs); urban air mobility (UAM); behavior modeling and technology adoption; traffic and mobility simulation; computer vision for transportation systems; transportation cybersecurity; connected and autonomous systems; cellular vehicle to everything communication (C V2X); traffic modeling and network analysis

Unfolding Road-Related Aspects of Modern Infrastructure in the Future Era of Road Transport

edited by

Konstantinos Gkyrtis

and Alexandros Kokkalis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17922 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical road environment; pavement materials and structures; environmental aspects of road pavements; smart systems and nondestructive testing for roadways; future road design and infrastructure resiliency

Transforming Airport Operations: Sustainable Multimodal Integration for the Future of Air Transport

edited by

Iyad Alomar

, Adham Elmenshawy and Ali Arshad

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2397 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal transportation; airport operations; sustainable mobility; mobility-as-a-service (MaaS); smart infrastructure; decarbonization; public transit integration; urban air mobility (UAM); digitalization in transport; transportation planning

Navigating Uncertainty: Advanced Risk Assessment and Resilience in Maritime Transportation Systems

edited by

Hanwen Fan

and

Lingye Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2044 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime safety; climate risk; maritime big data; uncertainty modeling; resilience assessment; geopolitical conflicts; alternative route analysis

Advancements in Traffic Simulation, Calibration, and Optimization for Future Transportation Systems

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submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1503 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation; traffic simulation; traffic flow; digital twins; big data; sustainable transportation

Safety Evaluation of Automated Driving Systems: Driving Behavior Analysis, Risk Assessment, and Mixed-Traffic Interactions

edited by Dongjie Wang, Chenzhu Wang, Renteng Yuan and

Shengxuan Ding

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: automated driving system (ADS) safety evaluation; driving behavior analysis and modeling; surrogate safety measures; crash, conflict, and risk analysis; scenario-based generation and testing; mixed traffic and human–ADS interaction; trajectory prediction and behavior modeling; connected and automated vehicles (CAV); physics-informed machine learning for traffic safety; vulnerable road user safety; driver state, trust, and takeover behavior; artificial intelligence and data-driven methods for transportation safety

Advances in AI-Driven Sustainable and Intelligent Logistics

edited by Mi Gan,

Hao Yu

and

Dandan Li

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; urban logistics; drones, underground systems and multimodal logistics; reverse logistics; sustainable freight; reverse logistics

Machine Learning for Sustainable Planning and Modelling in Future Smart Transportation System

edited by

Raj Mani Shukla

and

Lakshmi Babu-Saheer

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 39494 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart transportation; sustainability; artificial intelligence

Innovation, Energy Transition and Safety Challenges in Road and Rail Transport Systems

edited by

Isidoro Russo

and

Gianluca Genovese

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 914 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable mobility; road transport; alternative propulsion systems; electric and hydrogen vehicles; safety and resilience; accident and fire analysis; risk assessment; dangerous goods transport; road material combustion; firefighting systems; concrete spalling; tunnels and enclosed infrastructures

Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Integration for Sustainable Transportation

edited by

Ahmad Mohsenimanesh

and

XiaoYu Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicles; renewable energy integration; EV charging infrastructure; level 2 charging; DC fast charging; smart charging; load forecasting; distribution networks; energy storage; multi-unit residential buildings; public charging reliability; fleet electrification; cold climate charging; techno-economic analysis

Behavioral Changes and Demand Forecasting in Digitalized Urban Mobility and Logistics

edited by

Elvira Maeso-Gonzalez

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Jesús González-Feliu

and

María Isabel Olmo-Sánchez

submission deadline 29 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1655 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobility digitalization; artificial intelligence in transport; urban and rural mobility; urban and rural logistics; freight transport; transport and logistics equity; smart cities; digital twins; demand forecasting; big data in transport and logistics; accessibility; machine learning

Transportation Infrastructure: Planning and Resilience

edited by

Ling Xu

, Yan Yuan and

Song Xu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3630 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation infrastructure planning; infrastructure resilience; climate-adaptive transportation; transportation risk mitigation; smart infrastructure; multimodal transportation resilience; post-disaster infrastructure recovery; resilience assessment framework

Innovative Transport Systems: Integrating Urban Logistics, Environmental Impact, and Climate Resilience

edited by

Alessandro Farina

and

Kareem Tonbol

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6790 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental footprint of maritime transport; innovative transport systems; environmental impact of transport systems; climate change assessment; extreme weather event risk reduction; legal challenges of innovative transport systems; legal frameworks for smart city mobility initiatives; business models of innovative transport systems; transport system economic analysis

Future of Vehicles (FoV2026)

edited by

István Lakatos

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Zoltán Weltsch

and Leticia Pekk

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 725 | Submission Open

Keywords: future of vehicles; sustainable mobility; autonomous driving; connected vehicles; vehicle-to-everything; artificial intelligence; advanced driver-assistance systems; electric vehicles; alternative powertrains; smart infrastructure; intelligent transportation systems; technology management

Sustainable Transport: Safer, Greener, and More Efficient

edited by

Stjepan Lakušić

, Ivo Haladin and

Katarina Vranešić

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable transport; road safety; rail transport; railway infrastructure; vulnerable road users; micromobility; environmental noise; air quality; decarbonization; climate-resilient infrastructure; circular economy; intelligent transport systems; multimodal mobility; digital twin; IoT-based condition monitoring

Digital Twin-Enabled Safe Operation of Smart Highways: Technologies and Applications

edited by Yinli Jin

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: operational optimization; highway; parallel systems; artificial intellegence; parallel deduction; solution test; control system

Future Air Transport Challenges and Solutions

edited by

Vittorio Di Vito

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6567 | Submission Open

Keywords: future air transport; automation and autonomy; sustainable aviation; urban air mobility (UAM); innovative air mobility (IAM); air traffic management (ATM); unmanned traffic management (UTM); advanced propulsion systems; artificial intelligence (AI) in aviation; detect and avoid (DAA) systems; system-of-systems integration; autonomous aircraft and drones; higher airspace operations (HAO); single-pilot operation (SPO); small air transport (SAT)

Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Intelligent Transportation Systems

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submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3518 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); artificial intelligence; big data analytics; computer vision; multi-sensor data fusion; vehicle trajectory analysis; surrogate safety measures; traffic risk assessment; connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and V2X; digital twins for transportation

Data-Driven Traffic Safety: Multi-Source Data (LiDAR/GIS) Applications and Analytical Approaches

edited by

Huaguo Zhou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-driven traffic safety; emerging data; LiDAR; GIS; drone-based data; machine learning; computer vision; spatiotemporal analysis; surrogate safety measures; traffic safety analytics

Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Framework for Traffic Safety Analysis

edited by

Gülay Demir

and Srinivas Pulugurtha

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuzzy MCDM; traffic safety analysis; type-2 fuzzy sets; black spot identification; driver behavior modeling; hesitant fuzzy logic; accident severity prediction; urban mobility risk assessment

New Challenges in Road Safety Infrastructure Management

edited by

Stergios Mavromatis

,

George Yannis

and Yasser Hassan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety performance evaluation; infrastructure resilience; climate change adaptation; proactive safety management; digital twins; connected infrastructure; data-driven decision making

Deep Learning Models for Dynamic Real-World Graphs and Road Networks

edited by Muhammad Farhan and

Henning Koehler

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: dynamic graphs; road networks; graph neural networks (GNNs); representation learning; spatio-temporal learning; transportation networks; traffic forecasting; route planning and optimization; intelligent transportation systems; foundation models for transportation; dynamic graph learning

Intelligent Vision Technologies in Traffic Surveillance Systems

edited by

Wei Zhou

,

Weijie Yu

and

Liyang Hu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1779 | Submission Open

Keywords: computer vision; video analytics; traffic surveillance; intelligent transportation systems; object detection and tracking; anomaly and incident detection; 3D scene understanding; cooperative perception

Road Design for Road Safety and Future Mobility

edited by

Andrea Paliotto

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Adriano Alessandrini

and Monica Meocci

submission deadline 25 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2650 | Submission Open

Keywords: innovative road design; autonomous vehicles; intelligent transport systems; design for VRU; network safety assessment; automation ready assessment; simulation for design

Enabling the Low-Altitude Economy: Technologies and Infrastructures for Scalable Operations of Emerging Air Mobility

edited by

Wei Dai

,

Bizhao Pang

, Kin Huat Low and

Qianyu Liu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 698 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-altitude economy (LAE); air traffic management (ATM); unmanned traffic management (UTM); urban air mobility (UAM); advanced air mobility (AAM); flying vehicle; communications, navigation and surveillance; vertiport

Maritime Transportation Accident Analysis

edited by

Bulut Ozan Ceylan

and

Emre Akyuz

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1368 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime accident analysis; maritime safety; ship accidents; marine engineering systems; ship machinery systems; engine room operations; technical failures; operational risk; accident investigation; human factors; human reliability analysis; socio-technical systems; system-based accident analysis; systemic safety approaches; probabilistic risk modelling; data-driven safety analysis; automation and control systems; smart shipping; autonomous vessels; maritime operations; collision and grounding accidents; fire and explosion; safety management; decision support systems

Intelligent Last-Mile Logistics and Autonomous Delivery Systems in Cities

edited by

Stefan Jovčić

and

Momčilo Dobrodolac

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent last-mile logistics; city logistics; autonomous delivery systems; sustainability; urban last-mile delivery solutions

Autonomous Last-Mile Logistics Under Uncertainty: Learning, Optimization, and Techno-Economic Viability

edited by

Sumbal Malik

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous last-mile logistics; uncertainty-aware decision-making; machine learning; stochastic and robust optimization; hybrid delivery fleets; dynamic routing and scheduling; techno-economic analysis

Next-Generation AI and Foundation Models for Transportation Systems

edited by

Yun Ye

,

Jiemin Xie

and

Pengpeng Xu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1675 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in transportation; foundation models; intelligent transportation systems; smart mobility

Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Management in Urban Networks

edited by

Igor Betkier

,

Mateusz Oszczypała

and Aleksander Sobota

submission deadline 15 Apr 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4377 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems (ITS); urban traffic management; smart mobility; traffic signal control; connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs); artificial intelligence in transport; V2X communication; traffic flow optimization; urban road networks; sustainable transportation

Paradigm Shifts in Transport Planning: From Four-Step Models to Agent-Based Simulation

edited by Yadi Zhu, Zhipeng Zhang and Rui Yue

submission deadline 20 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 851 | Submission Open

Keywords: transport planning; agent-based simulation; activity-based modeling; four-step model; public transit networks; discrete choice modeling; travel behavior; network resilience

Machine Learning and Spatial Modeling for Traffic Safety: Crash Risk, Injury Severity, and Contributing Factors

edited by

Zihe Zhang

,

Xiaobing Li

, Yonggang Wang,

Yangsong Gu

and

Changshuai Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2503 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; spatial modeling; traffic/transportation safety; crash risk; injury severity; spatial machine learning; explainable methods

Transportation Planning and Safety Management

edited by

Ömer Kaya

and

Ilgın Gokasar

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 690 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation planning; traffic safety management; road safety; crash risk assessment; GIS-based spatial analysis; micro mobility safety; vulnerable road users; intelligent transportation systems; artificial intelligence in transportation; machine learning in transportation; computer vision; generative AI; digital twins; decision-support systems; sustainable mobility; resilient transport infrastructure; public transport safety; electric mobility; shared mobility; transport policy

Intelligent Shipping and Smart Maritime

edited by Zhi Yuan,

Ke Zhang

, Yi Liu, Zhao Liu and

Mingyang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent shipping; smart maritime; maritime autonomous surface ships (MASSs); smart ports; maritime big data; intelligent collision avoidance; vessel trajectory prediction; green shipping; AI-driven maritime supervision; maritime digitalisation

Maritime Accident Investigation and Prevention

edited by Huanxin Wang and

Srdjan Vujicic

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime accident investigation; maritime risk assessment and safety prevention; accident causation models; maritime human‑centered safety; safety culture in shipping; emergency response and evacuation; autonomous ship safety; maritime cyber security; multi-source data fusion

The Future of Maritime Transportation: Multi-Agent Systems in Smart Shipping

edited by

Çağlar Karatuğ

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-agent systems; decentralized control systems; maritime autonomous surface ships (MASSs); autonomous navigation; smart shipping; smart ports; artificial intelligence; decision-support systems; system safety and reliability; ship energy efficiency; maritime decarbonisation; smart propulsion control; predictive maintenance; condition monitoring; fault detection and diagnosis; cyber–physical maritime systems; cyber security

Autonomous Vehicles and Road Safety: From Simulation to Real-World Impact

edited by Austin Valentine Angulo and Zilin Bian

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; connected vehicles; road safety; advanced driver assistance systems; decision-making algorithms; sensor fusion; vulnerable road users; human–machine interactions; safety performance

Emerging Issues in Transport and Mobility, 2nd Edition

edited by

Andrew Morris

and

Jo Barnes

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 925 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicle automation; human–machine interaction; vulnerable road user safety; driver state and fitness to drive; driver workload and task demand; interaction of (partly) automated vehicles with vulnerable road users; human factors in mixed traffic conditions; older drivers/novice drivers; health impacts of future transport and travel

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Air–Ground Collaborative Mobility

edited by

Zhihao Xu

and

Miao Su

submission deadline 20 May 2027 | Viewed by 583 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; air–ground integrated mobility; automated vehicles; low-altitude drone delivery; electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft; multi-agent reinforcement learning; intelligent transportation systems; air–ground mixed traffic flow; traffic cooperative scheduling

Smart and Sustainable Materials for Transport Infrastructure

edited by

Huanan Yu

and

Zhibin Ren

submission deadline 25 May 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart materials; sustainable materials; transport infrastructure materials; asphalt and cement-based materials; composite materials; material design and optimization; durability; lifecycle assessment

Policy and Market Incentives for New Energy Vehicles in Sustainable Transport Transitions

edited by

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and Zhiqi Shao

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: new energy vehicles; incentive compatibility; market-based instruments; technological diffusion; battery-as-a-service; vehicle-to-grid; post-subsidy governance; circular economy & lifecycle management; residual value assessment; sustainable transport transitions

Resilience and Optimization of Intelligent Electric Transport

edited by Kun Jin and Fan Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent electric transport; transport electrification; resilient transport systems; electric vehicle optimization; charging infrastructure; energy management; sustainable transportation

AI-Based Maritime Transportation

edited by

Mahmut Mollaoglu

and

Marija Jović Mihanović

submission deadline 1 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime transportation; artificial intelligence; digitalization; shipping; smart port; terminal management; Internet of Things; MASS

Intelligent Transportation Systems in Smart Cities: Resilience, Sustainability and Emerging Issues

edited by

Feilong Wang

, Xiao Wen and

Zhanbo Sun

submission deadline 25 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; resilient transportation; sustainable mobility; computational intelligence; connected and automated vehicles; transportation big data; shared and electrified mobility; transportation cybersecurity

Toward Integrated Intelligent Mobility Systems: Electrification, Automation, Connectivity, and AI in Future Transportation

edited by

Yiming Ye

,

Qiao Wang

and Xuan Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: electric vehicles; energy management strategies; automated driving; connected and cooperative driving; vehicle-to-everything (V2X); artificial intelligence; digital twins; energy-aware autonomous systems; smart mobility; integrated intelligent mobility

Decarbonising Maritime Transport: Advanced Energy Systems, Alternative Fuels and Data-Driven Optimisation

edited by

Onur Yuksel

and

Eduardo Blanco-Davis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: maritime decarbonisation; advanced energy systems; data-driven optimisation; machine learning; maritime energy systems; alternative marine fuels; hybrid marine propulsion; energy management; digital twins

Power Electronic Drives and Advanced Control Technologies for All-Electric Vessels

edited by

Carlos Reusser

and

Ramy Georgious

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: all-electric vessels; maritime electrification; marine electric propulsion; power electronic converters; multilevel converters; advanced motor drives; model predictive control; intelligent control systems; shipboard DC grids

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