Emerging Issues in Transport and Mobility

Dear Colleagues,

Road transport is rapidly developing. Automated technologies are offering the capability of improving the safety and mobility of vehicles whilst reducing environmental impacts, and it has been suggested that risky driving behaviour, errors, and ultimately, crashes, will be prevented by “taking the driver out of the loop”. Adaptive driving support and information facilities may improve the driving experience, enabling drivers to make better use of their time in routine situations, whilst automated traffic management offers the opportunity to manage road infrastructure much more efficiently, thereby providing improvements to mobility and the environment. However, some transport and mobility challenges remain outstanding. Many of these safety challenges involve human factors and driver behaviour, particularly when considering driver interaction with new vehicle information systems, usability/user acceptance and user experience.  Such issues are likely to become even more prevalent in the future due to the rapid global move towards vehicle automation. Therefore, this Special Issue offers readers an insight into some of the key emerging issues within transport and how human factor challenges associated with progress in these domains are being overcome. Key topics will include:

• 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.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Andrew Morris
Dr. Jo Barnes
Guest Editors

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