Smart Transportation Infrastructure: Optimization and Development

Dear Colleagues,

Smart transportation infrastructure integrates sensing technologies, digital platforms, and adaptive management into the design, construction, and operation of roads, railways, tunnels, and other critical facilities. By emphasizing optimization and development, it aims to improve their performance, durability, operational efficiency, and long-term value. Research in this area explores methods to enhance monitoring, planning, maintenance, and asset management, addressing increasing mobility demands and infrastructure aging.

This Special Issue, “Smart Transportation Infrastructure: Optimization and Development”, invites submissions on smart sensing and monitoring, digital modeling and simulation, sustainable design, and innovative strategies for construction, operation, and maintenance. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Advanced assessment technologies: non-destructive evaluation techniques for monitoring infrastructure conditions;
• Data-driven performance optimization: AI, machine learning, and predictive modeling for infrastructure deterioration, performance evaluation, and maintenance planning;
• Infrastructure development and retrofitting: strategies for upgrading roads, bridges, and tunnels through adaptive design, lifecycle planning, and innovative construction or maintenance methods;
• Materials and construction innovations: sustainable, recycled, or modified materials to improve structural performance and extend service life;
• Monitoring and control systems: Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled sensor networks, automated data collection, and real-time monitoring and management;
• Decision support and simulation tools: digital twins, modeling, and visualization for planning, maintenance, and optimization.

Prof. Dr. Jianqing Wu
Prof. Dr. Zhenhua Mou
Prof. Dr. Lidong Zhang
Dr. Yuan Tian
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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