Sustainable Transportation Infrastructures

Dear Colleagues,

Transportation infrastructures are sustainable if they are able, during their entire lifecycle, to efficiently use resources and maximize the benefit/cost ratio. This means, in particular, to improve the benefits for the entire community, to respect the environment, and to provide socio-economic services in terms of mobility, safety and comfort; these objectives imply well-planned methods for design, maintenance and rehabilitation of these infrastructures.

Nowadays, to find a sustainable equilibrium means to consider, not only the infrastructure life cycle costs, but to also assess future impacts of environmental and social benefits. In addition, choosing good technical solutions that allow to operate with limited resources and achieve the project goals by balancing the many interests in competition (which are often in opposition) are needed.

In this context, this Special Issue discusses and groups the proposed topics in three main themes, which can be considered as the essential components of future Sustainable Transportation Infrastructures:

Environment

• predictive models of pollution (air quality, traffic noise and vibration, etc.);
• sustainable mobility;
• recycling techniques and green materials;
• infrastructure and landscape fruition;
• upgrading of secondary networks and historical infrastructures;
• infrastructures and climatic conditions;
• infrastructure in urban areas;
• terminals, plants and logistic platforms.

Safety

• technical standards and implementing rules;
• human factors and user behavior;
• geometric design;
• active and passive safety;
• safety audit and safety review procedures;
• risk analysis;
• risk mitigation strategies;
• road pavements;
• emergency management.

Economy

• Resource allocation models;
• User needs;
• Planning of interventions;
• Data collection and management;
• Assessment of operating costs;
• Definition of quality standards;
• Financing policies;
• Infrastructures management and maintenance.

Dr. Giuseppe Loprencipe
Dr. Giuseppe Cantisani
Dr. Paola Di Mascio
Guest Editors

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