Transforming Urban Mobility: Sustainable Solutions for Modern Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 86
Special Issue Editors
Interests: travel behavior research and modelling; urban transformation; sustainable mobility culture and mobility justice; integrative urban and mobility planning; designing sustainable urban structures; mobility needs of different social groups; traffic engineering and management; ITS; mobility management; mobility and climate change; smart city
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cities of the future will be shaped by a variety of challenges, including climate change, population growth, mobility poverty, smart mobility, and different urban transformation processes. Urban resilience is also an important aspect of these challenges as it refers to the ability of cities and their infrastructure to adapt to change and to regenerate and recover from disruption.
In the general perception of society, private cars are closely linked to the expectation of a general increase in prosperity and the gradual development of individualised and pluralised lifestyles. These ideas are often associated with specific symbolic–emotional relationships between the individual and the car.
From a transport and urban planning perspective, a reordering of the hierarchy of transport and mobility systems is required, reducing the dominance of the private car over more environmentally friendly modes. Therefore, urban and mobility planning and development must adapt to these challenges in order to create sustainable and liveable cities for all people.
While plans in traditional linear planning strategies are generally implemented using analytical–rational approaches, adaptive approaches are characterised by an awareness of the initiation of social transformation processes. Multimodality as an adaptive planning strategy is understood as the gradual integration of individual urban planning decisions into a coherent socio-technical mobility system.
This Special Issue, titled “Transforming Urban Mobility: Sustainable Solutions for Modern Cities”, seeks to bridge the gap between theoretical frameworks and actionable strategies. It aims to focus interdisciplinary research that addresses the multifaceted challenges of urban transportation, from technological innovation to policy reform and behavioural change.
Suggested themes are as follows:
- Multimodality and multioptinality;
- Mobility behaviour;
- Smart mobility and digital integration;
- Policy and governance;
- Social equity and inclusive design;
- Interaction between mobility and urban planning;
- Climate resilience in transport infrastructure;
- Behavioural shifts and cultural change;
- Integrated urban networks for sustainable and smart mobility;
- Accessibility and attractiveness in urban areas;
- Modelling sustainable urban mobility;
- Solutions to reduce car dependency.
Prof. Dr. Dirk Wittowsky
Dr. Sören Groth
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mobility behaviour
- multioptionality
- multimodality
- e-mobility
- sharing systems
- new mobility
- smart city
- public health
- walkability
- mobility culture
- transformation processes
- resilience
- user acceptance
- subjetvice perspectives
- smart mobilty
- modelling urban mobilty
- bike and pedestrian mobility
- public spaces
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