Sustainable and Smart Transportation Systems: Electrification, Alternative Fuels, and Green Mobility
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 733
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Interests: supply chain and logistics; operations research; simulation; big data analytics and data science; geospatial analytics for optimization; cloud computing and high performance computing
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Interests: intelligent transportation systems; connected and autonomous vehicles; reinforcement learning for traffic management; V2X communication
Interests: critical infrastructure resilience; disaster restoration planning; sustainable supply chain and logistics; transportation asset management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The global transportation sector is at a pivotal moment. As societies worldwide strive to meet growing mobility needs, we face the critical challenge of aligning these demands with urgent climate action and sustainability objectives. Recent advances in vehicle electrification, alternative fuels, and smart, connected technologies are fundamentally reshaping how people and goods move. At the same time, this transition raises complex questions related to infrastructure development, energy system integration, equity, and effective policy design.
This Special Issue aims to gather and showcase high-quality research that addresses these challenges and supports the transition toward cleaner, smarter, and more resilient transportation systems. We welcome contributions that align with Sustainability’s focus on the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainable development, particularly in the contexts of transportation and mobility.
We invite original research articles and review papers that explore, among others, the following themes:
- Electric and hybrid vehicles and charging infrastructure;
- Alternative fuels, including hydrogen, biofuels, and synthetic fuels;
- Smart and connected transportation systems;
- Green mobility and energy-efficient logistics;
- Integration of renewable energy into transportation networks;
- Transportation policy, regulation, and sustainability assessment;
- Life cycle and environmental impact analysis of transportation systems;
- AI, machine learning, and data-driven transportation planning and optimization.
We particularly encourage interdisciplinary work that bridges technology, data science, systems analysis, and policy perspectives. By nurturing a dialog between methodological innovation and real-world application, this Special Issue seeks to provide valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working toward the development of low-carbon, efficient, and inclusive transportation systems.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Md Abdul Quddus
Dr. Lokesh Das
Dr. Sudipta Chowdhury
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable transportation
- smart transportation systems
- electric vehicles
- alternative fuels
- green mobility
- transportation electrification
- energy-efficient logistics
- AI in transportation
- low-carbon mobility
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