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A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2022) | Viewed by 8598

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Dr. Christos Ioakimidis

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Center for Research and Technology Hellas/Hellenic Institute of Transport, CERTH/HIT, 6th Km Charilaou—Thermi Rd., Thermi, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, 57001 Hellas, Greece
Interests: intelligent energy/transport systems; sustainable mobility; autonomous vehicles; system integration; smart cities
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Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris

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Dr. Georgia Aifadopoulou

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Center for Research and Technology Hellas/Hellenic Institute of Transport, CERTH/HIT, 6th Km Charilaou—Thermi Rd., Thermi, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, 57001 Hellas, Greece
Interests: traffic management; transport systems management; use of telematics applications in: urban mobility and information services; combined transport; vehicle fleet management; operations research and in road safety
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Dr. Ioanna Pagoni

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Transportation and Decision Making Laboratory (TRANSDEM), University of the Aegean, Korai 2Α, 82100 Chios, Greece
Interests: transportation system analysis; intelligent transport systems; demand modelling; travel behavior analysis; sustainable mobility
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Dr. Panagiotis Papantoniou

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Egaleo Park Campus, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Str., Egaleo, 12243 Athens, Greece
Interests: road safety; transportation planning; urban mobility; road design

Dr. Eleonora Papadimitriou

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TU Delft, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Building 31, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: road safety; behavior and human factors; transportation engineering
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Dear Colleagues,

The Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) and the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT/CERTH) are co-organizing the “10th International Congress on Transportation Research” (ICTR 2021), which will be held on 1–3 September 2021, at the Mediterranean Hotel in Rhodes, Greece. The ICTR has been a major event in the field of transportation research for the past 19 years. Potential ICTR participants include the research and academic community, as well as the public and private sector involved in the development and implementation of innovative projects in the field of transport. The focus of this Special Issue is bringing together scientists and further discussion on topics such as sustainable urban mobility, transport planning and policy, intelligent transport systems, etc. and their findings to serve this extremely interesting broad area of alternative sustainable transportation.

The rapid development of technology and the need to achieve new energy and environmental goals for climate-neutral transport has transformed the whole transportation sector. Thus, transport research is critical to achieving innovative solutions that will meet future challenges through synergies among the industry and public sector. In this context, the objective and purpose of this Special Issue is to showcase recent top-notch research activities in sustainable transportation, merge research findings and policy-making tasks, facilitate the exchange of knowledge in the local and international level, and draw conclusions and shape recommendations on the future of transportation in Greece as well as abroad. In this way, the findings of this Special Issue related to the Greek case as well as to other cases abroad will be used as a future guide toward the proper and most adequate adoption of different stakeholders

Dr. Christos Ioakimidis
Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris
Dr. Georgia Aifadopoulou
Dr. Ioanna Pagoni
Dr. Panagiotis Papantoniou
Dr. Eleonora Papadimitriou
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sustainable urban mobility
transport safety
innovative mobility services
intelligent transport systems

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Public Acceptability of Environmentally Linked Congestion and Parking Charging Policies in Greek Urban Centers

by Virginia Petraki, Panagiotis Papantoniou, Asimina Korentzelou and George Yannis

Sustainability 2022, 14(15), 9208; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14159208 - 27 Jul 2022

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Nowadays, urban centers face the challenge to upgrade life quality by reducing traffic congestion, air pollution emissions and road casualties. Transport charging policies applied in cities at a quick pace are a key tool for sustainable mobility. However, public acceptability is an important precondition to be adopted for such policies. In this context, the scope of this paper is the investigation of the public acceptability of environmentally linked urban charging policies in Greek urban centers. Specifically, the paper’s objective is the investigation of Greek drivers’ acceptability of the implementation of a congestion charging policy and a parking charging policy with the charging being adjusted according to the Euro class and technology of the vehicle in favor of less polluting cars. A structural equation model (SEM) was developed using data from a questionnaire survey which provided a sample encompassing 733 respondent drivers from three main urban centers of Greece: Athens, Thessaloniki and Volos. Several statistical relationships were detected and quantified correlating the two examined urban environmental charging policies with five latent unobserved variables. Based on the results, public acceptability of environmental congestion charging policies and the public acceptability of environmental parking charging policies were found to be positively correlated with each other, meaning that a driver who supports one environmentally linked transport charging policy is more likely to support the other one as well. The environmental sensitivity and high commuting profiles of drivers are influential factors that positively affect the acceptability of the two examined transport charging policies’ implementation in Greek urban centers. Analysis has also shown that younger, higher-educated respondents and females are more likely to accept the environmental charging policies under consideration. Full article

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Micro-Mobility User Pattern Analysis and Station Location in Thessaloniki

by Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Josep Maria Salanova Grau, Zisis Maleas and Alexandros Siomos

Sustainability 2022, 14(11), 6715; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116715 - 31 May 2022

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In recent years, European countries have been trying to cultivate electrical scooters (e-scooters) as an alternative form of micro-mobility. The purchase and maintenance costs of private e-scooters are expensive so cities have been collaborating with companies to construct an e-scooter rental network. This paper aims to interpret the usage patterns of e-scooters and suggest optimal station locations for charging and parking. The dataset depicts a three-month time period (August, September, and May of the year 2020/2021) of 26,374 trips, in which there were no pandemic limitations. The results are based on two main features: the initial–final position of the e-scooter (the total distance is unknown) and the travel time. Most e-scooter rides refer to leisure trips but there is a portion of users that ride e-scooters for casual trips or commutes to and from work. Here, an electrical scooter network that covers the demand of the city of Thessaloniki is suggested. The implementation plan indicates three stages of construction up to the completion of the network. The construction operation is responsible for the creation and development of a sustainable network by adding approximately 20 stations at every stage. The capacity of the stations fluctuates between 3 and 20 parking spaces, which should accommodate e-scooters and preserve free spaces for potential riders. According to the characteristics of the city of Thessaloniki, its coverage requires the construction of 67 carefully distributed stations. Full article

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Developing a Smart City Logistics Assessment Framework (SCLAF): A Conceptual Tool for Identifying the Level of Smartness of a City Logistics System

by Elpida Xenou, Michael Madas and Georgia Ayfandopoulou

Sustainability 2022, 14(10), 6039; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14106039 - 16 May 2022

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One of the main building blocks for sustainable cities is the development and efficient operation of a viable and sustainable city logistics system. City logistics exhibit several practical complications due to the conflicting interests of multiple actors involved, as well as the vague role or reluctant involvement of the public sector. Despite the plethora of innovative city logistics initiatives developed in European cities and European policy priorities towards the promotion of smart cities, little is known about the level of smartness of city logistics systems in Europe. In response to that, this paper proposes a conceptual multi-criteria and multi-assessment framework as a guidance tool for city planners, aiming to support the in-depth understanding of the main components of a smart city logistics ecosystem and facilitate the self-assessment of a city’s level of smartness. The proposed framework represents a four-level hierarchical assessment pyramid involving four main impact areas: (i) smart governance, (ii) smart economy, (iii) smart actors, and (iv) smart environment. A more in-depth analysis of each impact area is separately conducted by deconstructing the impact areas in specific criteria, sub-criteria, and KPIs. This paper presents in detail the methodology followed and the main components of this tool. Full article

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Developing a Multilevel Decision Support Tool for Urban Mobility

by Josep Maria Salanova, Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Evripidis Magkos, Ioannis Mallidis, Zisis Maleas, Santhanakrishnan Narayanan, Constantinos Antoniou, Athina Tympakianaki, Ignacio Martin and Jenny Fajardo-Calderin

Sustainability 2022, 14(13), 7764; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137764 - 25 Jun 2022

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Decisions on transport policy measures have long-term and important impacts on the economy, environment and society. Transport policy measures can lock up capital for decades and cause manifold external effects. In order to allow policymakers to evaluate transport policies, the developed decision support tool facilitates the evaluation of the multidimensional impacts of the implementation of transport policies. The objective of the decision support toolset presented in this paper is to support transportation planning and design practices based on an integrated transportation analysis of the area of examination to determine the most applicable combination of mobility services. This paper provides a comprehensive description of the interactive decision support tool implemented to help cities and decision makers design their strategies and shape the urban mobility of the future. Full article

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