Public Transport Management and Planning for Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 438
Special Issue Editor
Interests: transportation policy; urban and regional travel demand forecasting; intelligent transport systems (ITSs); taxi and private-hire competition and strategy; emerging (shared, personal, electric, autonomous) urban mobility; public transportation; data-driven transportation modeling; container port operations
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mass transit or public transport has always been a dilemma in terms of financial sustainability. Even before the trying times of COVID-19, off-peak volumes and dropping passenger counts due to innovation in P2P (point-to-point) sectors have been a cause for concern. Public transport was designed to cater to high-volume passenger movement, but post-COVID-19, this may not or should not be the goal to be fulfilled. Even in the past, subsidies were always divided into polarizing schools of thought, which ultimately agreed that there must be a light at the end of the tunnel when justified volumes would finally enable cessation of financial aid. Disruption is now the “new normal”, with future scenarios such as epidemics, disasters, and technological advancements creating unforeseen impacts on the industry. While disruption is challenging, it also creates opportunities for innovation, improvement, and efficiency. Is there another direction we can divert to? Have we been seeing it all wrong? Does this point to a new form of “public transport”?
Considering decreasing labor availability for intensive jobs like bus and train drivers, to name a few hardships, on-demand autonomous operations are all set to revolutionize bus operations. Not only does it appeal to availability milestones, but also to safety parameters.
This Special Issue will deal with renewed thinking and discussion for sustainable public transport, focusing on policy directions, technological advancements, and management, with a revamp in terms of sustainable practices and dogma.
Prof. Dr. Der-Horng Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainable public transport
- public transport management and planning
- transport policy
- transport safety
- transport economics
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