Simulated Analysis of Sustainable Intelligent Transportation Solutions

Dear Colleagues,

The transportation system is a highly complex system that involves and influences the daily activities of each stakeholder. Targeted at improving the performance of transportation systems, the concept of an intelligent transportation system (ITS) has received increasing attention in both academic and industry arenas.

In ITS, the technologies supporting communications, sensing and surveillance mechanisms, and information and control systems are spread throughout the infrastructure. Their critical mission is to endorse the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of transportation networks that promote citizens' quality of life. This complex and multidisciplinary challenge requires a conceptual framework to guide the operations and to integrate systems, processes, tools, personnel, and data. In addition, a modular platform with proper modeling, simulating, and visualization capabilities is critical to understand the system-in-analysis, to support well-informed decisions, and to involve the general public in traffic and environmental issues.

This Special Issue is dedicated to exploring the most recent advances in the simulation of ITS solutions and their related technologies. We will also look at the effects of such systems on travelers’ behavior and system performances, including theoretical and applied research. Our scope is focused on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. AI applications in ITS;
2. Connected technologies and autonomous driving;
3. Sharing mobility and mobility-as-a-service systems;
4. Modeling multi-modal transport network utilizing ITS;
5. Application of ITS technologies for analyzing and controlling traffic flows;
6. Low carbon transitions of transportation systems with ITS;
7. Environmental evaluations of ITS;
8. Evolution of ITS solutions to enable future mobility, such as UAVs/PAVs.

Prof. Dr. Stéphane Galland
Prof. Dr. Ansar-Ul-Haque Yasar
Guest Editors

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