Advances in Data-Driven Transportation Systems: Emerging Trends, Challenges, and Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 692
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable transportation systems; resilient transportation infrastructure network modeling and optimization; low-carbon transportation economy
Interests: sustainable transportation; network modelling; travel behaviour analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are excited to invite you to contribute to our upcoming Special Issue, titled ‘Advances in Data-Driven Transportation Systems: Emerging Trends, Challenges, and Applications’. This Special Issue aims to explore how emerging data-driven methodologies can promote the sustainable development of transportation systems.
In an era where digital technologies continuously reshape operational processes, understanding the implications, challenges, and opportunities presented by data-driven solutions in transportation is essential. This Special Issue seeks to gather original articles and research that investigate how big data analytics, intelligent transportation systems, and advanced modeling techniques transform transportation planning, operations, and policy-making.
The increasing availability of transportation data has opened new avenues for enhancing user experience, optimizing traffic management, and promoting sustainable mobility. We encourage the submission of articles that not only present theoretical and empirical research, but that also demonstrate the practical implementations of data-driven methods in real-world transportation contexts.
We are particularly interested in contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Data analytics and predictive modeling for real-time traffic management;
- Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and smart city applications;
- AI-driven approaches to optimize mobility and reduce congestion;
- Sustainable and eco-friendly routing supported by data insights;
- Safety, risk assessment, and incident detection using data-driven methods;
- Integrating autonomous and connected vehicles into existing transportation networks;
- Big data fusion techniques for multi-modal transportation planning;
- Emerging technologies and innovations in public transport management;
- Future trends and evolving challenges in data-centric mobility solutions.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for interdisciplinary dialog and foster new ideas and approaches that challenge traditional practices in transportation management. We welcome original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and case studies that contribute to the theoretical and methodological advancement of the field.
We look forward to receiving your insightful contributions and advancing the discourse in this exciting and rapidly developing area.
Dr. Yi Li
Dr. Meng Meng
Dr. Ziyue Yuan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- low-carbon/resilient transportation systems
- data-driven optimization
- sustainable transport
- emergency management
- infrastructure management
- network analysis
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