Sustainable Urban Transport Planning: Challenges and Solutions
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 233
Special Issue Editors
Interests: transportation engineering; public transport; sustainable transport; transport planning; transport policy; urban mobility
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: transportation engineering; sustainable mobility; transport planning; urban mobility; city logistics; traffic modelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable urban transport planning is essential to modern urban development, as cities worldwide struggle with the challenges of balancing mobility needs and environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Rapid urbanization, along with the growing demand for efficient, inclusive, and green transportation systems, has highlighted the pressing need to address congestion, air pollution, inequity, and resource consumption. Innovations in technology, policy-making, and infrastructure design offer promising solutions; however, their effective implementation and integration through a coherent, multidisciplinary, and holistic approach remains a formidable challenge.
This Special Issue aims to explore innovative solutions, best practices, and interdisciplinary approaches that can help cities transition toward sustainable mobility systems. This aligns with the journal’s commitment to promote research that supports sustainable urban development, providing insights and tools for planners, policymakers, and researchers.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Integrating multimodal transport systems for sustainable mobility;
- Challenges and strategies for implementing low-carbon urban transport solutions;
- Shared mobility services;
- Mobility as a service (Maas);
- Electric vehicles and electric micro-mobility modes;
- Connected and Autonomous vehicles;
- Intermodal urban mobility;
- Cycling;
- Walkability;
- Equity and accessibility in urban transport planning;
- Sustainable urban freight and logistics.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Sergio Maria Patella
Dr. Filippo Carrese
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable mobility
- urban transport planning
- urban mobility
- shared mobility
- transport equity
- smart transport technologies
- city logistics
- multimodal transport
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