Mitigation of Air Pollution through Sustainable Transportation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 3257
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable transportation; intelligent transportation systems; air pollution; active mobility; pavement management and maintenance
Interests: indoor/outdoor air quality; personal exposure to air pollution; health risk assessment; reactive trace gases; transport-related emissions
Interests: assessment and mitigation of personal exposure to air pollution; indoor/outdoor air quality; environmental and health risk assessment; sustainable urban development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global climate change is one of the major challenges facing humanity as temperatures have risen rapidly within a relatively short period of time. Among the contributing factors to global warming, transportation is responsible for a sizeable fraction, with around 23% of global energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 18% of all man-made emissions in the global economy. Moreover, transportation is also a major contributor to air pollution, with significant emissions of airborne particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide among other compounds. Recently, studies from the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown that nearly the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO guideline limits and contains high levels of pollutants, with the highest exposures experienced by low- and middle-income countries.
Sustainable transportation aims to promote non-motorized modes such as public transport, bike sharing, cycling, and walking, thus reducing air pollution and GHG emissions, and global warming. Besides the co-benefit of reducing private transport, active mobility results in substantial benefits to human health. Recently advanced technology such as electrified and autonomous vehicles also alleviates air and noise pollution.
However, challenges that hinder the implementation and environmental benefits of sustainable transportation still exist. Stationary environmental monitoring is not able to capture the air pollution that commuters and bystanders are exposed to along their travelling routes. The current planning of cycling infrastructure by transport authorities may not consider the impacts of air pollution on active mobility users, or there is no tool developed yet to account for the impact of air pollution in a comprehensive way. Furthermore, phasing out fossil-fueled transport modes in favor of electric vehicles can reduce tailpipe emissions in the vehicles’ vicinity but will necessitate increased electricity generation from power plants, which is not sustainable if the power has been sourced from non-renewable energy resources.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Assessment of sustainable benefits of active mobility;
- Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in sustainable transport;
- Personal exposure to traffic-related air pollution;
- Modelling air pollution from traffic;
- Human health risk assessment of traffic-related air pollution;
- Mitigation strategies for reducing air pollution from transportation;
- Cleaner on-road vehicles;
- Greening freight movements;
- Green infrastructure for transport environments.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Teron Nguyen
Dr. Max Gerrit Adam
Dr. Phuong Tran
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable transportation
- active mobility
- air pollution
- personal exposure
- health risk assessment
- Land Use Regression (LUR) models
- machine learning
