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SUMP for Cities’ Sustainable Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 17603

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Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Marija Burinskienė

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Department of Roads, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223, Vilnius-40, Lithuania
Interests: Sustainability; Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
Prof. Dr. Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkūnienė

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Department of Roads, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius-40, Lithuania
Interests: traffic safety; traffic engineering; transportation; transportation planning; transport planning; transport engineering; transport management; urban planning; urban development; civil engineering

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The need for more sustainable and integrative planning processes as a way of dealing with the complexity of urban mobility has been widely recognized, and new approaches to urban mobility planning are emerging rapidly in an ever-changing urban mobility climate.

In a rapidly changing world, is necessary to increase the engagement of local authorities and stakeholders to make urban mobility cleaner and more sustainable, reducing traffic-related air and noise pollution, congestion, and accidents while increasing the quality of life in our cities. Today, more than ever, we all need better walking and cycling conditions, effective public and shared transport, multimodal nodes, and more—all supported by smart digital solutions. The best way to make this happen is to combine great ideas and innovative measures with political support and the involvement of people through comprehensive mobility planning. Please share your ideas, experience, methodological approaches to Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) preparation, the evaluation of SUMP monitoring and how it helps to pass innovative solutions for infrastructure, as well as soft measures development in your cities and country. The main topics could be:

  • Linking transport and health in SUMPs: How health supports SUMPs;
  • Sustainable Urban Logistics Planning;
  • Electrification: Planning for electric road transport in the SUMP context;
  • Integration of shared mobility approaches in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning;
  • The role of intelligent transport systems (ITSs) in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning;
  • Mobility as a Service (MAAS) and Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning;
  • Public procurement of Sustainable Urban Mobility Measures;
  • Urban road safety and active travel in Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning;
  • UVAR and SUMPs: Regulating vehicle access to cities as part of integrated mobility policies;
  • Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning in metropolitan regions

Prof. Dr. Marija Burinskienė
Prof. Dr. Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkūnienė
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • SUMP
  • stakeholder involvement
  • methodological approaches
  • sustainable measures
  • planning models

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Investigate Tourist Behavior through Mobile Signal: Tourist Flow Pattern Exploration in Tibet
by Lina Zhong, Sunny Sun, Rob Law and Liyu Yang
Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 9125; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12219125 - 03 Nov 2020
Cited by 7 | Viewed by 1993
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Identifying the tourist flow of a destination can promote the development of travel-related products and effective destination marketing. Nevertheless, tourist inflows and outflows have only received limited attention from previous studies. Hence, this study visualizes the tourist flow of Tibet through social network [...] Read more.
Identifying the tourist flow of a destination can promote the development of travel-related products and effective destination marketing. Nevertheless, tourist inflows and outflows have only received limited attention from previous studies. Hence, this study visualizes the tourist flow of Tibet through social network analysis to bridge the aforementioned gap. Findings show that the Lhasa prefecture is the transportation hub of Tibet. Tourist flow in the eastern part of Tibet is generally stronger than that in the western part. Moreover, the tourist flow pattern identified mainly includes “(diverse or balanced) diffusion from the main center”, “clustering to the main center”, and “diffusion from a clustered circle”. Full article
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Concepts of Development of Alternative Travel in Autonomous Cars
by Vytautas Palevičius, Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkūnienė, Jonas Damidavičius and Tomas Karpavičius
Sustainability 2020, 12(21), 8841; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12218841 - 24 Oct 2020
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Autonomous car travel planning is increasingly gaining attention from scientists and professionals, who are addressing the integration of autonomous cars into the general urban transportation system. Autonomous car travel planning depends on the transport system infrastructure, the dynamic data, and their quality. The [...] Read more.
Autonomous car travel planning is increasingly gaining attention from scientists and professionals, who are addressing the integration of autonomous cars into the general urban transportation system. Autonomous car travel planning depends on the transport system infrastructure, the dynamic data, and their quality. The efficient development of travel depends on the development level of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and the Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS). Today, most cities around the world are competing with each other to become the smartest cities possible, using and integrating the most advanced ITS and C-ITS that are available. It is clear that ITS and C-ITS are occupying an increasing share of urban transport infrastructure, so the complex challenges of ITS and C-ITS development will inevitably need to be addressed, in the near future, by integrating them into the overall urban transport system. With this in mind, the authors proposed three autonomous car travel development concepts that should become a conceptual tool in the development of ITS and C-ITS. Full article
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Policies for Reducing Car Traffic and Their Problematisation. Lessons from the Mobility Strategies of British, Dutch, German and Swedish Cities
by Tom Rye and Robert Hrelja
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 8170; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198170 - 03 Oct 2020
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The objective of the paper is to explore whether particular problematisations of cars and car use lead to sets of solutions that may not deal with all problems associated with car use, and whether this leads to any internal conflicts within the chosen [...] Read more.
The objective of the paper is to explore whether particular problematisations of cars and car use lead to sets of solutions that may not deal with all problems associated with car use, and whether this leads to any internal conflicts within the chosen policies. The paper is based on a review of local transport policy documents from 13 cities in four countries using the lens of policy problematisation as an analytical framework. Some critiques of policy problematisation are discussed in the paper but it is nonetheless shown to be helpful for this analysis. The paper finds that the problems most typically highlighted in the strategies reviewed are poor accessibility (as a “bad” in itself, but also because it is seen to compromise economic growth); the negative impacts of traffic on liveability of the central part of the city and therefore its ability to attract inhabitants, especially those needed to support a knowledge economy; local air and noise pollution; and road safety. The resulting visions are for urban areas less dominated by private cars, with more green and public space, in order to maximise accessibility and liveability to attract economic development; and most cities also seek to reduce car travel as a proportion of trips. However, in many cities this vision covers mainly the central city, with car use set to remain dominant in outer cities and for regional trips. In almost all cities, only one measure, parking management, is proposed as a means of cutting car use. The differing sets of measures envisaged for outer areas of cities threatens to undermine those envisaged for more central cities. Full article
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Comprehensive Traffic Calming as a Key Element of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans—Impacts of a Neighbourhood Redesign in Ljutomer
by Mojca Balant and Marjan Lep
Sustainability 2020, 12(19), 8143; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12198143 - 02 Oct 2020
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Negative impacts of motor vehicle traffic in cities are still increasing despite the objectives that sustainable mobility paradigm put forward almost three decades ago. Measures to reduce them still primarily focus on traffic safety improvements through vehicle speeds and flows reduction (traffic calming). [...] Read more.
Negative impacts of motor vehicle traffic in cities are still increasing despite the objectives that sustainable mobility paradigm put forward almost three decades ago. Measures to reduce them still primarily focus on traffic safety improvements through vehicle speeds and flows reduction (traffic calming). Comprehensive traffic calming, a measure of sustainable urban mobility planning, targets the issue more comprehensively by also addressing changes in travel behaviour and quality of life. Literature covering the effects of measures addressing all listed aspects is scarce. In this paper, we present results of a longitudinal study of a comprehensive traffic calming redesign of a residential neighbourhood in Ljutomer in Slovenia. The following set of indicators was monitored: travel habits of neighbourhood residents, quality of living environment, acceptability of redesign, vehicle flows, speeds and classes, and traffic accidents. Motorized traffic counts, pilot interviews, postal and in-person surveys and public databases on traffic accidents were used to gather data before and after the redesign. All monitored indicators showed positive results. Around a third of residents claim to walk, cycle and socialize more than before the redesign while around two thirds state that the quality of life in the neighbourhood has improved. Vehicle speeds, flows and peak hour flows have notably decreased, and road safety has improved. The results show that the comprehensive traffic calming approach has a broad range of positive effects and contributes to achieving sustainable mobility. Its potential for a wider use in sustainable urban mobility planning practice is substantial. Full article
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Hub-Periphery Hierarchy in Bus Transportation Networks: Gini Coefficients and the Seoul Bus System
by Chansoo Kim, Segun Goh, Myeong Seon Choi, Keumsook Lee and M. Y. Choi
Sustainability 2020, 12(18), 7297; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187297 - 06 Sep 2020
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Bus transportation networks are characteristically different from other mass transportation systems such as airline or subway networks, and thus the usual approach may not work properly. In this paper, to analyze the bus transportation network, we employ the Gini coefficient, which measures the [...] Read more.
Bus transportation networks are characteristically different from other mass transportation systems such as airline or subway networks, and thus the usual approach may not work properly. In this paper, to analyze the bus transportation network, we employ the Gini coefficient, which measures the disparity of weights of bus stops. Applied to the Seoul bus system specifically, the Gini coefficient allows us to classify nodes in the bus network into two distinct types: hub and peripheral nodes. We elucidate the structural properties of the two types in the years 2011 and 2013, and probe the evolution of each type over the two years. It is revealed that the hub type evolves according to the controlled growth process while the peripheral one, displaying a number of new constructions as well as sudden closings of bus stops, is not described by growth dynamics. The Gini coefficient thus provides a key mathematical criterion of decomposing the transportation network into a growing one and the other. It would also help policymakers to deal with the complexity of urban mobility and make more sustainable city planning. Full article
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Assessing Sustainable Mobility Measures Applying Multicriteria Decision Making Methods
by Jonas Damidavičius, Marija Burinskienė and Jurgita Antuchevičienė
Sustainability 2020, 12(15), 6067; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156067 - 28 Jul 2020
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An increasing number of recent discussions have focused on the need for designing transport systems in consonance with the importance of the environment, thus promoting investment in the growth of non-motorized transport infrastructure. Under such conditions, the demand for implementing the most effective [...] Read more.
An increasing number of recent discussions have focused on the need for designing transport systems in consonance with the importance of the environment, thus promoting investment in the growth of non-motorized transport infrastructure. Under such conditions, the demand for implementing the most effective infrastructure measures has a profoundly positive impact, and requires the least possible financial and human resources. The development of the concept of sustainable mobility puts emphasis on the integrated planning of transport systems, and pays major attention to the expansion of non-motorized and public transport, and different sharing systems, as well as to effective traffic management involving intelligent transport systems. The development of transport infrastructure requires massive investment, and hence the proper use of mobility measures is one of the most important objectives for the rational planning of sustainable transport systems. To achieve this established goal, this article examines a compiled set of mobility measures and identifies the significance of the preferred tools, which involve sustainable mobility experts. The paper also applies multicriteria decision making methods in assessing urban transport systems and their potential in terms of sustainable mobility. Multicriteria decision making methods have been successfully used for assessing the effectiveness of sustainable transport systems, and for comparing them between cities. The proposed universal evaluation model is applied to similar types of cities. The article explores the adaptability of the model by assessing big Lithuanian cities. Full article
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