Dear Colleagues,

A Special Issue of the Sustainability journal is being organized, entitled ‘Sustainable Transport Planning under Conditions of Uncertainty’

In recent years, there has been a surge in interest in examining how various techniques and tools can be applied to aid the decision-making process for transport projects when faced with situations of deep uncertainty. Such uncertainty in the area of transport and mobility can be associated with topics such as a growth or decline in economic activity, climate change, the influence of intelligent transport systems, the Internet of Things and computer science and, more recently, global pandemics. The radical changes being experienced in society today due to changes in mobility behavior, information and communications technology (ICT) advances, and social and environmental concerns have meant that new perspectives and analytical tools are required to deal with new challenges that can inform robust decision making.

The result of this has meant that there is an added level of empirical attention which questions the use, accuracy, and appropriateness of traditional techniques for forecasting and managing travel demand and mobility practices. There is, therefore, a need to accept this deep uncertainty and integrate ways of managing it in strategic planning processes that are intended to shape that future. This helps to ensure that policymaking and investment decisions are placed on robust empirical foundations.

The objective of this Special Issue is to present research that explores existing and new, innovative approaches being applied to understand and cope with the impacts that deep uncertainty places on decision-making processes in transport. Papers on new methods examining these impacts, as well as case studies quantifying them, are welcomed.

Papers suitable for this issue should focus on topics including:

Transport modelling

Adaptive policymaking

Travel behavior

Transport policy appraisal

Dr. Páraic Carroll
Dr. Brian Caulfield
Guest Editors

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• uncertainty
• future mobility
• transport policymaking
• adaptive policymaking
• travel behaviour
• transport modelling
• pathways