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Design of Sustainable Supply Chain and Transportation Service Mode
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submission deadline 11 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4718 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable supply chain; smart logistics; transportation logistics service design; logistics management decisions; supply chain removes risk
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Transport: Logistic, Optimization, Traffic Flow and Road Safety
edited by Domenico Gattuso and
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1834 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable transport; logistics optimization; traffic flow management; green technologies; road safety; energy efficiency; social equity in transportation; last-mile logistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
BRICS+: Sustainable Development of Air Transport and Tourism
edited by Fernandes Elton and Fulufhelo Netswera
submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6677 | Submission Open
Keywords: air transport; BRICS+ and Global South; case study; Global North tourism; emerging countries; economic causality between air transport and tourism; inbound and outbound tourism; geopolitical bottlenecks; middle class growth; tourism market forecast
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Towards Sustainable Urban Transport System
edited by and Mohamed Kharbeche
submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4223 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable mobility; electric vehicles; smart cities; public transit systems; carbon emission reduction; shared mobility; mobility as a service; non-motorized transport; green infrastructure; transportation policy; climate resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Traffic Flow Management and Smart Transportation
edited by Jinhao Liang, Chaopeng Tan, Jiwei Feng and Jian Wu
submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 784 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable traffic management; smart transportation systems; advanced autonomous driving technologies; intelligent transportation systems (ITSs); urban mobility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Transportation Engineering and Mobility Safety Management submission deadline 13 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3227 | Submission Open
Keywords: transportation planning; sustainable mobility; public transport; transportation decarbonization; transportation systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Innovations and Policies Shaping Sustainable Transportation Engineering
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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8903 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable transportation engineering; connected vehicles; autonomous vehicles; shared mobility; electric vehicles; active transportation; public transportation service quality; energy consumption reduction; traffic congestion alleviation; road safety innovations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
NEXUS International Conference: Digital and Green Transition in Maritime Ports: Trends and Challenges—DGTMP 2024
edited by , Maria Teresa Folgôa Batista, and
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7493 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart ports; smart logistics in ports; open data plataform; sustainability in ports; ports decarbonization; digital twin and BIM maritime ports; digital transition; green transition; energetic transition education and training; energetic development; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Operational Strategy and Logistics in Freight Transport submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 192 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable transport; sustainable logistics; transport network modeling; artificial intelligence in freight transport; intermodal transport; designing intermodal supply chain networks; strategies for intermodal terminal operations; mathematical analysis in strategic decision-making; transport cargo footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Urban Smart Mobility and Public Transport: Opportunities, Challenges, and Planning submission deadline 22 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2100 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban mobility; spatial pattern; spatial modeling; public transport; transit-oriented development; sustainable transportation; smart mobility; intelligent transport system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Cooperative, Connected, and Automated Mobility (CCAM) toward Sustainability
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4571 | Submission Open
Keywords: CCAM; AI; 5G automotives; software; cybersecurity; statistical analysis; environmental footprint
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Exploratory Railway Track Structure, Railway Operation and Transport in Sustainable Development of Railway Systems
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2007 | Submission Open
Keywords: railway infrastructure; railway tracks; railway operation; rail transportation; timetabling; rail transport management; sustainable railway system; modelling and simulation; rail passengers mobility; transport services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Driving the Future: Innovations and Challenges in Sustainable Transportation
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1678 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; autonomous freight transportation; 5G collaborative vehicles; road environment recognition; trajectories; economy; law; vehicle diagnostics; drive lines; internal combustion engines; emission; noise
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Enhancing Sustainable Urban Mobility Through Shared Autonomous Vehicles and Strategic Street Planning Scenarios submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 506 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable mobility; shared autonomous vehicles; transportation systems; future mobility; efficiency; accessibility; scenario planning; strategic planning; transport equity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Rethinking the Accessibility and Sustainability of Public Transportation
edited by Martin Vojtek and Milan Dedík
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open
Keywords: transport; planning; optimisation; accessibility; sustainability; public services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Logistics for Tomorrow: Navigating the Future of Sustainable Distribution
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable logistics; socio-economic approaches; sustainability tools; legislative policies; quantification of sustainability; circular economy; last-mile delivery; digitization; electrification; sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Advances in Sustainability in Air Transport and Multimodality
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submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13675 | Submission Open
Keywords: air traffic management (ATM); door-to-door transport; urban air mobility (UAM); advanced air mobility (AAM); unmanned traffic management (UTM); U-space; multimodal transport concept of operations (ConOps); intermodal transport; passenger experience; journey optimization; air transport; surface transport; rail transport; water transport
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Optimization
edited by , and
submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9877 | Submission Open
Keywords: shared mobility; public transportation; sustainable logistics; electrification transportation and logistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
The Innovative Design of Service-Oriented Public Transport: Towards Sustainable Mobility and Travel Habits
edited by , Simon Yuen and
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Advances in Urban Transport and Vehicle Routing: 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable transportation; smart city; intelligent transportation systems; mobility as a service (Maas); city logistics; demand models; dynamic simulations; risk analysis; transit assessment; network design; intelligent transportation systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Air Transport Management and Sustainable Mobility
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submission deadline 21 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1992 | Submission Open
Keywords: air transport sustainable development; sustainable aviation; smart technology; green technologies; fuel efficiency; eco-friendly airports; eco-friendly operations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Next-Generation Roads: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality on the Planning, Design and Management of Sustainable Infrastructures submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2692 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-enhanced road design; virtual reality simulations; sustainable urban planning with VR; smart street furniture; driver training in VR; immersive simulations; sustainable practices in AI-driven road design; interactive signage systems; urban safety innovations; roadside assistance technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Energy: Circular Economy and Supply Chain Management
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3584 | Submission Open
Keywords: circular supply chain strategy/methodology; analysis and evaluation to realize circular economy/supply chain; performance measurement/management to circular economy/supply chain; philosophy for circular economy and supply chain; circular energy dynamic model and practical methodology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Intelligent Transportation Systems towards Sustainable Transportation
edited by , and Hong Zhu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 43864 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transportation systems; connected vehicles; big data; artificial intelligence; autonomous driving; traffic signal control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Green Logistics and Intelligent Transportation
edited by Feifeng Zheng and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 17 articles | Viewed by 32472 | Submission Open
Keywords: scheduling optimization; green logistics; intelligent transportation; heuristic algorithm; machine learning; game theory
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Transport Using Inland Waterways submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10209 | Submission Open
Keywords: decarbonization strategies for inland waterway transport (IWT); external costs and impact measurement of IWT; new infrastructural developments in IWT; innovative solutions for low-water periods; digitalization and automatization of IWT; mental shift: awareness and knowledge of IWT; multimodal supply chains: integration of IWT in logistics chains; inland ports: sustainable developments and digitalization; IWT in multimodal routing / IWT and GIS data availability; IWT and the eco-system of rivers; optimization and decision making in IWT; intermodality and synchromodality in IWT; revenue management in IWT
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Inter-urban Zero-Emission Rail Technology: Analyses of Emerging Passenger and Freight Transportation System Retrofits
edited by , Holger Busche and Mohamed Hegazi
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6139 | Submission Open
Keywords: rail transport; retrofit; de-carbonized; zero emissions; hydrogen fuel cell; hydrail; battery electric; passenger rail; freight rail; low-density; inter-urban; affordable
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Modular Railway Stations in Sustainable Transportation System
edited by , Richard De Neufville, Nipesh Pradhananga, Piotr Nowotarski and Marcin Gajzler
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1027 | Submission Open
Keywords: modular railway stations; sustainable transportation; prefabricated construction energy efficiency; renewable energy integration; intelligent transport systems; urban accessibility infrastructure adaptation; environmental sustainability; public transport innovation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Driving Behavior Analysis and Traffic Modelling for Sustainable Smart Mobility Systems
edited by Eleni Mantouka and Panagiotis Fafoutellis
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open
Keywords: driving behavior; traffic modelling; smart mobility; mixed traffic conditions; autonomous vehicles; CCAM; sustainable transport; machine learning; big data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Recent Advances and Innovations in Urban Road Safety
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open
Keywords: road safety; urban road system; accidents; smart infrastructure; technology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Artificial Intelligence in Sustainable Transportation submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4066 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; sustainable transportation; shared mobility; electric vehicles; smart mobility
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Intelligent Transport System and Sustainable Traffic Management
edited by and
submission deadline 10 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1044 | Submission Open
Keywords: traffic big data; artificial intelligence; data-driven methods; transportation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Transportation Systems and Travel Behaviors submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1117 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable transportation; travel behaviors; electric vehicles; shared mobility; public transportation; mobility as a service; environmental impact
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Transport and Traffic Management for Green Environment submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable transport; ecological transport; environmental approaches in transport; traffic management in areas with low-emission transport; autonomous vehicles; traffic flow analysis; telematics systems; technological approaches; traffic management and efficiency; newly adapted technologies for environmental approaches
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Innovations for Sustainable Multimodality Transportation
edited by Jaouad Boukachour and Abdelhamid Benaini
submission deadline 16 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 986 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainability in multimodal transportation; challenges in achieving modal shift; reducing reliance on road transport; carbon footprint reduction and optimization; integration of transport modes under uncertainties
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Pathways to Sustainable Transportation Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by , Georgia Tzamalouka and
submission deadline 16 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable transportation; mobility systems; green technologies; urban planning; smart cities; climate resilience; transportation equity; policy innovation; behavioral change; renewable energy integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Vulnerability and Resilience of Transport Systems under Sustainable Transport Development
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submission deadline 18 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5866 | Submission Open
Keywords: transport network vulnerability and resilience; assessment of transport network reliability; robust and resilient transportation networks; transport network design for emergency management; transport system disruptions; resilience of multimodal transportation systems; recovery of transportation systems; impacts of disruptions of transportation services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Development and Application in Autonomous Driving System for Better Mobility
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6809 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; Industry 4.0; human– machine interaction; industrial engineering; user behavior; innovation; management; policy; inclusive society; service design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Contribution of Intelligent Transport Systems to Sustainable Development Goals submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6779 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transport systems; sustainable growth; transport system applications; information quality; communication systems; reliability and exploitation; artificial intelligence; quality of life
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Marine Engineering and Efficient Marine Transportation of Energy submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4628 | Submission Open
Keywords: ship design; shipbuilding; waterborne energy transport; alternative fuels; marine renewable energy; life cycle assessment; emission reduction; regulatory frameworks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
System Design and Operation in Sustainable Transport Networks submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3587 | Submission Open
Keywords: public transport; autonomous driving; traffic control
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Transport System and Mobility in Urban Traffic submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 998 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable urban mobility; sustainable transit policies; smart mobility solutions; multimodal transportation; mobility-as-a-service (MaaS); connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs); urban air mobility (UAM); urban traffic optimization; emission reduction strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Transforming Supply Chain Operations: Circular Economy, Logistics Optimization, and Carbon Footprint Reduction
edited by and Muhammad Salman Habib
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open
Keywords: supply chain operations management; circular economy; logistics optimization; humanitarian supply chains; ESG frameworks; carbon footprint reduction; GHG emissions; sustainable supply chains in service industries (tourism; hospitality; etc.)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Urban Planning and Transportation Planning in the Face of Autonomous Vehicles
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submission deadline 4 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 423 | Submission Open
Keywords: autonomous vehicles; connected vehicles; sustainable urban planning; transportation planning; emissions reduction; land use optimization; accessibility; mobility as a service (MaaS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Transportation Electrification and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Technologies
edited by and Bin Zou
submission deadline 11 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open
Keywords: transportation electrification; travel behavior modeling; vehicle-to-grid (V2G); vehicle-to-building (V2B); vehicle-to-everything (V2X); electric vehicles (EVs); distributed energy resources (DERs); charging management; resilience; backup power
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Hyper-Connected Cities: Advancing Intelligent Transport Systems for Sustainable and Resilient Mobility
edited by and
submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open
Keywords: intelligent transport systems (ITSs); hyper-connected mobility; smart infrastructure; big data and AI in transport; connected and automated vehicles (CAVs); mobility-as-a-service (MaaS); demand-responsive transport (DRT); sustainable and carbon-neutral mobility; cybersecurity and safety in ITS; urban resilience and transport policy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Revolutionizing Road Infrastructure: A Nexus of Bioengineering, Waste Valorization, and Intelligent Systems
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submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4381 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable road infrastructure; innovative construction materials; bio-asphalt and bio-additives; waste material recycling in construction; smart technologies in road construction; artificial intelligence and the internet of things in infrastructure; energy efficiency and conservation; greenhouse gas reduction; zero waste construction; analytical and simulation techniques in roadway design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Sustainable Urban Mobility and Transportation Planning for Better Resilience
edited by and Rong Deng
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2721 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable mobility; transportation planning; smart transportation systems; data-driven urban planning; inclusive urban design; transportation governance; health and well-being design
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
New Trends in Sustainable Transportation
edited by Vittorio Ranieri, Paolo Intini and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2234 | Submission Open
Keywords: road safety; road safety assessments; e-scooters; vulnerable road users; bikes; cycle path; public transport; recycled materials; innovative road pavements; railways; airports
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
Advancing Public Transport and Urban Infrastructures for Micro-Mobility in Sustainable Cities
edited by , and Taku Fujiyama
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2193 | Submission Open
Keywords: equity; accessibility; and sustainability; service-level analysis; intermodality; and railway infrastructure; inclusive design and universal accessibility in public transport; crowd management and public space; spatial analysis of mobility and big data; the use of innovative technologies and methodologies; urban environment and mobility challenges; public policies in sustainable mobility; strategies for the promotion of public and non-motorized transport; the resilience of public transport systems and urban infrastructure
(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
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