Urban Traffic Control and Innovative Planning
A special issue of Urban Science (ISSN 2413-8851). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Mobility and Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editors
Interests: big data on transportation; urban transportation; driving risks; driving behaviour intervention
Interests: road traffic safety analysis; driving behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cities, as complex adaptive systems, exhibit characteristics such as heterogeneity, interconnectivity, scaling properties, circular causality, and evolutionary dynamics. These traits are particularly evident in the realm of urban transportation: urban traffic issues are not merely a problem of infrastructure, but rather a complex manifestation of the interplay among multiple elements, including population mobility, behavioral decision-making, technological applications, and institutional environments. Against this backdrop, research on urban traffic control and innovative planning becomes critically important as it bears direct implications for sustainable urban development, residents' quality of life, and economic vitality.
This Special Issue, "Urban Traffic Control and Innovative Planning", aims to bring together the latest research from global scholars on urban transportation systems, explore the inherent dynamics of urban traffic as a complex system, and showcase how innovative planning and practices can address contemporary urban transportation challenges. The core themes of Urban Science include urban mobility, urban planning, land use, urban resilience, and sustainable urban development. Urban traffic control, the focus of this Special Issue, represents a critical convergence point of these core themes. We welcome contributions with focuses including, but not limited to, the following:
- Application of AI in Urban Traffic Control and Management;
- Integration of Low-Altitude Technology in Urban Traffic Management;
- Theories and Methods for Resilient Transportation Systems;
- Urban Transportation and Energy Systems Integration;
- Collaborative Planning for Urban Transportation and Public Health;
- Transportation Connectivity between Urban Fringes and Rural Areas;
- Planning for Multi-Dimensional Urban Transportation Networks;
- Integrated Land Use and Transportation Planning;
- Theories and Interventions for Travel Behaviour.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sen Luan
Dr. Jia Li
Dr. Erlong Tan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban traffic control
- urban transportation resilience
- low-carbon transportation
- public health
- transportation equity
- transportation planning
- travel behaviour intervention
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