Smart, Equitable, and Sustainable Urban Mobility: Emerging Technologies, Behavior, and System Innovations
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 June 2027 | Viewed by 52
Special Issue Editors
Interests: transportation; optimization algorithm; travel behavior; autonomous vehicles; urban environment; optimization and operations research; transportation science and technology; urban network resilience; urban network design
Interests: transportation big data analytics; transportation safety and emergency management; travel behavior
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rapid urbanization, technological advancement, and increasing environmental concerns are fundamentally transforming urban mobility systems worldwide. Cities are currently facing a wide range of interconnected challenges, including traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, unequal accessibility to transport services, energy transition pressures, and changing travel behaviour patterns. In response, emerging mobility technologies and innovative transport systems are reshaping how people and goods move within urban environments. Recent developments in intelligent transportation systems, autonomous driving technologies, electrified mobility, shared mobility services, data-driven transport planning, and digital infrastructure have created unprecedented opportunities for building smarter, more equitable, and more sustainable urban mobility systems. At the same time, these transformations also raise important questions regarding transport equity, accessibility disparities, behavioural adaptation, governance frameworks, infrastructure integration, and long-term sustainability outcomes.
Therefore, there remains a need for more interdisciplinary research that bridges engineering, behavioural science, urban planning, policy analysis, and real-world mobility implementation for supporting future urban mobility transitions. This Special Issue aims to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to explore cutting-edge theories, methodologies, technologies, and applications related to future urban mobility systems. This Special Issue welcomes both theoretical and empirical studies that contribute to the development of intelligent, inclusive, low-carbon, and resilient transportation systems in rapidly evolving urban contexts.
The Special Issue will comprise a collection of original articles, review papers, discussion papers, and case studies on (but not limited to) the following topics:
(1) smart mobility systems and intelligent transportation technologies;
(2) autonomous driving technologies and connected vehicles;
(3) electrified transportation and EV charging infrastructure;
(4) shared mobility services and mobility-as-a-service (MaaS);
(5) travel behaviour analysis and behavioural adaptation;
(6) transport equity, accessibility, and inclusive mobility;
(7) sustainable urban transportation planning and policy;
(8) big data analytics and AI applications in transportation;
(9) public transportation innovation and multimodal integration;
(10) low-carbon mobility transitions and climate-responsive transport systems;
(11) emerging transport modes and future mobility ecosystems;
(12) transport modelling, simulation, and decision-support systems;
(13) human-centred mobility design and user acceptance;
(14) governance, regulation, and policy innovation for smart mobility;
(15) resilience, safety, and sustainability in urban mobility systems.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Chao Chen
Dr. Siliang Luan
Dr. Ying Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban mobility
- smart mobility technologies
- travel behavior
- transport equity
- sustainable mobility
- autonomous driving technology
- transport modeling
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