Future Transportation—An Open Access Journal

Transportation is an indispensable link for human progress, and essential to the development of civilizations. The access to, and lack of, means of transportation have shaped societies, politics, and the environment. The technological developments in transportation in the last decades have had an enormous impact in our everyday life.

Furthermore, we are currently witnessing a revolution in transportation. This revolution is motivated by COVID-19, increasing public demand and expectations, climate change, and sustainability challenges. It is fueled by technology, including autonomous, shared, and electric vehicles. The revolution incorporates new modes such as flying cars, and novel ideas such as flexible road trains [1]. In this revolution, public transportation is being integrated with micro-mobility vehicles and networks such as bike-sharing and scooter networks and is evolving towards flexible routes for vehicles such as buses. The boundary between freight and passengers is being eroded by shared infrastructure and vehicles.

The revolution is enabled and supported by a vast network of sensors in vehicles and in the infrastructure. It is also supported by a ubiquitous underlying computing and communication network, including very high bandwidth wireless communication. This digital infrastructure facilitates the collection of vast amounts of transportation data which is mined and fed into artificial intelligence (AI) engines. It also enables novel safety applications such as emergency electronic brake lights.

Future Transportation [2] is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal. We aim to publish papers on emerging technologies and their potential applications in all areas of transportation such as civil engineering, economics, environment and geography, logistics, accident research, and computer science. Moreover, the topics covered by this journal are not limited to the technological aspects of transportation; they also include new modes of transportation and ridesharing, transportation policy and governance, tourism, and travel behavior.

We have established a highly reputable Editorial Board that supports the continuous development of Future Transportation while providing rigorous and constructive comments. At the same time, the Editorial Board works together with the publisher and editorial office to make Future Transportation the best publication platform in this field, ensuring a rigorous, although fast, peer-review process.

On behalf of the Editorial Board and editorial office, I welcome submissions along the lines discussed above. Together, we will see the growth and the success of Future Transportation. We are looking forward to working with you.