Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite original research or review articles for a Special Issue of the journal Electronics on the topic of “Smart Road: Innovative, sustainable and resilient technologies”. Digital technologies, which are more and more pervasive, allow the interaction and exchange of information between people, systems, services, different actors, and, more generally, "objects", including vehicles. This requires a road system configured as a set of systems and services for mobility, managed and offered by different operators in an integrated environment made possible by an open and distributed architecture. In this sense, intelligent roads can only benefit from the continuous technological evolution of automatic guided vehicles and permanent connections, which enhance the road network and create new business opportunities. Smart, sustainable, quality, innovative, and inclusive roads exploit and direct change, transforming the traditional relationships between vehicles, drivers, and the road environment.

The goal of this Special Issue is to showcase the most recent advances, applications, and real-case studies in various aspects of smart road. The attention will be focused on innovative approaches and strategies adopted in different countries to design, improve, and maintain sustainable and resilient electrification and transport sectors and enhance the citizens’ quality of life.

Topics of interest of this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:

• Regulations and standards applied for smart roads
• Roads for resilient and safe transportation
• Design and operations of transportation infrastructures
• Smart road and electrification
• Smart road and smart grid
• Smart grid and electric vehicles
• Smart road and smart mobility
• Intelligent vehicles and self-driving cars
• Wireless sensor networks and communication systems

Prof. Dr. Michela Longo
Dr. Wahiba Yaici
Guest Editors

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• Smart road
• Electrification
• Smart grid
• Electric vehicles
• Smart mobility
• Renewable energy sources