Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, urban cities are the epicenter of all human activities on the planet. In recent years, we have come to understand the importance of social living within urban contexts: COVID-19 has become dominant in strongly interconnected and interrelated urban systems, where the lack of adequate housing, adequate public health systems, and adequate urban infrastructure has generated and made evident the main vulnerabilities of the global urban system. Inequalities have been generated and are strongly rooted within the urban system. At the same time, cities have been able to respond to the conditions of crisis as engines of economic regeneration, innovation centers, and catalysts of economic and social transformation.

Urban cities and their communities can contribute to the pursuit of sustainability through many aspects. Mobility infrastructure and services, energy infrastructure, and the urban space project can make a disruptive contribution to innovation and change.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Planning methods of a consistent system of urban structure and smart mobility;
2. Sustainable governance models;
3. Quality of streets;
4. Development, set-up, and implementation of a model of users’ behavior with respect to new mobility alternative modes;
5. Innovation of the vehicle (design, onboard technology, materials, propulsion, etc.);
6. Innovative and sustainable road pavement materials;
7. Architectural and infrastructural solutions in mobility hub design;
8. Life cycle assessment of infrastructure, materials, vehicles, and other components;
9.  Structural health monitoring of infrastructures.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Clara Celauro
Dr. Daniele Ronsivalle
Prof. Dr. Marco Migliore
Dr. Maria La Gennusa
Dr. Alberto Di Matteo
Guest Editors

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• urban planning and design
• urban mobility
• transport infrastructures
• user behaviour
• road pavements and materials
• life cycle assessment
• mobility as a service
• multimodal corridors
• connected and autonomous vehicle
• structural health
• architectural design
• urban hubs
• safety in innovative mobility systems