Dear Colleagues,

Climate change is endangering the lives of millions of people and threatening many aspects of the human economy. The urban transport sector is already responsible for about a quarter of global energy-related carbon emissions. Without aggressive and sustained policies, carbon dioxide emissions could double by 2050. Therefore, there is a need to change the energy consumption paradigm and accelerate the worldwide energy transition process. One of the ways to achieve this process is through electrification of the urban transport sector. The electrification of this sector can help to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To a greater or lesser extent, these gases are harmful to the environment as they trap heat in the atmosphere, causing global warming.  Therefore, the adoption of purely battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), light rail train (LRT), low-speed Maglev (LSM), personal rapid transit (PRT), high-speed Maglev (HSM), and evacuated tube transport (ETT) and others electric urban transports become a crucial part of the solution to mitigate climate change.

For this reason, several governments have been supporting the adoption of these kinds of urban transports in big cities. As a result, the electrification of the urban transport sector has increased rapidly in the last few years. Thus, it is valuable to understand the impact of the electrification process of urban transport on the environment. Consequently, this Special Issue will primarily focus on identifying and analyzing the effects of the urban transport electrification process on the environment.

This Special Issue looks for contributions to achieve that objective. The topics include:

• Urban transport electrification and energy consumption;
• Electric vehicles and smart grids;
• Passenger transport systems performance and environment;
• New transport systems concepts and future perspectives;
• Fine particulate matter (PM₅), CO₂ emissions, and GHGs;
• Electric vehicles and the environment.

Dr. Matheus Koengkan
Guest Editor

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• urban transport
• electric vehicles
• CO₂ emissions
• PM2.5 emissions
• energy consumption
• environmental degradation