Smart and Connected Freight for Sustainable Cities
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2021) | Viewed by 7470
Special Issue Editor
Interests: policy; last-mile delivery; planning; sustainability; transit
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Dear Colleagues,
Freight systems are indispensable to the economic vitality and growth of a region. Over the last few years, freight systems have evolved significantly—in terms of both quality and extent. A recent spur in technologies such as vehicle automation, vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity has added to the new standards and high expectations of how freight systems function and operate. All modes that are part and parcel of a freight system, including intermodal transfer points, contribute to sustaining society’s needs in a multimodal setting.
This Special Issue solicits contributions on topics that aim to support and update our understanding of how various technologies, purposes, and entities in a freight system serve society’s sustainability efforts. Both theoretical and empirical studies underpinning the contributions of smart and connected freight—whether through railroad, highway, air, or sea—toward a sustainable society are also welcome. Scholarly reviews integrating topics on freight and sustainability could also fit into this Special Issue publication.
The following topics are some examples of interest for this Special Issue edition of this journal:
- Theoretical and empirical studies on freight efficiency and operations;
- Freight system modeling and simulation for sustainability;
- Freight information and communications technologies;
- Freight mobility;
- “Uber Freight”;
- Technologies, freight, and emissions;
- Freight policies and market impacts;
- Cyber-physical technologies and sustainability in the trucking industry;
- Urban freight transport and sustainable city logistics;
- Freight transportation performance measures for a sustainable society;
- Electric freight transportation;
- Freight mobility and connectivity to terminals;
- Sustainable urban distribution and logistics;
- Just-in-time and just-in-case deliveries;
- Last-mile freight delivery.
Keywords
- freight
- technologies
- sustainability
- environment
- performance measures
- efficiency
- logistics
- distribution
- delivery
- communication
- electric freight
- urban
- modeling
- simulation
- emissions