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Sustainability of Intelligent Transport Networks

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 7550

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Marija Burinskienė

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Road Department, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius-40, Lithuania
Interests: sustainable development; smart cities; urban transportation system; strategic infrastructure; real estate development; territory planning and land use
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Dr. Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkuniene

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Road Department, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: public transport; transportation system; modal split; sustainable transportation; public transport interaction
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In an era where the notion of “smart” has entered almost every sector, including that of transport, it seems more important than ever to preserve the real “smartness” of road networks, addressing the needs of all users, mainly vulnerable ones, by means of new technologies in the transport sector.

In the digital era, the smart city can become an intelligent society by utilizing advances in emerging technologies. Specifically, the rapid adoption of blockchain technology has led to a paradigm shift to a new digital smart city ecosystem.

The technologies that are used in telecommunications contribute to improve intelligent transport systems. These technologies are systems that offer several concepts such as vehicular ad hoc networks, which allow the reduction of traffic accidents, traffic congestion, and consequently increase road safety and the comfort of road users.

The development of methods for automated analysis of the formation of demand will make it possible to efficiently use the transport and logistic system of the region, increase the efficiency of enterprises’ production activities, and improve the quality of transport services for the population.

Continued globalization and urbanization—resulting in the increase of inter- and intracity trips—present an important challenge to the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of our society. Most efforts currently focused on resolving the issues of emissions, energy, and health and wellbeing impacts of transport relate to improving the efficiency of transport mode design and operation and rethinking the system and developing a more balanced and intermodal system. The former strategy with a focus on transport technological advancements includes clean and energy-efficient cars, alternative fuels and vehicles, intelligent transport systems, and eco-driving and eco-flying. The latter—a more holistic approach—tends to facilitate the use of sustainable modes of transport, for example, urban public transport, walking, cycling, and train, supporting the effective integration of intelligent autonomous vehicles (IAVs) in sustainable supply networks, as an emerging field in the operations management agenda.

This Special Issue  aims to integrate the smart grid with the smart city using innovative technologies and techniques to ensure sustainable transport for all road users and to expand the use of modern technologies in cities and regions in terms of sustainability.

Prof. Dr. Marija Burinskienė
Prof. Dr. Rasa Ušpalytė-Vitkuniene
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Keywords

  • intelligent transport systems
  • smart city
  • sustainable urban mobility
  • intelligent autonomous vehicles
  • smart urban road networks

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The Analysis of the Effects of a Fare Free Public Transport Travel Demand Based on E-Ticketing
by Danijel Hojski, David Hazemali and Marjan Lep
Sustainability 2022, 14(10), 5878; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14105878 - 12 May 2022
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The traditional approach in public transport planning was to collect travel demand data for a more extended period and compose timetables to serve this demand. There are two significant identifiable issues. In the rural areas and off-peak hours, public transport operators provide much [...] Read more.
The traditional approach in public transport planning was to collect travel demand data for a more extended period and compose timetables to serve this demand. There are two significant identifiable issues. In the rural areas and off-peak hours, public transport operators provide much more capacities than needed. On the other hand, more capacities than scheduled are needed on certain lines at certain departures on some sporadically occurring occasions. The problem is how to react to short-term changes (daily) triggered by exceptional circumstances and events and midterm changes (weekly, monthly basis) in travel demand. We can trigger changes in travel demand chiefly by introducing a desirable (almost for free) tariff system applied to specific populations. No long-term travel response data exists for this kind of intervention, but an immediate response in public transport supply is needed. In Slovenia, public transport for free for the whole population over 65 years was introduced. With the modern ticketing system, which was designed to be as simple as possible for users (that means »check-in only« at the moment of boarding), the research task was to analyze the travel behavior of the retired population, faced with a new attractive option to travel, based on data of purchased tickets and their afterward validation, for better mid-and long-term planning. Our study finds that ITS technology (in this case, e-ticketing system) can satisfactorily solve the discussed planning and management task. Full article
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Validation Method for a Multimodal Freight Transport Model Exploiting Floating Car Data
by Dario Ballarano, Marco Petrelli and Alessandra Renna
Sustainability 2022, 14(9), 5540; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14095540 - 05 May 2022
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The implementation of valid freight transport simulation models requires an extensive and detailed validation phase for understanding the feasibility of the outputs and the capacity of the structure of the proposed models in representing the real-world data. Traditional methods involve the use of [...] Read more.
The implementation of valid freight transport simulation models requires an extensive and detailed validation phase for understanding the feasibility of the outputs and the capacity of the structure of the proposed models in representing the real-world data. Traditional methods involve the use of surveys in order to describe the behaviour of stakeholders and to gather some aspects of the modal choices. Recent studies integrate this approach with Big Data as Floating Car Data to obtain better statistical information of the details at different levels. The current research involves the unexplored field of the validation of freight transport simulation models using a data-driven approach based on a large database of over 292 million Floating Car Data (FCD) signals generated by 29,298 commercial vehicles during the month of October 2019. The paper proposes an FCD processing methodology to identify freight vehicles using Ro-Ro/Ro-Pax services, and presents the results of an in-depth tracking analysis for combined transport and road transport. The validation phase permits the evaluation of the simulation tool results with real choices of heavy vehicles, referring also to the statistical information on travel times and the achievement of additional information through an in-depth analysis of tracking single vehicles. Full article
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Design and Deployment of Vehicular Internet of Things for Smart City Applications
by Evariste Twahirwa, James Rwigema and Raja Datta
Sustainability 2022, 14(1), 176; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14010176 - 24 Dec 2021
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A novel computing paradigm, called the Internet of things emerged a few years ago. IoT is materialized by connecting both real and digital worlds together. The deployment of IoT in vehicular networks has introduced a new vehicular communication technology-themed vehicular internet of things [...] Read more.
A novel computing paradigm, called the Internet of things emerged a few years ago. IoT is materialized by connecting both real and digital worlds together. The deployment of IoT in vehicular networks has introduced a new vehicular communication technology-themed vehicular internet of things (V-IoT). With the introduction of miniaturized sensors and actuators, V-IoT has demonstrated the ability to improve the level of urban transport systems through the development and deployment of low-cost but powerful technologies which seamlessly upgrade the level of smart transportation in urban environments. In this research article, we have presented the features of V-IoT that encompass both the benefits and potential challenges of the technology. Low-cost IoT prototypes have been built and tested for numerous functions in vehicular environments. The monitored parameters include air, road conditions such as traffics flow sizes, air quality, weather parameters, and signal status in terms of Received signal strength indicator, and Signal noise ratio for both road and intra-vehicular environments. Devices are implemented at every IoT architectural layer and tested on a web-based IoT front-end application using different protocols like LoRaWAN. Two LoRa sensors have been deployed in the public bus to monitor some of the mentioned parameters on a real-time basis and historical data could be retrieved through the developed web-based dashboard. Simplistic algorithms are implemented for both real-time and historical data demonstration. Full article
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