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Sustainable Transportation and Traffic in Smart Cities

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2022) | Viewed by 23232

Special Issue Editors

Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
Interests: autonomous transportation; electric transportation; smart mobility; traffic congestion management; sustainable transportation systems
Civil Engineering, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA
Interests: policy implications of smart mobility technologies; sustainable transportation systems; transportation planning; disaster management; big data analytics in transportation
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
Interests: transportation systems analysis and modeling; urban traffic management and operations; interdependent infrastructure systems resilience
Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
Interests: transportation performance modeling; life-cycle cost analysis; connected and automated
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Dear Colleagues,

The smart cities concept has received increasing interest in the last decade. In a smart city, the quality of life of urban residents is improved using disruptive technologies in various areas, such as energy efficiency, communications technology, and transportation mobility. The need for smart cities is accentuated by ever-increasing population growth and urbanization, which are barriers to the achievement of sustainable urban development. The three pillars of sustainability are environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Sustainability has been recognized as one of the main drivers of the smart city, the goal of which is to curb resource consumption in the face of climate pressures in the era of massive urban development. A sustainable transportation system is an essential component of sustainable urban infrastructure development. Although rapid urbanization has caused tremendous stress on urban transportation systems, several disruptive transportation technologies can assist metropolitan authorities to achieve sustainable urban development. These technologies include (i) autonomous vehicles, (ii) connected vehicles, (iii) electric vehicles, and (iv) ridesharing.

This Special Issue is intended to crystallize current thinking and future directions regarding the role of smart cities and the aforementioned disruptive transportation technologies on sustainable transportation systems. It provides a forum for discussing and presenting current groundbreaking research work involving these four transformative technologies that can profoundly change transportation outcomes in a manner that promotes sustainability. This Special Issue also seeks to further our understanding not only of the holistic effects of any combination of these technologies on travel behaviors, but also on the six pillars of the smart city, which include (i) smart governance, (ii) smart mobility, (iii) smart living, (iv) smart people, (v) smart economy, and (vi) smart environment. This Special Issue welcomes papers that address the concept of smart cities and the associated disruptive transportation technologies to achieve social, economic, and environmentally sound urban development. Contributors from different fields are invited to submit papers related to this theme.

Dr. Mohammad Miralinaghi
Prof. Dr. Ramin Shabanpour
Prof. Dr. Xiaozheng (Sean) He
Prof. Dr. Samuel Labi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • smart mobility
  • autonomous vehicles
  • connected vehicles
  • electric vehicles
  • sustainable transportation systems

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Charging and Discharging of Electric Vehicles in Power Systems: An Updated and Detailed Review of Methods, Control Structures, Objectives, and Optimization Methodologies
by Saleh Aghajan-Eshkevari, Sasan Azad, Morteza Nazari-Heris, Mohammad Taghi Ameli and Somayeh Asadi
Sustainability 2022, 14(4), 2137; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su14042137 - 13 Feb 2022
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As a result of fossil fuel prices and the associated environmental issues, electric vehicles (EVs) have become a substitute for fossil-fueled vehicles. Their use is expected to grow significantly in a short period of time. However, the widespread use of EVs and their [...] Read more.
As a result of fossil fuel prices and the associated environmental issues, electric vehicles (EVs) have become a substitute for fossil-fueled vehicles. Their use is expected to grow significantly in a short period of time. However, the widespread use of EVs and their large-scale integration into the power system will pose numerous operational and technical challenges. To avoid these issues, it is essential to manage the charging and discharging of EVs. EVs may also be considered sources of dispersed energy storage and used to increase the network’s operation and efficiency with reasonable charge and discharge management. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive and updated review of control structures of EVs in charging stations, objectives of EV management in power systems, and optimization methodologies for charge and discharge management of EVs in energy systems. The goals that can be accomplished with efficient charge and discharge management of EVs are divided into three groups in this paper (network activity, economic, and environmental goals) and analyzed in detail. Additionally, the biggest obstacles that EVs face when participating in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications are examined in this paper. Full article
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Sustainable Electric Vehicle Transportation
by Raymond Kene, Thomas Olwal and Barend J. van Wyk
Sustainability 2021, 13(22), 12379; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su132212379 - 09 Nov 2021
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The future direction of electric vehicle (EV) transportation in relation to the energy demand for charging EVs needs a more sustainable roadmap, compared to the current reliance on the centralised electricity grid system. It is common knowledge that the current state of electricity [...] Read more.
The future direction of electric vehicle (EV) transportation in relation to the energy demand for charging EVs needs a more sustainable roadmap, compared to the current reliance on the centralised electricity grid system. It is common knowledge that the current state of electricity grids in the biggest economies of the world today suffer a perennial problem of power losses; and were not designed for the uptake and integration of the growing number of large-scale EV charging power demands from the grids. To promote sustainable EV transportation, this study aims to review the current state of research and development around this field. This study is significant to the effect that it accomplishes four major objectives. (1) First, the implication of large-scale EV integration to the electricity grid is assessed by looking at the impact on the distribution network. (2) Secondly, it provides energy management strategies for optimizing plug-in EVs load demand on the electricity distribution network. (3) It provides a clear direction and an overview on sustainable EV charging infrastructure, which is highlighted as one of the key factors that enables the promotion and sustainability of the EV market and transportation sector, re-engineered to support the United Nations Climate Change Agenda. Finally, a conclusion is made with some policy recommendations provided for the promotion of the electric vehicle market and widespread adoption in any economy of the world. Full article
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Transit-Oriented Development: Exploring Citizen Perceptions in a Booming City, Can Tho City, Vietnam
by Jieh-Haur Chen, Ha Thi Thu Nguyen, Chien-Cheng Chou, Jui-Pin Wang and Ting-Kwei Wang
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1370; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13031370 - 28 Jan 2021
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Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a crucial method for sustainable urban development and encouraging the use of public transit, especially for large densely populated cities such as Can Tho City, one of the top five cities in Vietnam. This study is aimed at identifying [...] Read more.
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a crucial method for sustainable urban development and encouraging the use of public transit, especially for large densely populated cities such as Can Tho City, one of the top five cities in Vietnam. This study is aimed at identifying the factors which have a significant effect on the citizens’ engagement of public transport in the TOD environment. Based on the literature review and expert knowledge, 3 hypotheses related to citizens’ perceptions and citizen’s engagement are developed. A questionnaire was accordingly established using structural equation modeling (SEM). As a result, a total of 8 factors with 31 stems were obtained. The survey questionnaires were distributed to citizens of Can Tho City with 749 responses collected for KMO test Chi-square of 0.905. The analysis shows that all three hypotheses stand: (1) the citizens’ perception of local government’s capacity plays an important role in the citizens’ willingness to engage on public transport; the citizens’ perception of the usefulness of (2) TOD and (3) public transport has a positive influence on the engagement on public transport system. The major contribution of this study is that it can help other cities in developing countries to apply TOD. Full article
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