International Journal of Urban Sciences

Innovative passenger mobility towards sustainable and resilient cities

Innovative passenger mobility systems include innovative services patterns, e.g., shared mobility, Mobility as a Service (MaaS) with electric and automated mobility and micromobility, which are featured for passenger mobility of the near future, and for supporting the development of sustainable and resilient cities. The governance of innovative passenger mobility requires integral and interdisciplinary approaches with the consideration of complex interactions among the complex nature of travel demand, accelerating effects of climate change, infrastructure supply and social environment. Innovative passenger mobility governance is pressing, given the importance of urban passenger mobility not only in the functioning and spatial growth of cities, in its dominant impacts on urban air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, but also for the long-term sustainability and resilience of cities, as well as the safety and well-being of the communities in them. It is among the key challenges that contemporary cities face, both from a scientific perspective and from a policy viewpoint.

This Special Issue (SI) seeks for innovative works and scientific implementation of cutting-edge measures that address key aspects of developing innovative passenger mobility service towards sustainable and resilient cities. It covers several subjects of urban passenger mobility modeling and optimization, data-driven and AI-driven methodologies, and explores innovative solutions for enhancing urban passenger mobility governance in given or expected environments, contributing to the efficiency, sustainability, and resilience of sustainable and resilient cities. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Understanding the role of urban passenger mobility in achieving sustainable and resilient cities
• Developing innovative and effective approaches for sustainable and resilient mobility systems, from short-run and long-run perspectives
• Assessing urban passenger mobility operation strategies for sustainable and resilient cities
• Investigating challenges in operating mobility systems for sustainable and resilient cities (e.g., trade-offs between sustainability and efficiency, revenue and cost)
• Designing approaches to management and organization of urban passenger mobility systems to tackle disparities in and between cities and urban areas
• Sharing evidence-based lessons from social experiments or real-world applications on implementing sustainable and resilient mobility solutions
• Applications of urban passenger mobility digitalization in supporting sustainable and resilient cities
• Future urban passenger mobility governance under alternative mobility modes.

Keywords:

Mobility Management, Sustainability, Resilience, Mobility system, Transport policies