There is growing interest in sustainability, sustainable development, and sustainable transportation. This paper identifies issues related to the definition, evaluation and implementation of sustainable transportation. Significant issues include the range of definitions of sustainability, the range of issues considered under sustainability, the range of perspectives, criticism of sustainability...

In recent works on the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), “intelligent” and “sustainable” have been the buzzwords in the context of transportation. Maintaining sustainability in IoV is always a challenge. Sustainability in IoV can be achieved not only by the use of pollution-free vehicular systems, but also by maintenance of road traffic safety or prevention of accidents or collisions. With the aim of...

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, economic, and social challenges of our time. Urban transportation has had a major negative impact on our environment—most of our air pollution comes from transport. This paper explores ways to move toward a more sustainable transport system by focusing on creating a more efficient and livable city and improving the environmental efficiency of...

Sustainability Background Sustainability is a broad term that considers the environmental, social, and economic aspects of problems and their respective solutions.  Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland 1987)  Physical, economic and social patterns of human developm...

We are experiencing a shift in thinking about Transportation and Mobility, which makes this Special Issue on Sustainable Transportation and Health in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health especially timely.[...].

Around the world, particularly in North America and Australia, urban sprawl combined with low density suburban development has caused serious accessibility and mobility problems, especially for those who do not own a motor vehicle or have access to public transportation services. Sustainable urban and transportation development is seen crucial in solving transportation disadvantage problems in ...

sustainable road transportation requires integration with economic, social and environmental aspects of transportation. it depends on term and condition of each society. in the recent decades, transportation is growing fast in iran and isfahan follows this scenario. the aim of this study is to study the traffic, parking road properties of isfahan metropolitan area who are actively implementing ...

A sustainable transportation system has been defined as “one that satisfies current transport and mobility needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own” (Black, 1997; Richardson, 1999). The success of sustainable transportation in urban regions depends on encouragement of non-motorized (pedestrian and cyclist) and sharedride transportation modes instead of car-...