Topic: Data-Driven Mobility Futures: Shared & Autonomous Vehicles, Pricing Mechanisms and Urban Land-Use Impacts
Guest Editors
Special Topic Introduction
Technology has always shaped the transportation system, through faster speeds and heavier loads over longer distances. Global transport systems are undergoing profound transformation, with the rise of autonomous, electric, and shared-mobility technologies. These innovations promise to reshape travel behavior, urban form, and accessibility, but their environmental implications depend on the plans and policies, and global settings that shape their deployment. Transport’s evolution also shapes our land-use systems, and our shared future depends on how technology is combined with pricing mechanisms and land use change.
This Special Issue seeks data-driven research that examines the energy and emissions implications of emerging mobility systems and their interactions with urban, suburban, and exurban land use patterns. We welcome contributions that leverage modeling, simulation, or empirical analysis to explore strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring equitable and efficient mobility. Submissions focused on relevant policy design are also encouraged.
Proposed topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Carbon and Energy Impacts
· Life-cycle emissions of shared and autonomous vehicles;
· Comparative carbon footprints of mobility scenarios.
2. Pricing and Policy for Emissions Reduction
· Dynamic pricing for congestion and emissions control;
· Incentives for low-carbon shared mobility adoption.
3. Urban Land-Use and Accessibility
· Land-use changes driven by reduced parking and SAV deployment;
· Accessibility and travel time trade-offs in urban planning.
4. Modeling and Simulation
· Agent-based and system-level models for carbon impact forecasting;
· Machine learning approaches for emissions prediction.
5. Equity and Sustainability
· Distributional impacts of associated mobility policies;
· Governance frameworks for low-carbon autonomous mobility.
1. Carbon and Energy Impacts
· Life-cycle emissions of shared and autonomous vehicles;
· Comparative carbon footprints of mobility scenarios.
2. Pricing and Policy for Emissions Reduction
· Dynamic pricing for congestion and emissions control;
· Incentives for low-carbon shared mobility adoption.
3. Urban Land-Use and Accessibility
· Land-use changes driven by reduced parking and SAV deployment;
· Accessibility and travel time trade-offs in urban planning.
4. Modeling and Simulation
· Agent-based and system-level models for carbon impact forecasting;
· Machine learning approaches for emissions prediction.
5. Equity and Sustainability
· Distributional impacts of associated mobility policies;
· Governance frameworks for low-carbon autonomous mobility.
Keywords
Shared mobility, autonomous vehicles, transportation pricing, transportation land-use interactions
Submission Deadline
31 Mar 2026
Submission Information
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Submission Deadline: 31 Mar 2026
Contacts: Leah Zhang, Assistant Editor, [email protected]
