Transport, transport systems can be considered a kind of public goods, elementary for social and economic development, the functioning of the market, international trade and integration. Currently, the positive effects of transport and transport systems are challenged by environmental issues, its impact on climate change, sustainability of energy supply and capacity problems. As a consequence, the question appears how to support sustainable development of transport systems. Developing countries face challenges in developing proper transport and logistic infrastructure supporting their developmental aims. In developed countries, innovation and technological development have significant impact on safety, emission, energy efficiency of means of transport, while the demand for passenger transport is tried to be influenced by different types of policies.
While mobility is important for regional and national competitiveness, the mentioned negative impacts and capacity problems may pose a serious challenge to economic development at local and national scale. Increasing demand for passenger and good transport leads to serious congestion problems, destruction of urban ecosystems, reduced functionality of urban ecosystems, etc.
We invite authors to submit articles dealing with case studies, empirical research and theoretical reflections on the following issues:
- International transport (e.g., the importance of transport for global trade, transport in global supply chains, intermodal and multimodal transport, development of transnational and global transport systems).
- Urban, local and regional transport (e.g. urban transport policy, sustainable urban transport, development of urban/local/regional transport systems).
- Transport and optimization of logistic chains.
- Transport behaviour (e.g. determinants of transport behaviour, demand management).
- Innovativeness in transport (e.g. technological solutions, commercialization of inventions, socio-economic importance of new technology).
- The social role of transport (e.g. transport and social exclusion, demographic challenges, safety issues).
- Transport, environment and climate change (e.g. the concept of circular economy in the transport sector, negative environmental externalities, the future of transport versus availability of fossil fuels, low-emission transport).
- Development of alternative sources of energy in the context of climate policy and side-effects having negative environmental impacts.
- Development of global transport demand and supply of energy, in the face of the potential energy crisis.
- Challenges to sustainable transport systems: vulnerabilities and weakest links in global transport chains.
- Behavioural aspects of change in transport behaviour.
- Institutions and sustainable transport – the importance of transaction costs and property rights.
- Limits to the development of transport systems.
- The limits to ever increasing mobility in the context of capacity of transport systems.
- Sustainable provision of energy for transport in the context of stability of energy grids as electro-mobility is expected to increase, as well as the environmental impacts.
- Social and economic paradigms, technological development and solutions for energy provisions from the point of view of sustainable energy supply for transport.
- Large-scale infrastructural and technological transformations required to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050.
- Other challenges in transport.
Prof. Johannes (Joost) Platje. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dr Monika Paradowska. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.