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Future transportation: Integrated research agenda on system, technology, equity, and sustainability
Communications in Transportation Research 2026, 6(2): 9640028
Published: 30 June 2026
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We are living through a pivotal era of mobility transformation. This integrated research agenda, developed by some of the coeditors-in-chief of the Transportation Research journal series, identifies critical directions across four interconnected pillars. First, reimagining future urban mobility systems requires the orchestration of microtransit ecosystems and low-altitude operations into ground–air cooperative networks. Second, core enabling technologies must advance verifiable autonomous intelligence, hierarchical vehicle–road–cloud (VRC) control, and decoupled development platforms to ensure safety and scalability. Third, translating data abundance into actionable insights demands rigorous methods for data fusion and bias correction, alongside sustained commitment to granular equity, accessibility, and mobility justice. Fourth, sustainability hinges on coherent policy instruments and equitable emissions allocation across passengers, cargo, and infrastructure. Across these pillars, technological innovation must be coupled with systemic integration, equitable governance, and rigorous sustainability metrics to build resilient, low-carbon, and human-centric mobility systems for the future.

Open Access Editorial Issue
Data and Code Disclosure and Sharing Policy of communications in transportation research
Communications in Transportation Research 2022, 2(1): 100055
Published: 09 March 2022
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Communications in Transportation Research: Vision and scope
Communications in Transportation Research 2021, 1(1): 100001
Published: 17 July 2021
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Open Access Research paper Issue
On the impact of connected automated vehicles in freeway work zones: a cooperative cellular automata model based approach
Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles 2018, 1(1): 1-14
Published: 07 August 2018
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Purpose

Freeway work zones have been traffic bottlenecks that lead to a series of problems, including long travel time, high-speed variation, driver’s dissatisfaction and traffic congestion. This research aims to develop a collaborative component of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) to alleviate negative effects caused by work zones.

Design/methodology/approach

The proposed cooperative component is incorporated in a cellular automata model to examine how and to what scale CAVs can help in improving traffic operations.

Findings

Simulation results show that, with the proposed component and penetration of CAVs, the average performances (travel time, safety and emission) can all be improved and the stochasticity of performances will be minimized too.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research that develops a cooperative mechanism of CAVs to improve work zone performance.

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