Resilient Transportation Systems

Guest Editors:

Dr. Kakan Dey, PhD, Michigan State University, United States
Dr. Candace Brakewood, PhD, University of Tennessee, United States
Dr. Subasish Das, PhD, Texas State University, United States
Dr. Qianwen (Vivian) Guo, PhD, Florida State University, United States
Dr. Xinghui Zhao, PhD, Washington State University, United States

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 09 October 2024

Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience is calling for submissions to our collection: "Resilient Transportation Systems".

Natural disasters have significantly disrupted transportation systems and services, leading to partial or complete closures for extended periods. These disruptions have also had a notable impact on the economic productivity of the affected regions. The transportation system's performance is most commonly affected by natural disasters such as frequent flooding along coastal regions caused by sea-level rise, in-land flooding resulting from high-intensity rain events, increased wildfire frequency and extent, and winter storms triggered by heavy snowfalls. Over the past decade, there has been a rising trend in the severity and frequency of damage attributed to climate change-related phenomena. Transportation agencies have faced challenges in allocating adequate resources to enhance the resilience and performance improvement of transportation systems and services. In this context, conducting systematic research on approaches and models aimed at enhancing the resilience of transportation systems could expedite the recovery and restoration of crucial transportation services. To facilitate cutting-edge research on this major contemporary research challenge, we invite researchers to submit their original manuscripts on diverse topics related to the resilience of transportation systems.

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New Content Item This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 9: Industry Innovation & Infrastructure; SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; and SDG 13: Climate Action.

About the collection

Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Impacts of long-term climate change patterns on transportation system's resilience performance
Development and quantification of resilience performance index
Impacts of the interdependence of critical infrastructure on transportation system's resilience
Methods and models for transportation system's resilience performance evaluation for emerging alternative energy sources and relevant infrastructure
Connected transportation systems and associated cyber threats’ consequence on transportation system's resilience performance
Evaluation of equity-based resilience measured for disadvantaged communities
Resilience impacts of the emerging connected and automated vehicle-based infrastructure and services
Process, methods, and tradeoff of integrating resilience in transportation planning and operations
Utilization of emerging modeling (e.g., digital twins) and computing in analyzing and modeling transportation system’s resilience
Strategies for mitigating the impact of extreme weather events on transportation infrastructure
Resilient design and construction practices for roads, bridges, and other transportation assets in the face of changing climate conditions
Integration of smart technologies, sensors, and real-time monitoring systems to enhance the resilience of transportation networks
Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning for predicting and managing disruptions in transportation systems

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system SNAPP. During the submission process, under the section additional information, you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Resilient Transportation Systems" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.