The International Journal on Transport Development and Integration covers all transportation modes and the general topic of transport systems, with particular emphasis on their integration and harmonisation.
The continuous requirements for better transportation systems and the need for a healthier environment are topics covered by this Journal.
The Journal addresses the areas of urban and road transportation, maritime and fluvial transport, rail and aviation, and topics related to logistics, optimisation and complex systems, amongst others. The growing need for integration is partly to respond to the many advances that are taking place in transportation and in order to achieve better uses of all systems, with the subsequent gains in energy efficiency. There is also the need for integration of transportation with telecommunications systems and IT in order to improve safety, security and efficiency.
The Journal aims to report on advanced railways transport modes, including passenger, freight and transit systems. It welcomes contributions in the field of marine and fluvial transport, taking into consideration the substantial growth in marine shipping and cruise ships all over the world. Fluvial, canal and lake transportation are now becoming new areas of interest after a long period of decline. The Journal also covers papers resulting from the rapid growth in air freight and passenger transportation, together with the need to develop the required airport facilities. The site of new airports, in particular, involves taking into consideration environmental, ecological, social and economic factors.
Transportation is one of the largest consumers of energy, particularly hydrocarbons, and has a considerable share of the economics of governments, industry and households. All major transportation links, including railway stations, airports, ports and freight terminals, can be powerful driving forces behind the development of a region and conversely they can result in major problems if they are wrongly sited and not properly integrated into the general transportation system of the area. As the world continues to develop towards a global economy, the importance of transportation grows and consequently the need to find new solutions.
The variety of topics covered by the Journal reflects the complex interaction of transportation systems and the environment, and the need to establish integrated strategies. The aim is to arrive at optimal socio-economic solutions while reducing the negative environmental impact of current transportation systems.
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Editor-in-Chief
Giorgio Passerini
University Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
International Editorial Board
Hashim Al-Madani
University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Socrates Basbas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Busra Buran
Istanbul Electricity, Tramway & Tunnel, Turkey
Luca D'Acierno
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Juan De Ona
University of Granada, Spain
Kelwyn D'Souza
Hampton University, USA
Vicent Esteban Chapapria
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Maisa Sales Gama Tobias
University of Para, Brazil
Fabio Garzia
University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy
Nil Guler
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Stanislav Hodas
University of Zilina, Slovakia
Libor Izvolt
University of Zilina, Slovakia
Marianna Jacyna
Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Jyh-Cherng Jong
Sinotech Engineering Consultants Inc, Taiwan
James Longhurst
University of the West of England, UK
Elena Magaril
Ural Federal University, Russia
Giorgio Medeossi
University of Trieste, Italy
Jose Manuel Mera
CITEF-UPM, Spain
Jerzy Merkisz
Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Agnieszka Merkisz-Guranowska
Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Jose Luis Miralles i Garcia
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Mykhaylo Miyusov
National University "Odessa Maritime Academy", Ukraine
Giuseppe Musolino
University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Marjana Petrovic
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Eduardo Pilo de la Fuente
Eprail Research & Consulting SL, Spain
Maria Nadia Postorino
University of Bologna, Italy
Antonio Pratelli
University of Pisa, Italy
Stefano Ricci
University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy
Francesco Russo
University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Ilse Schoeman
North West University, South Africa
Dana Sitanyiova
University of Zilina, Slovakia
Aleksander Sladkowski
Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Reginald Souleyrette
University of Kentucky, USA
Ioan Strainescu
ICPE SAERP Bucharest, Romania
Ryo Takagi
Kogakuin University, Japan
Tomaz Tollazzi
University of Maribor, Slovenia
Norio Tomii
Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Yuri Trofimenko
State Technical University-MADI, Russia
Panos Tzieropoulos
Polytechnic of Lausanne, Switzerland
Ron van Duin
Delft University of Technology & Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Pierre Van Elslande
Université Gustave Eiffel, France
