Transportation and Mobility Technology Futures: Intelligent Systems, Decarbonization and Micromobility

Emerging technologies in the transport sector have had, and will have, profound implications for the betterment of our daily lives and economic prosperity. This book delves into modern and emerging transportation technologies, highlighting their significance as they transform how we move people and goods, offering crucial insights for navigating the future of transportation systems. It also discusses policy implications of these technologies, and touches on economic and econometric methodologies for analyzing transportation policy impacts.

Emerging transport technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, ITS, and V2X, along with new trends relating to how we use transport services, will shape our daily mobility, and related industries will flourish. This book discusses the recent trends in technology development for mobility and deals with important related issues such as technology acceptance and related policies. Recognizing the importance of the topic, the book provides a comprehensive review of emerging technology developments and their prospects. It also serves as an analytical framework for assessing their impacts and discusses related issues such as people’s reactions and legal frameworks that may be required.

This book is written primarily for transport professionals in government or consulting, but it is also appropriate for academic use, or for anyone with an interest in transportation and cities.

Prof. Sungwon Lee is currently a Research Professor at Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT). His previous positions include Vice President of the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), the Advisor to the Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea, the Korea Research Foundation Professor at KNUT. Prof. Lee’s research and teaching experiences span across the world. These include KOTI, OECD in Paris France, KNUT, Seoul National University and University of California Davis. Prof. Lee holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pennsylvania State University.

Devon Farmer is a transportation planning researcher and consultant from Vancouver Island, Canada. Devon has a wide breadth of knowledge of transportation planning from a variety of projects from around the world, including how transportation technologies can be used to improve mobility and make cities thrive. Devon has experience working on transportation projects in Canada, the USA, Korea, Bangladesh, Nepal, Lao PDR, and Belize. He is particularly interested in how transportation networks can be improved with good planning and the use of technology. Devon holds a Master’s degree from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver, Canada.

Prof. Hyun Kim is a Professor at the Korea National University of Transportation (KNUT) and he is currently the director of the Transportation & ICT Convergence Research Center, located in Seoul, Korea. Professor Kim’s research focuses on technology, ITS, autonomous vehicles, AI, and big data and its interaction with mobility. Professor Kim holds a Ph.D. in Transportation Mobility Engineering from the University of Yamanashi, Japan.