Abstract

Urban transport sustainability is of prime importance for achieving desired urban outcomes which impact economic, social and accessibility dimensions. In many of the growing cities, everyday mobility is influenced by several factors which hinder sustainable and smart transport operations. This study is aimed at identifying the indicators to measure the sustainability of the transport systems, with special focus on urban mobility. A systematic literature review was conducted for this purpose, between 2000 and 2019, from databases including Scopus, Web of Science, KCI-Korean Journal Database, Russian Science Citation Index, and SciELO Citation Index. An assessment of the economic, social, and accessibility indicators of sustainability on urban transport systems was carried out. This research work has allowed the identification of the main indicators of sustainability referred by different researchers in the field of urban transport systems. Based on the careful bibliographic analysis, a set of the identified indicators is proposed so that reviewed indicators can be utilized more objectively and accurately for smart urban mobility patterns. This review study can be helpful in assisting researchers who are exploring to evaluate sustainability perspectives in urban transport systems.

Highlights

  • In many of the rapidly growing cities, the increased demand of urban mobility has resulted in the deterioration of the user-friendliness and suitability of using the existing transport systems because of traffic congestions, travel costs and accessibility

  • It can be argued that the research interests of the researchers in sustainable urban transport and transport performance indicators remained high in absolute terms

  • This research study allowed the identification of the vital parameters and the most recognized research studies in the field of sustainable urban transport and smart mobility

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Introduction

In many of the rapidly growing cities, the increased demand of urban mobility has resulted in the deterioration of the user-friendliness and suitability of using the existing transport systems because of traffic congestions, travel costs and accessibility. The researchers have started to consider and investigate the legitimate factors that are apparently the main cause of worsening the sustainable urban mobility. It is important to study and highlight some of the factors, which might possibly directly or indirectly affect the performance of the urban transport system and its sustainability. It has become much important than ever before. This will help in determining the performance of the transport systems but will help in quantifying the impacts of the indicators over a period of time. In the developing megacities, which have a greater growth potential but limited resources, it is an urgent issue to determine the set of indicators for the quantification of sustainable mobility in advance

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