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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, and discusses policy implications of these technologies.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Emerging Technologies in Mobility 2. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) 3. Automation and Mobility 4. Smart Public Transportation and Demand Responsive Transit (DRT) 5. Shared Mobility and Micromobility 6. Electrification & Decarbonization in Transportation 7. Technology-Related Legal Issues 8. Transortation Technology Acceptance 9. Implications for Future Planning and Policy Analysis
About the author
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.
