The journal “Sustainable Transport and Livability” was successfully launched on November 7, 2023, through an online event. Nine speakers from academia, government, and NGO delivered their speeches elucidating the need for sustainable and liveable communities and how this journal can support research on exploring the linkages between transport systems and Quality of Life. Nearly 286 participants had registered for the launch event from 35 countries worldwide.
Aim and Scope of the Journal
The Sustainable Transport and Livability journal focuses on publishing research that furthers our knowledge on the many linkages between sustainable transport and the livability of cities, and the policy, planning, design, and engineering interventions that affect these connections.
These linkages of sustainable transport to livability may include impacts on:
- How sustainable transport interventions affect physical, mental, economic, and social well-being
- How sustainable transport interventions can make society and individuals healthier and happier
- How sustainable transport interventions affect quality of life, equity, and social justice
- How sustainable transport impacts safety, accessibility, affordability, and environmental quality
- How sustainable transport can contribute toward improving the disaster resiliency of urban transport systems
In general, the journal gives preference to papers that evaluate or inform the development of transportation interventions to improve the livability of cities and make an original contribution. The journal aims to cover sustainable transport and livability issues in both developed and developing economies with a potential of transferability to other locations.
The journal will particularly encourage submissions that are cross-disciplinary or inter-disciplinary. Submissions may include empirical studies, theoretical research, case studies, review articles, and conceptual papers. It encourages both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, and transfer of research into practice.
This Taylor and Francis’s new Open Access journal is edited by Prof. (Dr.) Ashish Verma, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, available at <https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tstl20>.