From April 13 to 14, the 2024 International Symposium on Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Transport was held at the International Lecture Hall of Century Building, Railway Campus, Central South University. The symposium was jointly hosted by Central South University and the Hunan Society of Traffic and Transportation Engineering. Attendees included Helai Huang, Dean of the School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Central South University; Marco Bassani from Politecnico di Torino in Italy; Mohamed Ahmed from the University of Cincinnati in the United States; Md Mazharul Haque from Queensland University of Technology in Australia; Jinwoo Lee and Tiantian Chen from KAIST in the Republic of Korea; Sunghoon Jang from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands; Dong Zhang from Dalian University of Technology; as well as more than 100 faculty members, students, and representatives. The symposium was chaired by Jaeyoung Lee of Central South University.
In his opening remarks, Dean Helai Huang introduced Central South University and the School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering from the perspectives of general profile, institutional history, and disciplinary development. He noted that Transportation Engineering, as a Double First-Class discipline at a Double First-Class university, enjoys abundant teaching resources, a solid talent cultivation platform, and distinctive disciplinary strengths. In addition, Dean Huang introduced the Hunan Key Laboratory of Intelligent Transportation, as well as the current development of urban intelligent transportation in China and frontier research on expressway intelligent transportation systems.
During the symposium, Jinwoo Lee discussed infrastructure planning for emerging modes of transportation. Dong Zhang examined whether China’s“Transit Metropolis”pilot program has promoted public transit ridership. Tiantian Chen introduced a hazard-based duration model and further explored how to quantify the impact of work-related distraction on taxi drivers’safety performance. Sunghoon Jang discussed the influence of scooter parking zones on preferences for shared electric scooters. Marco Bassani introduced an innovative Intelligent Speed Adaptation system based on available sight distance. Mazharul“Shimul”Haque discussed approaches to real-time crash risk assessment for transportation infrastructure through the integration of econometric models and artificial intelligence models. Mohamed Ahmed examined methods for evaluating the safety and operational performance of Connected Vehicle technologies. Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios explored the value of humane infrastructure in enhancing sustainable transport.
Later in the symposium, Luxiang Deng, Associate Editor ofTransportation Safety & Environment, introduced the journal and called on participants to actively submit their work.
The symposium also featured poster presentations and oral reports by faculty members and students of the school based on their respective research topics. Through in-depth academic exchange and discussion with the experts and scholars present, participants actively explored future research directions and areas for further improvement.
