Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport Systems

In recent years, several emerging transport modes have appeared in cities all over the world and have been widely adopted by commuters and travelers. This leads to strong growth and popularity of multi-modal transport and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in cities. These emerging transport modes have no...

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Main Author: Fu-Shiung Hsieh
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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description In recent years, several emerging transport modes have appeared in cities all over the world and have been widely adopted by commuters and travelers. This leads to strong growth and popularity of multi-modal transport and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in cities. These emerging transport modes have not only received much attention from service providers and practitioners but have also attracted researchers in related communities. These are reflected in the growing number of published papers related to research issues of multi-modal mobility transport in cities. The factors that have been driving the strong growth of the number of published papers related to the emerging multi-modal transport in cities are the deficiencies of effective solution methods to accommodate the needs of users in cities with multi-modal transport modes. Although the existing literature is still deficient in offering seamless end-to-end multi-modal mobility transport services, it provides valuable sources and clues for finding the potential future research subjects/issues/directions. In this study, we attempt to identify potential research directions based on a review of the existing literature on multi-modal mobility transport. By searching the WOS database, we analyze the profile and trends of research directions related to multi-modal mobility. The results of this study pave the way for the assessment of research subjects/issues/directions under the umbrella term of multi-modal mobility transport. This review paper significantly reduces the time required for readers to identify prospective research subjects, issues, or directions without delving into the literature.
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spelling doaj-art-589639f3b91b4ca287d2f0f7d9a3762d2025-08-20T01:56:25ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-05-011510570910.3390/app15105709Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport SystemsFu-Shiung Hsieh0Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, TaiwanIn recent years, several emerging transport modes have appeared in cities all over the world and have been widely adopted by commuters and travelers. This leads to strong growth and popularity of multi-modal transport and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in cities. These emerging transport modes have not only received much attention from service providers and practitioners but have also attracted researchers in related communities. These are reflected in the growing number of published papers related to research issues of multi-modal mobility transport in cities. The factors that have been driving the strong growth of the number of published papers related to the emerging multi-modal transport in cities are the deficiencies of effective solution methods to accommodate the needs of users in cities with multi-modal transport modes. Although the existing literature is still deficient in offering seamless end-to-end multi-modal mobility transport services, it provides valuable sources and clues for finding the potential future research subjects/issues/directions. In this study, we attempt to identify potential research directions based on a review of the existing literature on multi-modal mobility transport. By searching the WOS database, we analyze the profile and trends of research directions related to multi-modal mobility. The results of this study pave the way for the assessment of research subjects/issues/directions under the umbrella term of multi-modal mobility transport. This review paper significantly reduces the time required for readers to identify prospective research subjects, issues, or directions without delving into the literature.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/10/5709Mobility as a Service (MaaS)multi-modal transportshared mobilitysustainabilitysmart citysystematic review
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Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport Systems
Applied Sciences
Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
multi-modal transport
shared mobility
sustainability
smart city
systematic review
title Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport Systems
title_full Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport Systems
title_fullStr Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport Systems
title_full_unstemmed Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport Systems
title_short Emerging Research Issues and Directions on MaaS, Sustainability and Shared Mobility in Smart Cities with Multi-Modal Transport Systems
title_sort emerging research issues and directions on maas sustainability and shared mobility in smart cities with multi modal transport systems
topic Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
multi-modal transport
shared mobility
sustainability
smart city
systematic review
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/10/5709
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