Electrification, automation, and shared mobility are the 3 Revolutions (3Rs) recently emerging in urban transport, which will fundamentally change urban transport around the world. Each revolution may bring not only substantial benefits but also tough challenges. Vehicle electrification can cut vehicle energy use and CO2 emissions. However, for electrification to have maximum benefits, power generation must be strongly shifted away from fossil fuels and deeply decarbonized to achieve the goal of “carbon neutrality” set by many countries. In addition, these vehicles will likely remain expensive for at least another decade. Automation can provide important safety benefits, reduce labor costs, enable cheaper travel, and more productive use of time.

However, by lowering the cost of travel in terms of time and money, automation would likely induce more trips and dramatically reduce the number of jobs in transportation. Shared mobility, whether through shared vehicles or trips, has the potential to lead to more efficient use of urban space, reduce traffic congestion, enable more walking and cycling trips, cut energy use and emissions, and consequently improve urban livability. However, this would require large increases in load factors (passengers per vehicle trip) and a range of supporting policies. Therefore, there is still much uncertainty in the transitions towards electrification, automation, and shared mobility for urban transport.

This Special Issue aims to solicit high-quality research to better understand the transitional pathways of the 3 revolutions and their combinations. The scope of the Special Issue includes (but is not limited to) the following technologies: electric vehicles, connected and autonomous vehicles, shared micromobility (e-scooter sharing, station-based and dockless bike-sharing, and shared e-bikes), carsharing, ridesharing, ride splitting, and other shared mobility services. We call for both original research and review articles related to the behaviors, operations, impacts, and policies of the above technologies to guide industry investment and government decision-making for the transition towards electrification, automation, and shared mobility.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Characterization of shared mobility, electric vehicles, or autonomous vehicles based on the real-world observed data
• Operation optimization of shared mobility, electric vehicles, or autonomous vehicles using artificial intelligence
• Pricing strategies and monetary/social incentives for shared mobility, electric vehicles, or autonomous vehicles
• Potential impacts of shared mobility, electric vehicles or autonomous vehicles on car ownership, traffic congestion, energy, environment
• Innovative strategies and policies to promote shared mobility, electric vehicles or autonomous vehicles
• Factors influencing users’ willingness to adopt shared mobility, electric vehicles or autonomous vehicles
• Relationship between the travel demand/behaviors of shared mobility and the built environment
• Infrastructure planning and management for shared electric and autonomous transport systems
• Efficiency, safety, and reliability analysis of shared electric and autonomous transport systems