Journal Title：Transportation

In our first issue, published in 1972, we explained that this Journal is intended to promote the free and vigorous exchange of ideas and experience among the worldwide community actively concerned with transportation policy, planning and practice. That continues to be our mission, with a clear focus on topics concerned with research and practice in transportation policy and planning, around the world.

These four words, policy and planning, research and practice are our key words. While we have a particular focus on transportation policy analysis and travel behaviour in the context of ground transportation, we willingly consider all good quality papers that are highly relevant to transportation policy, planning and practice with a clear focus on innovation, on extending the international pool of knowledge and understanding. Our interest is not only with transportation policies - and systems and services – but also with their social, economic and environmental impacts, However, papers about the application of established procedures to, or the development of plans or policies for, specific locations are unlikely to prove acceptable unless they report experience which will be of real benefit those working elsewhere. Papers concerned with the engineering, safety and operational management of transportation systems are outside our scope.

在我们于 1972 年出版的第一期中，我们解释说，该期刊旨在促进积极关注交通政策、规划和实践的全球社区之间自由而积极地交流思想和经验。这仍然是我们的使命，明确关注与世界各地交通政策和规划研究和实践相关的主题。

政策与规划、研究与实践这四个字是我们的关键词。虽然我们特别关注地面交通背景下的交通政策分析和旅行行为，但我们愿意考虑所有与交通政策、规划和实践高度相关的高质量论文，并明确关注创新、扩大国际资源库的知识和理解。我们的兴趣不仅在于交通政策、系统和服务，还在于它们对社会、经济和环境的影响。然而，关于在特定地点应用既定程序或制定计划或政策的论文不太可能证明是可以接受的，除非他们报告的经验对在别处工作的人真正有益。与运输系统的工程、安全和运营管理有关的论文不在我们的范围内。