Sustainable Cities and Society

• Shared e-bike service in Madrid achieves a positive environmental balance • Docking stations and charging infrastructure emit more than e-bikes themselves • Station-based design lowers vandalism and enables efficient rebalancing operations • Net impact depends on substitution of private cars and motorcycles over clean modes • System improvements in logistics, lifespan, and usage enhance climate…

● Links transit oriented development patterns to land surface temperature in Shinjuku ● Uses street view imagery, remote sensing and population data in one framework ● Shows well designed transit corridors can cool land surface by about 0.9°C ● Reveals that excessive density without greenery and shading increases urban heat ● Applies explainable machine learning to guide climate sensitive station…

• ENVI-met parameterisation incorporating field- and laboratory-derived soil data advances OTC modelling beyond standard database inputs. • ENVI-met modelling reveals significant OTC differences across LCZs of Ljubljana. • Mean OTC varies by up to 12.44 °C between LCZs on hot summer days. • Tree shade reduces heat stress by up to 8.43 °C in Ljubljana's urban landscape. Owing to the specific therm…