In the Middle East, a sustainable mobility system is crucial for sustainable development. However, there is a scarcity of quantitative investigations on sustainable transport indicators in the region, despite their significance to scholars. The central focus of this paper is to achieve two specific objectives: firstly, to construct a comprehensive set of sustainable transport indicators by reviewing 71 studies that highlight sustainability. Following that, these indicators will undergo quantitative evaluation through normalization and scoring on a scale of 0 to 10. These scores will then be utilized to compare Middle East cities with the Kurdistan Region, the European Union, and the world. The study database was developed using two distinct sources. The primary source consists of original articles published in reputable scientific journals, while the secondary source consists of open-source government datasets and data from international organizations such as the United Nations, International Energy Agency, and International Renewable Energy Agency. The proposed indicators are classified into city and country levels, since some indicators can only be measured on a global scale, and the average value has been utilized in the assessment. The proposed indicators rating shows that the sustainability score of Erbil City, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, is higher than the average score of Middle Eastern cities. However, at the global level, the Kurdistan Region has a sustainability score below the Middle East average, while the European Union outperforms at both city and global levels. Ultimately, potential policies were suggested to reinforce sustainable development endeavors in Erbil City.
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