Mobility Vision

The analysis of human mobility and freight transport aimed at sustainability and safety, as well as the evaluation of planning instruments and their effects, through a collection of the most relevant information on mobility and its degree of sustainability, is essential to achieving the goals of the Local 2030 Agenda.

For years, the European Parliament, the Club of Rome, and Agenda 21 have recommended the use of rail, metro, bus, and taxi for commuting to work, school, the market, or for leisure activities, which, along with cycling and walking, are the only sustainable, supportive, and ethical means of transport.

Sustainable mobility is a relatively new concept that emerged as a reaction to the visibly flawed results of transport policies, practices, and actions in a significant part of the world during the last half of the 20th century.

Car-based transport systems have proven to be unsustainable, consuming excessive energy, impacting public health, and leading to a decline in service quality despite increasing investment… Transport accounts for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions and represents 36% of energy consumption in Spain.

Universal access without discrimination, the reduction of congestion, and respect for the environment have led to the widespread adoption of sustainable mobility policies that attempt to combine maximum freedom of access with the stabilization or reduction of fossil fuel consumption (to prevent global warming) or nuclear energy (to avoid environmental damage caused by electricity generation through nuclear power plants) for electric or hybrid vehicles.

Therefore, it is understood that the promotion of sustainable mobility is linked to and aimed at all those actions by public administrations to facilitate citizens’ access to work, study, services, and leisure through various sustainable transport methods.