Sustainable mobility
Sustainable mobility has as its main objective to ensure that transport systems correspond to the economic, social and environmental needs of the community, minimizing, at the same time, their negative effects on the economy, society and the ecosystem.
La sustainable mobility It is essential to deal with global environmental challenges, improve the quality of urban life and promote fairer and more sustainable economic development.
The transport sector contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, making it necessary to take targeted actions for reduce the overall environmental impact. These impacts include not only the emission of greenhouse gases, but also a series of related issues:
- air and sound pollution;
- road congestion and accidents;
- deterioration of urban areas due to the predominance of vehicles;
- loss of land and land consumption for the construction of transport infrastructure;
- costs associated with travel such as direct fuel costs and tolls.
Addressing these issues requires a integrated approach that promotes the sustainable mobility. Various actions can be implemented, including increasing the use of public transport rather than private vehicles or the use of shared transport services (carpooling, car sharing), promoting alternatives such as walking or the use of bicycles, preferring travel by train instead of by plane.
In recent years, many cities have adopted initiatives to promote more sustainable mobility, including:
- Construction of cycle paths;
- Creation of Limited Traffic Zones (ZTL);
- Preferred lanes for public transport;
- Increase in paid parking.
