Never before has mobility focused so much social attention as it does today. In fact, for some years now, it has become a transcendental issue on most of our politicians’ agendas. And it is that to the incessant displacement needs of the citizenry is added the state and the capacity of the infrastructures and some cities surpassed in arithmetic that try to reconcile the traffic of their streets with the neighborhood coexistence.
Mobility no longer only affects those who have the need to move, by public or private transport, but also involves the rest of society that observes how the cities of the future are designed based on it. Population models that must contemplate the irruption of new vehicles and their refueling systems, integrated into an already saturated urban habitat.
Public transport does not escape the uncertainty of the future of mobility either. A system with high demand that wants to increase the frequency of the service in the big cities, but that clashes with the saturation of its streets at peak times and the logistical difficulties that result from it.
In the future, mobility is expected to become even more sustainable and efficient. Autonomous vehicles and intelligent transportation systems will become increasingly common. In addition, autonomous driving technology is expected to significantly reduce the number of traffic accidents. In general, future mobility will be safer, more sustainable and more efficient thanks to technology and innovation. But without a doubt, many doubts remain to be resolved.
And, precisely, to be able to visualize what the future of mobility will be like, La Vanguardia and the Moveo channel will organize a conference to analyze the “Present and future of mobility” on Monday, June 12.
The first of the round tables is entitled “The new mobility: transport and infrastructuresâ€, moderated by the deputy director of La Vanguardia, Enric Sierra. It will have the participation of Marco Sansavini, CEO of Vueling; Christian Barrientos, CEO of Abertis Mobility Services; Berta Barrero, general director of Mobility at Indra; Arturo Pérez de LucÃa, general director of AEDIVE, Business Association for the Development and Promotion of Electric Mobility in Spain and Portugal and vice president of AVERE, the European Association of Electric Mobility, and MarÃa Eugenia López-Lambas, deputy director of TRANSYT, the Center Transport Research.
Later a second round table will be offered. “Smart cities: transformation towards sustainable mobility†that will be moderated by Pere Prat, journalist from the Moveo channel. The colloquium will receive the participation of Xavier Oms, Director of Mobility and Equipment at CaixaBank; Antonio Lucio Gil, specialist in sustainability and mobility; Daniel Serra, ecosystem director at EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, and Member of the Board of Directors of Gaia-X, and Lola Ortiz, general director of Planning and Mobility Infrastructures in the Madrid City Council.
Finally, the Act of Excma will close. Mrs. Dña. Raquel Sánchez, Minister of Transport, Movility and Urban Agenda as the final point of the planned programme.
To attend as a public, fill out this form and you can also follow the event in direct streaming at lavanguardia.com
