Movility impact on the main factors of a changing metropolitan model

Abstract

The mobility of people and goods in metropolitan areas is affected by multiple factors. Most research that analyses changes in mobility focuses on the impacts generated by transport network development. In contrast, this article looks at factors such as the new production model, the development of information and communication technologies, and socio-demographic and cultural transformations. These all have direct, also indirect, repercussions on mobility and the new territorial model that they bring about. Although their effects on mobility are complex and asymmetric, the trends point towards an unsustainable model, with an increase in journeys, distances, times and, above all, vehicle use.