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The transport of people and goods is one of the main sources of GHG emissions and other pollutants in cities. Therefore, it is essential to promote a change in the current mobility model, which is heavily dependent on fossil fuels, towards eco-mobility, accompanied by a more rational use of large infrastructure.

Given the climate emergency, we must move towards an urban model that prioritises residents’ well-being and the protection of biodiversity. Cities must adopt a resilient model that occupies land while taking the climatic variable into account, with balanced and connected neighbourhoods that promote short distances and eco-mobility, and with quality green public spaces.

To achieve more efficient and healthier mobility, it is key to have a structured metropolis through active mobility networks (pedestrian and bicycle), interchanges and new centralities, together with a wide and coordinated array of sustainable modes of transport that allow residents to combine different means when moving around each day.

Planning is a key tool for ordering and regulating local land use and activities and is therefore the ideal instrument for achieving a city model that is consistent with how people inhabit it. Planning must integrate residents’ needs, rethink infrastructure and help to promote sustainable modes of transport.

The great boom experienced by electronic commerce in recent years has confirmed the need to coordinate the urban distribution of goods, optimising movements, compacting loads, organising logistics and promoting the use of less polluting modes of transport.

The place where people are born and live very clearly marks their possibilities for development. Actions to improve the environment, both in physical and social terms, are essential for greater territorial balance and for providing opportunities of progress for all.