Transportation and mobility

Transport and mobility infrastructures are the elements and structures that allow the movement of people, vehicles and goods through the flow and proper functioning of the public and private transport circulation system. Transport and mobility are inherent concepts, but although both refer to the same thing, the movement of people and goods in the territory, mobility and transport are not synonymous.

This includes constructing and maintaining roads, motorways, tunnels and flyovers, and the corresponding elements that provide proper road safety, such as road signs. These asphalting and intelligent systems ensure safer, more efficient and sustainable roads. These are therefore essential infrastructures for the sustainable development of the territory. .

The current conception of transport and mobility aims to understand transport as the means to move people and things from one place to another and mobility as the movement of people or goods in a given territory to satisfy the population’s needs.

Transport and mobility concept

We could say that transport is the material component of mobility linked to the technical means of travel (infrastructure and modes of transport). Mobility is mainly based on the effectiveness, efficiency, and performance of transport systems from a social (service quality and experience), economic, and environmental point of view.

The viability of transport and mobility infrastructures depends on adequate mobility knowledge, i.e., the population’s current and future movement needs.

Sando Infrastructure and Projects, which focuses on the sustainable development of infrastructure, and Sando Conservation and Energy, which specializes in efficient conservation and maintenance, are able to address society’s transportation and mobility needs through the engineering projects they undertake

An excellent sustainable mobility infrastructure must have an integrated network of transport systems that covers the entire territory and meets the mobility needs of the population in optimal conditions of safety and at the lowest possible economic and environmental cost.

These infrastructures are made up of all types of transport networks connected, including structures such as roads, urban roads, highways, motorways, motorways, railways, metro, airports, ports, canals, airport and maritime terminals, bus, metro and railway stations, intermodal stations, etc. In addition, land transport networks have unique structures such as tunnels, viaducts, bridges, overpasses, and underpasses to overcome geographical obstacles and allow intersections and connections between them.

Transport infrastructures form a complex network that is an essential backbone of the territory. . The construction and, above all, the conservation and maintenance of these infrastructures are critical activities for sustainable territorial development, as they maintain the connections between different points, guaranteeing and promoting mobility between them.

People’s needs and consumption habits are changing, as is how they move. The commitment to continuous technological advances and the development of R&D&i allows the infrastructure to adapt the infrastructure to new demands.

Sustainable mobility is a transport model that respects the planet, prioritises improving the quality of urban life and the well-being of people, and creates spaces that favour citizen coexistence and the exchange and transport of goods.

These sustainable infrastructures are characterised by applying the principles of the circular economy in their design, construction and maintenance. On the one hand, by developing new, more sustainable and resistant materials, promoting the use of recycled and reused materials, and avoiding the use of natural resources, and, on the other hand, by prioritising the most environmentally friendly modes of transport on each route. Constant technological innovation, both in constructing and maintaining infrastructures, and in means of transport and fuels, is also helping to move towards decarbonisation of the sector.

At Sando Infraestructuras y Proyectos and Sando Conservación y Energía, we are committed to sustainable mobility models, applying our technical expertise and years of experience in the construction and maintenance of safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly infrastructure to every project we undertake.