La transformación de las políticas de movilidad en Pontevedrauna ciudad para caminar

  1. Miguel Pazos Otón 1
  2. Simone Fari 2
  3. Pau Avellaneda 3
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

  2. 2 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  3. 3 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/052g8jq94

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Journal:
Ciudad y territorio: Estudios territoriales

ISSN: 1133-4762,  2659-3254

Year of publication: 2024

Issue: 220

Pages: 691-708

Type: Article

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Abstract

The city of Pontevedra, in Galicia (NW Spain) is currently known worldwide for the success of its mobility policies, focused for several decades now on promoting pedestrian mobility. The urban reform process carried out by the same municipal government since 1999 has received different na-tional and international awards and prizes. In this article we will analyse the foundations of this urban transformation. What began as a fight against the private car evolved towards a positive vision, which defines Pontevedra as “a city for walking”. The focus has therefore been placed on promoting pedes-trian mobility, a means of transport that is currently fully accepted in our cities within the modal split. Thus, a model of a pedestrian-friendly city, of proximity, of sociability in the streets, and which has returned public space to citizens, was consolidated. In short, a city in which the key is quality of life.

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