Management of Urban Mobility to Control Climate Change in Cities

The need of decarbonization of urban mobility is one of the main priorities for all countries to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets. In general, the transport modes which have experienced the most growth in recent years tend to be the most polluting. Most efforts have been focused on the vehicle efficiency improvements and vehicle fleet renewal; nevertheless more emphasis should be placed on strategies related to the management of urban mobility and modal share. Research of individual travel which analyzes CO2 emissions and car and public transport share in daily mobility will enable better assessments of the potential of urban mobility measures introduced to limit GHG emissions produced by transport in cities. This paper explores the sustainability impacts of daily mobility in Spain using data from two National Travel Surveys (NTSs) (2000 and 2006) and includes a method by which to estimate the CO2 emissions associated with each journey and each surveyed individual. The results demonstrate that in the 2000 to 2006 period, there has been an increase in daily mobility which has led to a 17% increase in CO2 emissions. When separated by transport mode, cars prove to be the main contributor to that increase, followed by public transport. More focus should be directed toward modal shift strategies which not only take the number of journeys into account but also consider distance. The contributions of this paper have potential applications in the assessment of current and future urban transport policies.

Obtención del modelo tridimensional de la puerta de La Latina del S. XVI d.C. mediante equipo láser escáner terrestre.

El objetivo de este Proyecto Fin de Carrera (PFC) es la obtención de un modelo tridimensional de “La Puerta de la Latina”, ubicada en el aparcamiento delantero de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. El levantamiento se realiza con el equipo láser escáner terrestre Riegl LMS-Z420i. Tras la toma de datos se efectuará el tratamiento de la nube de puntos y se obtendrá una “imagen realista” del modelo, entendiendo por “imagen realista”una representación final en la que, partiendo del modelo digital triangulado, se realiza una asignación de texturas a partir de imágenes obtenidas in situ. Este proyecto pretende ser un ensayo de las posibilidades de esta tecnología en el proceso de la representación tridimensional de edificios de interés arquitectónico e histórico.