The role of road safety in a sustainable urban mobility: An econometric assessment of the Spanish cities

There has been a structural change in mobility in major Spanish cities in recent decades, with a switch to the pattern followed in other countries in the area. A shift has taken place from a traditional Mediterranean model to a North American city stereotype, with uncontrolled motorization and major...

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Autores: Castro Nuño, Mercedes, Castillo Manzano, José Ignacio, Fageda, Xavier, 1975-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/134502
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/134502
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Seguretat viària
Ciutats intel·ligents
Anàlisi de dades de panel
Models economètrics
Traffic safety
Smart cities
Panel analysis
Econometric models
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Sumario:There has been a structural change in mobility in major Spanish cities in recent decades, with a switch to the pattern followed in other countries in the area. A shift has taken place from a traditional Mediterranean model to a North American city stereotype, with uncontrolled motorization and major implications for public health. This article specifically analyzes negative road safety-related externalities that result from this process, given that the trend seems to show a steady decline in road safety accidents on urban roads in Spain, with major differences among NUTS-3 provinces. The objective is to evaluate the factors that empirically explain these differences for the 2003-2013 period using a panel data analysis. (...)