Comments and Suggestions for Improvement of Mobility and Road Safety in the City of Cáceres

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine critically the city of Cáceres's current sustainable urban mobility plan, analysing the measures already implemented by the City Council from the perspective of their functionality, and proposing different approaches to improving traffic and road safety in order to optimize the effectiveness of those measures. The current state of mobility in the city was examined to determine how effective the plan's lines of action have been, and to propose alternatives that should result in effective and sustainable improvements in the conditions of urban mobility. In general, the actions proposed in the city's mobility plan are fairly consistent with the city's reality and with the situation in other medium-sized Spanish cities. However, the plan does not provide for the development of measures of institutional, physical, and tariff integration of the various systems of public transport and their intermodality (understandable given the size of the city and the limited number of modes of transport). Another aspect not evaluated in the plan, but whose inclusion is vital, is the improvement of children's mobility to and from school. Specific proposals are presented to improve road safety at certain strategic points of the city which have a high accident rate, and whose urgent need for solutions is a genuine headache for the city's management.