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The role of road safety in a sustainable urban mobility: An econometric assessment of the Spanish cities
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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. (...)
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CASTRO NUÑO, Mercedes, CASTILLO MANZANO, José Ignacio and FAGEDA, Xavier. The role of road safety in a sustainable urban mobility: An econometric assessment of the Spanish cities. International Journal Of Sustainable Transportation. 2018. Vol. 12, num. 3, pags. 205-217. ISSN 1556-8318. [consulted: 14 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/134502