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| The mayor of Murcia analyzes the challenges faced by the mobility sector in the municipality in the virtual day 'Towards a new mobility in cities' | The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, participated this morning in the virtual conference 'Towards a new mobility in cities', organized by the College of Economists of the Region of Murcia, to analyze the challenges and challenges facing the sectors of mobility and public transport in times of pandemic.During the virtual day, organized on the occasion of the presentation of the Economists Magazine, the Murcian councilor stressed that "mobility is a basic right that we must articulate from the Administrations", and added that "the future of cities in the 21st century It will be based, without any doubt, on three factors: economic competitiveness, social cohesion and sustainability.

And this urban trilogy is connected by a key backbone, such as mobility, fundamental both in our economic development, vital for social cohesion and essential for environmental sustainability ”.Also, during the meeting, which was also attended by the Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez, and the mayor of Urban Agenda and Open Government, Mercedes Bernabé, the mayor of Murcia pointed out that "in recent months there have been various meetings among the main cities of Spain, in which we have vindicated the essential role of municipalities in the face of the pandemic and, specifically, we have warned about the need to set up a fund of 1,000 million euros to rescue our public transport systems " , highlighted José Ballesta."In any case," added the Murcian councilman, "one of the lessons we are getting from this pandemic is that states are too big to solve big problems in isolation and they are too big to respond to everyday problems, those of day to day of our neighbors, who are those who must face the municipal officials in areas such as public transport.Specifically, the telematic meeting was presented by the president of the General Council of Colleges of Economists of Spain, Valentín Pich, and by the dean of the College of Economists of the Region, Ramón Madrid.

The coordinator of the monograph, Julio Gómez-Pomar, and the president of EFAA for SMEs, Salvador Marín, also spoke.Mobility, "a seriously compromised basic right"During his speech, the mayor of Murcia explained that “the title that has been given to this day, 'Towards a new mobility in cities', is not free.

We make a difference between mobility and transport: mobility is a basic right that is assured through public transport; they are therefore different concepts ”."Mobility is a basic right that is seriously compromised by the exceptional situation in which we live, for two fundamental reasons: first, the economic bankruptcy that the public transport model is representing for most Spanish cities and, on the other hand, the social stigmatization that seems also to be installed in public transport due to the reckless situation ”, added the Murcian councilman.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia