Mobility is coming to be an anthropological constant of our way of
life: decisions about where to live, where to work and where to study produce
a request for mobility, also related to cultural needs and particularly
to the free time. These necessities are related both to the economic growth
and the "social role play" in the Society.
The economic growth is also closely linked to the freight transportation:
due to factors as "lean production, just in time, outsourcing", a large
demand of freight mobility has grown and keeps growing. The implications
for the profession of transportation engineers are also clear: the responsibility
to advise Authorities in the identification of the solution of the mobility
problems belongs to them.
This page represents the first step to build a referring point
for the people working and studying in the field of transportation infrastructures.
Due to the large fragmentation of documents, studies and organizations
in the Net, the next step will be a division in sub-sections (like the
present Trains & Railways), with articles
and publications. The Civil Engineering section
at the moment starts as a related general site and is expected to be increased
in the future.
