Urban transport and sustainability: squaring the circle?
19 August 2010 | By Dr. Carlos Correia da Fonseca, Secretary of State for Transportation, Portugal
The 10 million residents in Portugal are distributed asymmetrically throughout the national territory, concentrating in urban areas and becoming increasingly scarce in rural areas. Two cities alone, Lisbon (the capital) and Oporto, concentrate around 40% of the population and well over half of national production. The strong concentration of populations…