Categoría: Roads of the Future

Globalvia connects the motorway with vehicles!

On 27 November, Globalvia and Concesiones de Madrid officially launched the Smart45 project on the M45 motorway with the installation of the first 40 sensors along a 200-metre stretch of the right lane, which can be extended to the entire carriageway by one kilometre. These

Globalvia present at sector events in Madrid

As a company at the forefront of the transport infrastructure sector, Globalvia is present at the most important events and meetings, promoting dialogue and disseminating its business vision. Javier Pérez Fortea participates in the XI Meeting of the Infrastructure Sector Javier Pérez Fortea, CEO of

Big Data predicts highway and railway demand

Is there such a thing as an infallible crystal ball? With the advance in data handling and processing (the hackneyed and recurrent concept of Big Data), new voices are emerging that claim that it is possible to predict traffic with a degree of reliability that

Smart Road – Key trends and technologies for 2019

Although the question may seem like a trick question, many of today’s roads are already smart. They have been designed and built to adapt to different weather conditions or heavy traffic. Even operation and maintenance have become increasingly refined, including, for example, electromagnetic technologies for

Globalvia ready to take on the challenges of the future in the infrastructure world

Globalvia prepared for future infrastructure challenges

Globalvia is one of the leading infrastructure managers in the transport sector, with concessions in eight countries and actively identifying new opportunities around the world. In each country, with its own characteristics and its own infrastructure development plans, projects are generated in both urban and

Spain’s infrastructure plans: strategy vs. politics

In July 2017, President Mariano Rajoy and Minister of Public Works Iñigo de la Serna announced the launch of the so-called «Extraordinary Road Investment Plan», known by its acronym PIC. This plan anticipated the tendering through public-private partnership of actions on more than 2,000 km