| barcelona metropolitan transport (16860 words) |
 | Public transport is a priority tool of social cohesion and of the sustainability of our cities: it is one of the points in which our future is at stake, not only in the economic field, but also in the quality of life of our citizens. |
 | The organisational model of public transport is based on the identification of three large sections or levels, whose basic characteristics correspond to elements and functions laid down in the ISOTOPE project of the European Union, which examines the regulatory framework for public transport in large cities. |
 | In this period the urban transport of the eighteen municipalities of the MTE was metropolitanised, as were the municipal companies Transports de Barcelona, S.A. and Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, S.A. The third period began with the creation of the MTA as a consortium of the Generalitat, Barcelona City Council and the MTE. |