José Francisco Papi Ferrando
Spanish Technology Platform of the Road (PTC)
Managing Director

ABSTRACT
Highways third generation, the novel compositions of the firm, electronic and computer equipment installed in infrastructures and vehicles, innovative signaling, the automatic inspection systems infrastructure ... are some of the key elements that define the road future.

A road must go with the times, adapt to demand and ensure the movement of people and goods in the highest conditions of safety, comfort and speed. And not only with regard to the new work but, most particularly, in what concerns the renovation and modernization of existing road assets.

KEYWORDS
Research and Development, R & D, Innovation, Technology Challenge, Mobility, Road Safety, Environment, Sustainability, Intermodal.