The thesis “Modelling of the actions and behaviour of underground car park users”, by Félix Andrés Caicedo Murillo, was the research project to receive the 2nd abertis Award. The work analyses how users make their choice of floor and empty parking space, and establishes some models that help predict driver behaviour in underground car parks. On the this basis, the thesis suggests new criteria to be borne in mind when operating these infrastructures, from the viewpoint of improving customer service.

The Palau de la Música Catalana today hosted the presentation of the research project Tourism in Catalonia’s countryside: an environmentally-sound, quality strategy, supported by the abertis foundation and performed by the Turisme en Espai Rural Group of the Geography Department of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) led by Dr. Gemma Cànoves. Present at the act were the Tourism Director-General of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Isabel Galobardes, Dr. Gemma Cànoves, and the abertis foundation trustee and 2004 Spanish National Environmental Award winner, Dr. Martí Boada.

Discussing the future of archaeological parks and their role as instruments for socio-economic development in a determined territory is the main objective of the 4^th Conference on Sustainable Heritage Management which will take place next Friday, November 12^th at the installations of the Círculo Ecuestre in Barcelona...

The Palau de la Música Catalana hosted the 4th Symposium on Road Anthropology organized by the abertis foundation and directed by Dr. Josep Olives, President of the Catalan Society for Road Anthropology and Dean of the Humanities Studies at the International University of Catalonia. The event was attended by eleven speakers who have agreed on the following conclusions ...

L’Illa Diagonal is, from today and until 20 October, the venue for the exhibition Camins d’Emocions (Roads of Emotions), which contains images of the 2004 Badalona Special Olympics. The exhibition, in which abertis has collaborated with the Games’ Organising Committee, reflects the experiences, emotions and the mission to excel of all the participants in the Special Olympics...

Abertis has joined the selective Down Jones Sustainability Index World, which covers 10% of companies worldwide with the best corporate sustainability criteria, representing 20% of the capitalisation of their sector...