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Mobility, transport and the tools I use every day

Technical articles, notes written from practice and useful resources on the projects I work on.

MobilityLegislation

Harmonised urban mobility indicators: what Regulation (EU) 2026/1554 requires of Spain's 49 urban nodes

The European Commission has set eleven common urban mobility indicators for the urban nodes of the Trans-European Transport Network. Timetable, content of each indicator, delimitation by local administrative units and how all of it fits with the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and with Ley 9/2025.

|15 min read
Public procurementEU

European Parliament resolution on public procurement: a roadmap for the reform of the 2014 directives

Analysis of European Parliament Resolution P10_TA(2025)0174, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 9 April 2026. The institutional position on the reform of Directives 2014/23, 2014/24 and 2014/25.

|7 min read
Public procurementMost economically advantageous tender

From lowest price to best price-quality ratio: what the European Parliament resolution means for engineering services

Paragraph 38 of Resolution P10_TA(2025)0174 places engineering services at the centre of the shift towards the most economically advantageous tender. A technical analysis of the reasoning and of the underlying figures.

|7 min read
Public procurementPublic-public cooperation

Regulatory simplification and public-public cooperation: the reform proposed by the European Parliament

Analysis of paragraphs 6, 10, 24 and 62 of Resolution P10_TA(2025)0174. Reducing the volume of legislation and reviewing the regime for in-house provision and cooperation between public entities.

|8 min read
Carbon footprintScope 3

Calculating the carbon footprint of home-to-work travel (Scope 3, category 7)

MITECO and GHG Protocol methodology for calculating commuting emissions: questionnaire design, emission factors, extrapolation of results and response rate.

|7 min read
Public procurementSMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises, lots, innovation and digitalisation in the European Parliament resolution on public procurement

Changes planned for market access by SMEs and innovative operators under Resolution P10_TA(2025)0174. SME impact test, division into lots, tender variants, European Data Space.

|8 min read