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The indisputable need for new urban mobility policies, which has already been recognised in numerous international, European and national legal instruments, undoubtedly requires a local role in the redefinition of these policies. This action must be carried out in a regulatory context that does not always provide local authorities with all the legal instruments to do so. In this contribution, the primary measures being used to achieve greater sustainability of urban mobility are outlined, as well as a description of the effective room for manoeuvre local authorities normally have, analysing the current limitations they face for a more ambitious deployment and possible models of alternative regulation.

Este trabajo aspira a identificar los elementos y rasgos del funcionamiento del procedimiento administrativo español que, en su conformación actual tras las reformas de los últimos años y especialmente tras las reformas de 2015, más han afectado al funcionamiento de las administraciones locales. En concreto, se identificarán aquellos elementos que, a pesar de haberse operado una reforma, son en el fondo manifestación de una clara continuidad con el modelo tradicional y ya consolidado, por un lado, así como, por otro, cuáles son las novedades más importantes efectivamente operadas con la reforma. Adicionalmente, se pretende explicar cómo se relacionan estas transformaciones con otros cambios previos y posteriores a la reforma del procedimiento que están transformando las bases de nuestro procedimiento administrativo y del régimen jurídico básico de las administraciones locales españolas (transparencia, protección de datos, reforma local, ¿). A partir de estos elementos, el trabajo permite identificar tres factores clave que explican la reforma: 1) la manifestación de una clara continuidad general del modelo aun con leves retoques en beneficio de la expansión de las potestades de las administraciones públicas, también de las locales, en su día a día; 2) un claro intento de recentralización aprovechando el procedimiento para reforzar controles del Estado sobre las administraciones locales en la misma línea que ya iniciaran las reformas previas sobre sostenibilidad financiera o en materia de régimen local; y, finalmente, 3) una articulación del procedimiento administrativo electrónico básico común que trata de sintetizar todos estos elementos por la vía de imponer soluciones ya testadas que se han mostrado cómodas para la Administración, en ocasiones a costa del ciudadano, pero que el legislador claramente confía en que redunde en una mayor eficacia administrativa. This paper tries to identify those elements and features of Spanish administrative procedure that, in its current conformation after the reforms of recent years and especially after the reforms of 2015, have most affected the functioning of local administrations. Specifically, this work intends to extract which elements and features are manifestations of continuity with the traditional and already consolidated model, on the one hand; as well as, on the other, which are the most important transformations effectively operated with the reform. Additionally, it is intended to explain how these transformations are related to other changes (transparency, data protection, local reform, ...). From these elements, the paper identifies four key factors that explain the reform; 1) the manifestation of a general continuity of the model even with slight touch-ups in favor of the expansion of the powers of the Public Administrations, also of the local ones; 2) a clear attempt of recentralization taking advantage of the electronic procedure to reinforce State controls over Local Administrations; and, finally, 3) an articulation of the common basic electronic administrative procedure that tries to synthesize all these elements by means of imposing proven solutions that have been comfortable for the Spanish Public Administration, sometimes at the expense of the citizens.

The objectives set by the United Nations New Urban Agenda pose important challenges to the traditional regulation of urban mobility in our cities. Regardless of the region of the world in question and its level of development, the goals established by the Agenda expose the importance of improving urban mobility regulation. Therefore, some traditional regulatory approaches need to be modified or intensified, which is potentially difficult in certain cases. In addition, and complicating the matter further – as well as being more interesting from an academic perspective – the disruptive emergence of new agents and market niches related to urban transportation (such as digital sharing platforms) and new forms of mobility (such as electric mobility) will force certain new solutions to be adopted sooner rather than later. This paper tries to explore both phenomena and assess how traditional regulation of urban mobility is evolving altogether with a brief analysis of how different legal regimes are dealing with the effects of digital platforms on urban mobility.