Evaluation of Profile of Sustainable Transport Specialist in Mexico

On the one hand, the UN (2010) indicates that the transport sector is complex, as it involves the transfer of passengers and freight movement, at international, regional, national (between cities and between rural and urban areas) and local level; by water, air, land (road and rail) or a combination of these means. On the other hand, sustainable transport is defined by Hidalgo (2011) based on the work of Dalkmann and Huizenga (GEF-ATP, 2010) as: “the provision of infrastructure for the mobility of people and products needed to economic and social development, which provides secure, reliable, economical and affordable access, while reducing the negative impacts on health and the local and global environment, in the medium and long term”.It follows the urgent need to train technicians and specialists not only in transport as in previous years, but in sustainable transport, with the skills to meet the needs of the industrialized countries and the developing countries like Mexico. That is, it requires defining a profile of sustainable transport specialists that includes the skills needed to respond to the current problematic and one that is glimpsed in the short and medium term.The aim of this paper is to present a research project focused on the evaluation of the profile of sustainable transport specialist in Mexico.