Javier Tarriño Ortiz is a Civil Engineer and PhD in Civil Engineering and Transport Systems, both from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), specialising in transport and in project and infrastructure management and financing.
His thesis, entitled: ‘Low Emission Zones: Acceptability Evaluation and Impact on Mobility and Retail Activity. An Empirical Analysis in Madrid’, empirically analyses the social acceptance, effects on modal shift and retail activity in Low Emission Zones (LEZ) implemented in the Spanish capital by combining quantitative tools, real data analysis and public policy evaluation, contributing to the design of more efficient, resilient and people-centred cities. The quality and applicability of his work earned him several awards, including the Extraordinary Prize of the UPM, the José Entrecanales Ibarra Foundation Prize for the best doctoral thesis of the year presented by a Civil Engineer and the National Prize for Research on Urban and Metropolitan Mobility, awarded by the Association of Urban and Metropolitan Public Transport (ATUC).
He currently works as Strategic Projects Coordinator and Transport and Mobility Engineer at CPS, where he promotes key projects in the area of transport engineering in areas such as traffic management, road safety, sustainable mobility planning and design of transport strategies. Throughout his career, Javier has worked both in academia and consultancy, addressing challenges related to urban and interurban mobility, low emission zones, energy transition, and the integration of sustainability criteria in infrastructure design. His technical profile, with strategic vision and proven research experience, makes him an emerging reference in the field of smart mobility, policy analysis and innovation applied to transport.