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[[File:Logo MonografíaSpain_Key-map-to-the-gauging-stations_2020_map_18441_eng.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map: Key map to the gauging stations. 2020. Spain. [//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Spain_Key-map-to-the-gauging-stations_2020_map_18441_eng.pdf PDF]. [//centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/busquedaRedirigida.do?ruta=PUBLICACION_CNIG_DATOS_VARIOS/aneTematico/Spain_Key-map-to-the-gauging-stations_2020_map_18441_eng.zip Data]. [REPLACE_WITH_GEOCLIP_URL_OR_DELETE_LINK Interactive].]]The road network allows the production system to function by connecting people and goods with the different origins and destinations. Heavy-duty vehicles account for less than 10% of journeys made by road, despite the fact that over 95% of goods are transported by this mean of transport in Spain. Flows of people prevail (mainly using individual means of transport) whether for work, leisure or study purposes. These trips flood the accesses to major Spanish cities everyday due to the different levels of specialisation in each territory and to the extension of diffuse city models. It shall therefore not be a surprise that figures on traffic reveal very precisely the effects on people of the travel restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
The measures introduced to sure-up supplies to the population such as priority lanes for lorries, access to essential services or temporary exemptions from the usual driving and rest time regulations, meant that freight traffic was less affected than passenger traffic during the four months considered as the reference period for 2020 (Báguena, 2020). When restrictions were lifted, road traffic -particularly heavy-duty vehicles- recovered regular traffic figures faster than other means of transport, both in terms of domestic traffic and cross-border trips (Martos, 2020).
