The development of transport infrastructures has a delicate role in biodiversity, in that it can cause loss of habitat, fragment ecosystems, increase mortality for some species and cause other negative impacts in terms of biological diversity. Making infrastructure development sustainable involves, among other things:
The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group, with almost 16,800 km of railway network, has given maximum priority to this aspect, paying particular attention on the design, construction and operation of the railway infrastructure.