In this article it is analyzed as it is that the metropolitan transport appears like a multitude of intense flows of origin-destination of goods and persons who make possible the interconnection between the different areas of the metropolis for the achievement of the basic activities in the ambience of the cities. Also addressing the issue of infrastructure and equipment increasingly complex and demanding of resources along with a supply of varied modes of transport. It also discusses about the causal links between transport and urban expansion in the case of the metropolitan transport, as well as of its link and interinfluence with other fundamental dimensions, that we will address in detail such as the environmental and social-urban, among others.