Challenge
Currently, standard bus services provided in the peripheral suburbs of Madrid show speed data well below the city average. This is mostly due to traffic congestion and illegal parking. There is significant potential to reduce such congestion, particulary through traffic light optimisation, as on average some 25% of the journey stoppage time relates to waiting for a green light.
Solution
At the city level, the measure developed some of the actions envisaged in the Madrid Air Quality Plan (2017) and Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (2013). Additionally, the Region’s Transport Strategy (Vision 2025) laid the foundations for expansion of the bus network in peripheral districts. It therefore contributed to the city’s goal of increasing the modal share of public transport, reducing emission levels and thereby also improving air quality.At the strategic level, the corridor facilitated the identification of the most suitable design and operational options to improve the quality of bus services provided in the southern and eastern periphery. These identified measures help in increasing the environmental performance, reliability and speed of public transportation. Overall, the corridor is expected to provide higher quality and more attractive bus services, that are competitive with private cars, and result in an increase in public transport usage.This measure is in fact the first step for the implementation of bus service corridors throughout the whole outer city area. This first step involves Madrid’s ‘living lab’ area (south-east corridor) - two south-eastern peripheral di
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