Renfe has announced that it will redesign its station car parks to favor the use of sustainable means of transport. This redesign will be carried out in all the Cercanías stations of the railway company and will be based on facilitating the connection with other means to promote alternatives to private vehicles.
The new designs will prioritize micromobility (transport such as a motorcycle, bicycle or scooter) and shared mobility, to turn the stations into ‘Green Mobility Hubs’ or green mobility centers. The plan will also focus on the installation of charging points for electricians, accessibility for mobility services or the exchange of batteries.
These innovations will gradually be introduced in the Cercanías hubs through which more than 450 million passengers pass each year. Specifically, tests will begin in the first three stations to later extend the project to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Murcia-Alicante, Cádiz, Zaragoza, Málaga, Cantabria and Asturias.
Aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals
To this end, Renfe will partner with shared and sustainable mobility companies, as well as energy companies, aligning itself with the Sustainable Mobility Strategy of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, with the European Commission and with the roadmap of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the UN 2030 Agenda, which calls for urgent measures to combat climate change and its effects.
The objective is to improve accessibility, traffic management and the quality of public transport, create new business opportunities, reduce polluting emissions, promote sustainable behaviour, obtain social profitability and achieve greater territorial cohesion.