The Government of the Canary Islands, the Port Authority of Las Palmas, Las Palmas City Council and Guaguas Municipales have joined forces to launch the joint strategy ‘Ports in Network: 360 Collective Mobility’. The pilot plan seeks to ease traffic congestion and optimize workers’ daily journeys to the port complex and the El Sebadal industrial area by combining public transport, carpooling and corporate advisory services.
The initiative is based on the findings of the Puerto de La Luz Mobility Study, prepared in 2025 under the umbrella of the Mobility Lab. The project’s quantitative objective is to progressively eliminate 2,400 daily trips in private vehicles. María Fernández, the regional government’s director general for Transport and Mobility, said the measure’s impact would be assessed using real-time tracking technology. Meanwhile, Beatriz Calzada, president of the Port Authority of Las Palmas, stressed that improving connections would address the access difficulties that prevent certain candidates from applying for skilled jobs in the port area.
Restructuring urban transport and promoting carpooling
Operational measures began on August 31 with the reorganization of urban bus routes. The initiative merged Guaguas Municipales’ former routes 18 and 19 to strengthen the direct connection between the terminal at Manuel Becerra Square, the interior of the port facilities and the industrial estate. This measure is complemented by the rollout of a digital carpooling platform, designed to increase the occupancy of private vehicles through financial incentives and operational benefits for users.
Mandatory mobility plans and on-demand shuttle services
The project’s business component includes technical workshops to be held in late October to help companies prepare their Sustainable Mobility Plans for Commuting, a legal requirement that must be met before the end of the year. As an internal solution for the business community, the regional government will make an on-demand transport model based on shuttle routes available to the sector. The service relies on a digital route-optimization tool that adjusts daily journeys according to workers’ actual requests, avoiding empty trips and improving the network’s flexibility.
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