The Secretary of Mobility and Infrastructures of the Generalitat, Manel Nadal, admitted today that Barcelona needs "at least five or six bus stations and interchanges" to cope with the strong demand the sector has experienced in recent years, and more especially since January, when the Rodalies crisis broke out. He said this at an event organized by the sector's employers' association, Fecav, which this Tuesday presented – together with the Terminus Transport Studies Centre – the book L'autobús i l'autocar a Catalunya, the first publication to cover the entire history of the sector, written by expert Joan Carles Salmerón. At the event, the Secretary of Mobility addressed the assembled entrepreneurs, to whom he also set homework.

For over a week now, the intercity bus stop on Gran Via, located between Aribau and Muntaner streets, has been teeming with activity. From six in the evening onwards, it becomes an unstoppable hive of activity: buses double-parked, horns blaring, and passengers rushing from work to get home to the various towns in the Garraf region, where these buses serve. Where three buses used to stop, up to six now stop—double the usual number. The reason? Once again, the economic crisis and the commuter rail construction.

It's a few minutes past 8 a.m. and the Fabra i Puig metro station on Line 1 is overflowing. The train arrives—already quite full—and barely manages to absorb all the passengers on the platform, which is now clear. But the scene is short-lived. Seconds later, a new wave of people, practically a hundred, passes through the access gates and gets off onto the platform. A little while later, another group joins them. In a matter of minutes, the platform is packed again until another train arrives. The scene is reminiscent of the rhythm of queues at an amusement park or the impossible intersections of Tokyo, and it repeats itself tirelessly every 3 minutes. That is, the time it takes for the train to arrive during rush hour.

Transforming the H12 bus line, which runs horizontally across Barcelona along Gran Via, into a line with virtually "metro-like frequency" is the next objective of Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB). The company has implemented a novel solution for the city: starting January 26, the H12 will receive a special reinforcement of eight additional buses on the central section of the line, between Plaça de les Glòries and Plaça Cerdà. "This is the part of the route with the highest demand," according to sources at the operator. This is one of the main measures included in the new Bus Agenda 2026-2030, which TMB presented this Thursday morning, and the one that will be implemented most quickly, within 15 days. This injection of buses on the central section of the line will reduce the frequency from the current 8 minutes to "5 minutes or less" and increase passenger capacity by 15%. Furthermore, the fact that there are more trains covering the same route and stops, but only on a specific section of the line, opens the door for TMB to consider other, more targeted improvements at the beginning and end, such as the line (which actually starts in Gornal and runs to Besòs Verneda) having double trains at more stations.

Every night before going to bed, Cristina—and many other Berga residents who work in Barcelona—begins to calculate how she'll get to work the next morning. "I have three options; all of them terrible. The first is to take the early morning bus, the 5:30 a.m. one, which runs along the old road. But it makes more than 10 stops, enters the towns, and the journey is extremely long: a long two and a half hours if everything goes well to get to work. It feels like an eternity," she explains. "Then there's another option, at 6:30 a.m., but I always rule this one out because it's only available during school hours, for students. It goes through Bellaterra and means more hours of travel, so I wouldn't make it on time," she continues. "So I usually take the 6:45 a.m. bus from Andorra, which is semi-direct, but it drops me off at 9:15 a.m., if all goes well and it's not full or delayed, at Bonanova, which means I'm late for work," explains this local resident, who works in the sector, who works in the sector, who works in the sector, who works in the sector, who works in the sector, "working from the bus with my laptop" despite being somewhat late. "If I have meetings, I don't take any chances and I go down by car, although I would prefer to go by public transport," she explains.

A tourist bus caught fire this Friday afternoon at around 4:30 p.m. on Barcelona's Avinguda Diagonal, at the intersection with Carrer Rosselló. The fire has been extinguished, the passengers were evacuated, and no injuries were reported. However, traffic was blocked in the area and five Barcelona Fire Brigade units were activated, according to municipal sources.

The Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) has launched the awareness campaign "On the bus, stop abuse" to prevent and combat sexual assault and abuse on public transport. Under the slogan "In the event of harassment, we act as an AGENT on the bus," the initiative aims to involve users, especially those on buses, so that if they detect inappropriate behavior, they can report the situation.

Young people between 18 and 30 years old can now request the code of the Young Summer Travel this summer with discounts of up to 90% on trains and buses. The Spanish government approved the initiative last Tuesday for the third consecutive year, and starting June 18, the website allows you to register to enjoy the discounts.

The ticket vending machines on the Barcelona metro network are being modernized. Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) expects the renovation to take place in 2028 and, among other things, the new system will allow people to print T-Mobilitat tickets without having to go to one of the offices set up until now and pay with contactless such as Bizum and Paypal. In addition, the machines will incorporate artificial intelligence with the aim of offering a personalized experience to users and will be adapted to facilitate their use by people with disabilities.