the EMT and Bicimad buses will be free again This Tuesday, December 9, to return after the Constitution Bridge, the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis MartÃnez Almeida, reported at the press conference after the Government Council, which was supported by the Delegate for Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility, Borja Carabante.
Therefore, from 00:00 to 23:59 on that day, travel on any of the municipal buses will be free, Except for the Airport Express Line. As at other events, passengers must validate their transport ticket, and if they do not have it, the driving staff will provide them with one ticket free of charge.
And for the fifth time, public electric bicycle service Bisimade Adds to the day: All rides up to 30 minutes will be free during this day. The system includes 633 stations and 7,770 bicycles in 21 areas of Madrid and will exceed 9.95 million trips in 2024.
During the previous free days, more than 203,000 trips were made on the basic contract. The last occasion the free service was activated was during the Black Friday weekend Four million passengers They took EMT Madrid buses.
These 3,922,768 users support the last weekend of November as the best in the historical series since 2007. Since January 2021, passengers transported by EMT Madrid during the 71 days of free travel, spread over 28 periods, have exceeded 77.6 million, and more than 15 million non-regular users of public transport have benefited from this measure. Madrid was the first to activate this measure in January 2021, after the passage of Storm Philomena.