Hours and days of operation of parking meters in Madrid They could be expanded with the new ordinance on sustainable mobility (OMS) initially approved this Thursday at the Governing Council. Until now, spaces in the restricted parking zone (SER) were reserved at paid times and reserved for residents from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, until 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays without opening hours and free of charge.
From now on, with the modification of the regulations, the busiest neighborhoods will be able to come to an agreement with the Town Hall. extended hours beyond 9:00 p.m. Monday to Friday excluding public holidays and from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays, as well as the fact that parking meters operate on Sundays and public holidays, according to sources in the field of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility. Concretely, this extension could be requested by areas of Madrid “which concentrate intense commercial, cultural, sporting, tourist and leisure activities, causing a high influx of visitors”, as the text indicates.
With this, the Town Hall seeks to guarantee parking for residents and those interested must negotiate the application of said measure in their neighborhood with the Town Hall. The initiative responds to neighborhood requests such as those collected through this means in February regarding residents of Ibiza (Retiro). The neighbors already said at the time that “on weekends, traffic is complicated” because visitors who come with their car to walk around Retiro Saturdays and Sundays. And, for this reason, they have requested that the SER be extended to these days, an option that, until this Thursday, has not been considered by the WHO.
22 new neighborhoods will be able to vote for the installation of parking meters
The ordinance change also includes 22 new neighborhoods or neighborhood zones not previously included in the regulations that can vote for the installation of parking meters. IYou new neighborhoods are Valverde, from Fuencarral-El Pardo; Lucero, Aluche, Los Cármenes and Puerta del Ángel, in the Latina district; Puerta Bonita, Abrantes, San Isidro, Opañel and Vista Alegre, from Carabanchel; Zofío and Orcasur, from Usera; Pueblo Nuevo, Quintana, Concepcion, of Ciudad Lineal; Marroquina, Fontarrón, Vinateros and Media Legua, from Moratalaz, and San Diego, Palomeras Bajas and Numancia, from Puente de Vallecas.
These, as well as Peñagrande, from Fuencarral-El Pardo; Valdezarza, from Moncloa-Aravaca; Opañel and San Isidro, from Carabanchel, and Costillares, from Ciudad Lineal, already included in the orderbut which are still in progress, Madrid will have a total of 258,985 regulated parking spaces in 2035. This same Thursday, the unknowns about the future of the low emission zones (ZBE) in the capital are also dissipating.
Specifically, the initial WHO approval will address What will happen in 2026 for cars without labels registered in Madrid? At the end of the moratorium extended until January 1, what will be the budget that Mobility will dedicate to vehicle change assistance next year and the details of the economic impact report by which the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid (TSJM) canceled the ZBE in 2024. After that, the regulation will go through public information and Mobility will study the allegations made by the political and affected groups and, finally, the final text will be approved in plenary session at the end of the first quarter of 2026, as planned by the mobility delegate himself.
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