expansion dates and phases

Currently, the SER operates in the city Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Saturdays and the month of August from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on Sundays and public holidays, payment at parking meters is not active for parking on many roads in Madrid.

In addition, as is known, there are different types of positions in the SER, green, blue, mixed and high rotation, among others, which They extend across different neighborhoods and specific areas of the city.. But the operation and extension of the SER in Madrid is about to change.

According to the new ordinance on sustainable mobility, which reaches the Government Council for approval this Thursday, Various new features will be integrated regarding the regulated parking service.

Thus, Madrid City Hall explains that the main change comes from “the possibility of extend hours and days of enforcement in areas with high parking demand“, but to this is added another new feature: “the SER will affect 22 neighborhoods -17 new ones- of seven neighborhoods: Fuencarral-El Pardo, Latina, Carabanchel, Usera, Ciudad Lineal, reaching for the first time Puente de Vallecas and Moratalaz.

Regulated parking thus increases from 13 to 15 districts, going from the current 181,493 places to 258,98542.7% more, the majority for residents, indicates the agency. But these changes in parking lots on the streets of Madrid they don’t arrive immediatelybecause there are dates and phases planned for this once the new measures are approved.

Dates and phases of expansion of SER zones in Madrid in which parking meters must be charged

From the council, they indicate that “the expansion will be carried out gradually and each time there is a favorable agreement from the district council, after consultation with local residents and associations. The extension will be activated in two phases:

– Before December 31, 2029 will reach the neighborhoods already envisaged in the sustainable mobility ordinance approved in September 2021, adding 11,372 places: Peñagrande, from Fuencarral-El Pardo; Valdezarza, from Moncloa-Aravaca; Opañel and San Isidro, from Carabanchel, and Costillares, from Ciudad Lineal.

– Before December 31, 2035the expansion will continue for the new areas included in the project approved this Thursday (December 11, 2025), adding 66,120 new places: 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.

The town hall specified that the adjustment of the schedules and days of the SER arises from the need to “guarantee the availability of parking for residents in neighborhoods that concentrate a large amount of commercial, cultural, sporting, tourist and leisure activities” and to “balance the availability of parking for residents with the necessary rotation on public roads”. Thus, they recall that the map of neighborhoods in which regulated parking is applied is not fixed, but will be adaptable depending on conditions.