Something has been done wrong in transport mobility policy in Spain in recent years. The deficit of the public system, especially in the conurbation of large capitals, is an eternal problem that the increase in population and the aging of the railway network have only aggravated. Spain is proud to be the second country in the world, after China, to have the most extensive network of tracks for high-speed trains. Neither more nor less than more than 4,000 kilometers. However, commuter services have serious financing problems to invest in new lines or improve the service of current ones.
This endemic lack of resources for the sector is a serious problem in the country’s general planning. We are not facing a temporary problem of an annual budget that has fallen short, but rather a decisive commitment to public transport. If a quarter of the citizens who enter Barcelona every day by private vehicle wanted to do so using some public network, metro, bus or railway, the system would not be able to absorb it. This same week, in a debate organized by the Fundació Cercle d’Infraestructures in Barcelona, ??with institutional officials from the sector, it was concluded that to accommodate this 25% of private cars, an entire new network of Railways would have to be created. the Generalitat so that transportation would not collapse.
There are many citizens who choose to continue traveling in their car despite the price of gasoline, the queues at the entrances or the difficulty of parking in large cities. The lack of sensible public transport alternatives to some routes or the scarcity of good interchanges that link different services to speed up travel are the causes of this proliferation of the private car.
Today’s Living section focuses on the problems that Renfe Rodalies users suffer daily in Camp de Tarragona. It does not seem that your situation can be resolved in the short or medium term. It is just an example, but it is a problem that cries out to heaven.
