The City of Buenos Aires has already set to work so that the Trambús, that 100% electric transport system that promises to revolutionize mobility in the capital, starts running by the end of 2026. And the first major operating theater is in Palermo: Avenida Intendente Bullrich is being reconfigured to make way for the exclusive lanes of the brand-new T1.
According to the official schedule, the T1 line will connect Nueva Pompeya with Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, crossing eight neighborhoods: Nueva Pompeya, Parque de los Patricios, Boedo, Parque Chacabuco, Almagro, Caballito, Villa Crespo, and Palermo. A 20-kilometer route that today, by bus, takes one hour and forty minutes. With the Trambús, they assure, it would be reduced to between one hour and one hour five minutes. “We gain 35 or 40 minutes, it’s huge,” enthused Pablo Bereciartua, the city’s Minister of Mobility and Infrastructure.
On the stretch of Bullrich between Santa Fe and Del Libertador, work has already begun. Two exclusive lanes for public transport will be added, one per direction, but without reducing capacity for cars: the avenue will retain four lanes northbound and two southbound. The sidewalks are not touched; everything is reorganized over the current lanes. The goal, according to the Ministry, is to order flows and make circulation more predictable in one of the densest areas of the Capital.
The project includes six stations on Bullrich, including an “iconic stop” at Juan B. Justo, a strategic point for connecting with subway line D and the Palermo station of the San Martín railway. They will not be simple stops, they warn: they will have bicycle parking and logistics lockers. “They will be points that organize movement and make people travel more safely and efficiently,” they noted from the Ministry.
The projected frequency is one unit every four minutes during peak hours, with an estimated flow of 50,000 daily passengers. To put it in perspective, subway lines B and D, the most used, each carry between 250,000 and 300,000. The T1 will not compete with them in volume, but it promises to relieve the mix of buses and vans that saturate the corridor.
The full route starts at Avenida Sáenz and continues along Almafuerte, Diógenes Taborda, Caseros, La Plata, Rivadavia, Acoyte, Ángel Gallardo, Honorio Pueyrredón, Juan B. Justo, Intendente Bullrich, and Dorrego. Then it takes the Autopista Illia, Sarmiento, and ends at Costanera Rafael Obligado. In Caballito, on Honorio Pueyrredón, two side stops will be installed: one between Gaona and Franklin, and another between Méndez de Andes and Aranguren. Therefore, between Neuquén and Gaona, the avenue will change direction.
The units will be silent and zero-emission, in line with the 2030 Sustainable Mobility Plan and the 2050 Climate Action Plan. But the most striking detail is the “observed traffic lights” technology: when a Trambús unit approaches, the traffic light extends the green to let it pass. Thus, they calculate, travel times could be reduced by up to 40%.
Meanwhile, the works on Bullrich are already visible. The city is preparing so that the Trambús is not a promise, but a roar on the asphalt. Will it arrive on time for 2026? The deadlines, for now, are being met.
Para mí esto es otro curro de los K, como siempre. Trambús? Un choreo para llenarle los bolsillos a los amigos de siempre mientras los laburantes viajamos como ganado dos horas. Me parece un desastre total, como todo lo que tocan. Váyanse todos a la mierda, chorros de mierda!
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