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Madrid has already set the card brake on the classrooms. The scissors will not cut all centers by educational equally

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The Community of Madrid just put date to an idea that had been around for some time: Limit the use of screens among the little ones. From the 2025/26 course, children in children and primary schools of public and concerted centers will not be able to work with digital devices individually. The official objective is to protect them from excessive or inappropriate use, something that, they say, will benefit more than half a million children. What changes in Infant and Primary? In practice, this means that in childhood and primary school it ends to have each one its tablet or its laptop. According to the Community of Madrid, teachers will not be able to send duties that require screen outside school and, within the classroom, only shared use and always with a pedagogical purpose will be allowed. This use will be very measured: in the first cycle of children (up to 3 years) there will be no contact with screens, in the second cycle (3 to 6 years) it will be limited to an hour weekly, in 1st and 2nd primary school also at one hour, in 3rd and 4th at an hour and a half and up to two hours per week in the last two courses. The exception of high school. ESO plays with other rules. Instead of a veto, the Community of Madrid leaves the decision in the hands of each institute. They will be the ones who mark whether or not they are used tablets, laptops or mobiles in class, adapting the rules to the reality of their students, their maturity and the way in which the subjects impart. Private schools: the great nuance. Not all schools are in the same bag. As Madrid’s Diario stands outthis regulation is only imposed on centers with public funds. The private ones are left out, although they are encouraged to apply their own criteria to regulate the use of technology in the classrooms. Exceptions and special cases. The regulations leave some open doors. For example, students with special needs can use tablets or computers without limits if recommended by a psychopedagogical report. In addition, the decree allows devices to be used in those options or programs that are not understood without technology, such as some digital or robotics projects. Progressive Supervision and Adaptation. It will not be a change overnight. The educational inspection will be responsible for controlling that the decree is applied correctly, but also to help the centers so that the change is as traumatic as possible. In addition, schools with projects where each student has their own device will have an extra year, until 2026/27, to adapt and reduce the use of screens. Open context and debate. Not everyone sees this change with the same eyes. The more than 400 allegations received that the debate is still open: are we protecting children or limiting their contact with tools that will be key in their future? The Madrid community is committed to the first reading, but the pulse between traditional education and digitalization is far from resolving. Images | Freepik (1, 2) In Xataka | The icing on the cake to the works of Madrid: the city has become a gymkana of reforms, cuts and discomfort

There is a youtuber broadcasting the Soterration works of the A-5 in Madrid. And there are thousands of people hooked

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The phenomenon popularly known as “Retirees looking at the works“A recurring image in urban environments has been for decades. But new technologies have redefined that passer -by: a YouTube channel that broadcasts comments the advances of the megaobras of the A5 is the last incarnation of a phenomenon as old as the same cities. And this is its most recent plasma. Look at YouTube works. Travel is my thing It is the name this channel that contemplates in detail works, especially from Madrid. It started like A travel channelbut it has ended up focusing on different works in the capital: MADRINGthe Puerta del Sol awningsthe stations of Atocha and Chamartínthe new Castellana Park… And of course, that controversial mastodon and that is turning the south of the capital into chaos, which is the underground of the A-5, which has already dedicated A fortnight of videos. Many of this theme are around 25,000 views and already have almost 20,000 subscribers. A-5, in detail. It is not strange that the account focuses on the works of SOTERRATION OF THE A-5that affect Neighborhoods like Lucero, Aluche, Camp and Casa de Campo: The works began in October last year but it is from January when they have started Generate problems. Its objectives, among other things, are to reduce surface traffic by 90%, improve air quality and reduce noise. However, the problems follow each other as they are dodged The original planning: The capacity has been reduced by half in a three -kilometer stretch, generating large bottles, and specific closures and deviations are being enabled, which is giving rise to tremendous chaos. Why interests. All this gives as fruit A horrible summer to move around Madrid Due to the problems that are also generating the works by Metro, Cercanías, Metro Light and some of the aforementioned above. It is a problem that literally affects millions of people who move daily for the capital by public or private transport, so it has every sense of the world that they want to be informed. Accounts such as traveling is mine provide valuable information beyond official sources. The cliché of the retirees. Beyond the service that these accounts give, the truth is that the topic of retirees looking at works, thanks to accounts like this, acquires a renewed sense, but without limitations of age or free time. We are the digital version of That passerby that in his day Manuel Delgado defined as “he Flâuneur contemporary“. Only now we have Short videos with specific reflections On the layout or incidents of a work, or live broadcasts that document minute large projects such as eThis follows the Camp Nou reconditioning or this detailed chronicle of Those of the Romareda. Children of #Pormishuevism. Those who want warm up with the nth jam of the A-5 They have their content, and the fans of superconstructions, too. It is a trend of digital content consumption that reflects interest, not lacking criticism, for urban transformation, and that derives from legendary accounts in networks such as Broken nation. In more recent times, he has gained great follow -up Erik Harley coining the term #PorMishuevismo, with which he invented a false artistic movement to denounce speculative architecture, urban corruption and waste in public and private projects. The success of satirical or openly critical accounts with urban transformation is what has generated interest in the excesses in construction in large cities. Now, with one more eye put in the detailed analysis of the evolution of the works, this interest is exploited as traveling is mine. Header | Travel is my thing

Madrid has the radar that most fine in Spain. We already know its location and where we have to be more careful this summer

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3,440,655 speeding fines. Spain closed 2024 with a 4% increase in the number of sanctions for this reason. Associated European motorists (AEA) has carried out its annual report with DGT data to point to us which are the 50 radars that most fine in our country. This increase in the number of fines cannot be understood without the fact that there are more radars that fine in our country. Specifically, in Spain there are almost 3,400 controllers of speed that monitor that we do not exceed the maximum limits allowed. And those must add mobile radars and famous pegasus that watch from the air. In addition, we remember that in the AEA numbers of this report the fines imposed in the Basque Country or Catalonia are not collected, where traffic skills are transferred. The radar that is most fine in Madrid Given all this, AEA points out that the radar that most fine in Spain is at kilometer 20 of the M-40, the famous Circunvalación de Madrid. The cinemometer repeats in the first place but, perhaps because it is an old acquaintance, it has reduced its volume of complaints by 36%. In total, this controller has issued 74,873 sanctions for speeding, far from the 118,392 fines that it registered in 2023. The radar is not only in the Community of Madrid, since six others are part of the 50 most “multones” radars in Spain, being the province where the most controllers add up in this list. These are located in the following locations: Road M-40 PK 52: 33,057 sanctions. Road A-4 PK 13: 18,263 sanctions. Road A-2 PK 15: 15,713 sanctions. Road A-5 PK 12: 14,147 sanctions. Road A-4 PK 12: 13,722 sanctions. Road A-3 PK 48: 11,568 sanctions. What are the most fine radars? Although Madrid has the most fine of Spain and another six more radars appear in the list, Andalusia is the autonomous community that adds the most speed controllers to the list. In fact, according to AEA data, almost one in three fines processed in Spain have an Andalusian radar origin. In total, in 2024 they added 959,592 complaints, which represents 27.8% of the activity in the country, accumulating up to 14 cinemometers among those who most fine in our country. If we analyze by provinces, Malaga and Seville, with five and four radars among the 50 that most sanction in Spain are the two provinces (after Madrid) in which the most radars are located. As to Volume of complaints And despite the fact that Madrid has the radar that most sanctions, Castilla y León with 413,343 sanctions is the second autonomous community in which it is most sanctioned. And it is followed by the Valencian Community, with 366,360 complaints. As for the radars that most fine in Spain, these are the 10 that sanction: Autonomous Community Province Via PK Number of fines Community of Madrid Madrid M-40 20 74873 Andalusia Malaga A-7 968 67502 Navarre Navarre A-15 127 60878 Andalusia Seville A-381 74 54835 Andalusia Malaga A-45 128 49378 Balears (Illes) Balears (Illes) EI-600 9 39202 Andalusia Seville A-92 83 37616 Andalusia Malaga A-7 978 33358 Andalusia Malaga MA-20 10 33061 Community of Madrid Madrid M-40 52 33057 Photo | DGT In Xataka | How to know all the official locations of the DGT radars

The residents of Madrid had been yearning for the Soterramiento of the A-5. Now he is making his life impossible

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Without water, without light and without internet. These are the inconveniences that some residents of the neighborhoods of Aluche or Batán have had, next to the supporting works of the A-5, the highway that will disappear under the feet at their entrance to Madrid. But also continuous traffic jams, a firm proof of SUVs and, in summary, inconveniences that promise to stay for years. And that affect far beyond the residents of the area. The last claim. Alcorcón, Móstoles, Arroyomolinos or Navalcarnero are just some of the municipalities directly affected by the Soterrament works of the A-5. Every day, about 80,000 vehicles, According to data from the Madrid City CouncilThey access the city in this way. Obviously, putting a plug in the entrance in the form of a mega -Obra has caused overflow. The overflow to roads and adjacent streets but, above all, has overflowed the patience of the residents of these municipalities who ask that Four winds military land are opened (without use) to take advantage of them as deterrent parking lots. Why four winds? This neighborhood with a subway stop and Cercanías has become the nerve point of the entrance to Madrid. If everything goes correctly, It has a connection with Atocha In about 20-25 minutes. Yes, as we said, everything works correctly. Currently, this area has been reserved as a hot point so that the buses that were as destination Principe Pío or elliptical square and entered through the A-5 left the travelers and cease their trips. A decision that, in the first days, caused huge chaos. Daily jams. The underground has evidently caused that the traffic jams multiply in the area. Of the three or four lanes (depending on the area) that had so far available in each direction, Only two are operational. And, while the underground works are carried out in a sense, the vehicles circulate through the opposite section. The initial plan He was going to maintain the works for at least 25 months. However, the project has ended up expanding to the connection with the M-40 which Expand the stretch of works in another 700 meters. It was a claim of the neighbors who were assured that this would take place at first and, nevertheless, The idea had been discarded When the machines began working in the area. But the condition goes far beyond the jams. Without light. May 12, 2025. Batán neighbors spend part of the morning in the dark. Some 4,600 subscribers to Iberdrola see the light of their homes and businesses cut due to a fault caused by the accidental cut of a cable that travels through the area affected by the underground. Without water. May 19, 2025. As soon as a week passes when Aluche’s neighbors have problems of light and water in their homes and businesses again. This time the condition was recorded at 11 at night. They distributed pallets with bottled water to pass the bad drink in what the fault lasted. The reason: a stoopy pipe. Without internet. July 7, 2025. The most recent condition. The error this time takes a fiber optic cable in the works which leaves Movistar subscribers without internet in Aluche and part of Pozuelo, a town located on the other side of the country house, with which they border the works. The fault was not solved until the next day. A little hell. Yes, in Xataka We know that some neighbors have suffered the plenary of breakdowns and have been found without light, without water and without internet in less than two months. To this we must add, as we say, the usual traffic jams in the area, the cut of some steps that lightened the paths (as the departure to Boadilla from Seseña Street) or a very deteriorated firm that is suffering the passage of heavy machinery. The promise of a better place should give some hope to neighbors. Similar works made reborn what is now known as Madrid Río, a huge park with which Madrid won 120 green hectares and 30 kilometers of cycling paths. In addition, the square meter was revalued at 500 euros. Of course, for those who live in the surrounding municipalities, the improvement will only enjoy it if they express stop in the area once it is finished. Photo | Madrid City Council In Xataka | Guide not to be lost in Madrid with the megaobra and underground of the A-5: deadlines, traffic cuts and public transportation

The Canary Islands gave 24 tons of sand from La Palma volcano to Madrid. Now Madrid doesn’t know what to do with them

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Madrid has 24 tons of volcanic sand of the palm with which he does not know very well what to do. It sounds strange, but that is the peculiar outcome with which the consular and capital governments have been found after an initiative designed to value the Canarian cultural heritage in the Peninsula. The idea worked, but has ended up leaving that peculiar inheritance: bags and more bags of dark ash that accumulate dust (and controversy) without a clear destination. We explain ourselves. Presuming culture. May 17 was a day to frame in the history of Canarian culture. Or at least in one of its most popular disciplines: The Canarian fighta sport that hurts its roots in the first settlers of the islands. His practice is very popular in the archipelago, but not so much out. Hence, on May 17, as part of the Month of the Canary Islandsthe Government promoted A milestone In the discipline: the first day of official Canarian struggle in Madrid. FIGHTERS AND MUCH (MUCH) ARENA. For the appointment, fighters of the Saladar de Jandía and the Candelaria de Mircatwo key teams of the discipline that were measured in the twentieth day of the DISA Tournament of the Canary Islands. And something else: tons of volcanic sand transported from the palm to cover the pitch. The idea was to give even more epic to the appointment carrying a piece of the Canary Islands (literally) to Madrid and deploying it in the middle of Callao, where the Canarian fighters were measured. A 24 tons “ring”. The idea worked. The photos Shared by the Canarian government (with volcanic sand covering callus) they are fascinating and also show that the appointment attracted a good handful of curious. To host them, even a portable stand with capacity for 200 spectators. The event was also attended by President Fernando Clavijo along with regional positions and representatives of the institutional, sports and social life of the archipelago. In case that was not enough, the Executive took care of the last detail. Any type of volcanic sand was not transported to Madrid. No. The authorities chose ashes from the island of La Palma that were generated during the Tajogaite eruption In 2021. “The youngest of the islands, chosen as a symbol of identity, roots and renewal,” the Canarian government insisted in its community. In total some mobilized some 24 tonsaccording to the institution itself. And what happened to that sand? The fight was held on May 17, Jandía’s Salader won the Candelaria de Mirca in a fierce encounter (12-10), but … and then? What happened to tons of volcanic sand? That is the question that was asked recently eldiario.es, which after consulting with the Madrid City Council reached an amazing conclusion: the bags seemed to have vanished. “Without a trace of the 24 tons”, He titled The newspaper. The news was even more striking because, as confirmed by the regional government, the agreement contemplated that, after the May fight, the 24,000 kilos of ash were ceded to the Madrid City Council so that it could cover with it the fields of beach volleyball. From the Consistory they assured however not to have proof of that initiative. I wasn’t dead … It was not the last chapter of the curious soap opera of the traveling volcanic sand. On Saturday Eldiario.es published again Another revelation About the 24 tons of Tajogaite: the material was not lost by Madrid, but stored in work bags in a Torrelodones industrial ship. The reason? Although the initial idea was to allocate the sand to Madrid Volleyball courts, the authorities of the capital came to the conclusion that it was not a good idea to give it that use. His grains may serve for a Canarian fighting fight, but in the opinion of Madrid technicians they tend to heat up easily, which led the authorities to rule it out for the courts. And what will it be used for? It doesn’t seem to be very clear. At least according to the information handled by eldiario.es, which ensures that the Department of the Environment is looking for an adequate destination for the Canarian gift. The bags are also waiting for the Consistory Ultime for a collaboration agreement to accept the material, which, a priori, will have environmental use. In the authorization of the Cabildo it is noted that the material “lacks commercial value”, although as He put value The Canarian government does have a symbolic value. Images | The Government of the Canary Islands (X) and Canary Islands In Xataka | The Canary Islands have seven islands, but only one has escaped from the hordes of tourists: its secret is literally on earth

In Madrid there were no economic hotels left, but there was a “virgin” space for tourists: polygons

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Like most of the large cities on the planet, prices for stay in Madrideither for a long time like a short stay, they have shot themselves. If we focus on tourist accommodations, already We tell it Recently: it’s not a sensation, hotels are more expensive than ever In Spain, and in cities such as the capital They are prohibitive. In fact, tourists are beginning to look for other destinations Like Morocco. The solution for hoteliers is in the surroundings: the polygons. The new face. Three years ago it was already coming. Then, he counted in a Report the ABC That on the outskirts of the M-30, where many still believe that Madrid is blurred in gray ships and empty streets at the afternoon, the polygon Julián Camarillo It offered a radically different image. This almost 200 hectares enclave, located between the linear city and Suanzes stations, had begun to transform into a vibrant, accelerated and multifaceted area, a reflection of a city in constant mutation. Its streets combine industrial vestiges from the 50s to 80s with new constructions, hotels, artisan breweries, gastronomic spaces, technological centers and an incipient cultural vocation. As happened before in Barrios Like Shoreditch in London or the District 22@ from Barcelonathe polygon seemed to position itself as an urban laboratory where the post -industrial laboratory gives way to the allegedly modern. Tourist destination Three years later, The country counted That in Julián Camarillo, which once was territory marked by half -empty offices, aged industrial buildings and unused solar, a phenomenon as unexpected as unstoppable is brewing: its transformation into an incipient hotel district. Yes, what at first glance seemed a little hospitable environment has become A tourist reef Thanks to its proximity to the center of Madrid and at the low cost of accommodation. Here is a proper name: the Catalan businessman Óscar Sánchez, founder of the Bestprice chainhas been one of the pioneers to bet on the enclave, describing it as an “oil well” for the potential it offers to those who risk. Its hotels, located only eight subway stops from Puerta del Sol, attract young visitors who prioritize the price aesthetics. The figures endorse it: since 2020 they have Opened eight hotels in the area and there are at least seven others in project. From illegal loft to functional hotels. Apparently, the previous attempts For redefining the area they did not prosper with equal success. At the beginning of the century, the New York Soho model with the loft fashion was attempted, and then promoted the term Madbit to attract to Technology companies. Both initiatives collided with the lack of regulation and a weak corporate demand. Instead, hotels have grown without institutional campaigns or brand names for the neighborhood. The specialized real estate agency in the area confirmed the country that many office promoters are transforming their projects into tourist establishments due to the evidence that the demand for accommodation exceeds that of work space. This boom coincides with something we have gone counting: he normative hardening Towards Airbnb and Tourist Housing The historical record of visitors in Madrid, where 10.4 million tourists were reached in 2024. The Carabanchel node Urban Fever. In the background, international consultants have confirmed the effervescence of the sector. Colliers has identified more than 60,000 square meters available for new hotel projects in Julián Camarillo, although warns that urban limits slow down the rhythm, so many of the New establishments They are small and functional, with less than one hundred rooms. Most are classified as a star hotels, and together they add more than 1,500 active rooms. Meanwhile, chains Like Ibis or Spark by Hilton They add to the model initiated by Bestprice, consolidating the area as the one that wakes up most between investors. Other consultants, Like Engel & VölkersThey observe a similar trend in industrial polygons from other cities such as Valencia, Bilbao or Barcelona, ​​where land prices and the lack of alternatives in the center push the hotel sector to colonize spaces traditionally relegated to the manufacturing activity. Asequible accommodation. The triumph of this model is Understand alone. The logic behind this transformation is because there are every time Less active factoriesoffices do not absorb enough demand and tourism needs affordable spacewell communicated and functional. With rates of between 60 and 70 euros per night, 20 minutes from the center of Madrid, hotels in polygons such as Julián Camarillo fill that hole. Carabanchel adds. Something similar is also happening to the south of the capital, although here with the aim of giving a housing alternative to creative young people at a step in the city. It The world told. In the heart of Carabanchel, a neighborhood more and more associated with urban artHE Inaugurated Node Carabanchela half stay hotel that redefines the concept of flexible accommodation with a thousand rooms designed for creative young people, students, digital nomads “and people in vital transition.” With one investment of 100 million In euros, the gigantic complex includes fully equipped studies and apartments, and offers a community experience focused on art, music and coworking, with spaces such as rehearsal rooms, podcast, theater, gym, swimming pool, sporting tracks and a scourge on the roof for concerts and cultural events. Replicating other models. Node aspires not only to accommodate, but to actively integrate into the local fabric through collaborations With schools, galleries and neighborhood artists, promoting a living and shared community. Driven by the Node Living company With the support of Bain Capital, this is its third project in Madrid and is part of an international expansion that replicates a model born in Brooklyn and already present in cities such as New York, Los Angeles, London and Barcelona. Mutant neighborhoods. Be that as it may, all these proposals have a common denominator: Madrid is made big And it reinvents itself because its nerve center has become A theme park of Closed Coto. Of course, the spontaneity with which they have Grown polygons like Julián Camarillo To tourist district modes, they … Read more

The Bakery of Madrid that has gone from the hands of the bread

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In Spain there are More than 10,000 companies Dedicated to elaborate bread, a long, very long business list in which different profiles and approaches are included. In that wide martemágnum of flour, yeast and cereals (and despite the fact that the sector has been betting for some time The specialization) It is likely that there is no business like the one just riding in Chamberí Fabián Leónfinalist of ‘masterchef’ and Foodie. At least if we talk about the theory. After all, he presumes, having created “the bakery of the future” (aka Fu.ba). The initiative is interesting because it tells us about something much broader: a trend that bets on re (re) gastronomic invention, the spectacularization of food, the story and the rethinking of concepts apparently as basic as the bread bar. All this accompanied by generous prices. “We bake future”. Fu.ba is a bakery newly opened In the Chamberí area, Madrid, although anyone who reads His manifesto (Yes, he has manifest) He probably feels that the business is dedicated to anything but baking bars, cakes, hagazas and cookies. “In a world of ultra -processed, we chose the real. Mother. Drops limited. Ingredients that feel good, “starts. “We do not follow trends. We follow the rhythm of the body, the sun and the earth. Here the bread is ritual, energy and community. We are solarpunk, neo-ancestral and a little witches. We are the GLitch In the matrix of food, “the business continues as a presentation. The full manifesto can be consulted on its website And it hasn’t taken Generate comments in x o Bluesky. And if there were doubts, those responsible are responsible for underlining it: “We do not bake bread. We bake future.” Reinventing bread (functional). Behind the project is Fabián León, finalist of the first edition of ‘Masterchef’ and a influencer Gastronomic with more than 570,000 Followers on Instagram. Recently related to the magazine Elle that the initiative connects with a personal experience: two years ago he was diagnosed with a disease that made him “a radical turn” and led him to undertake “a personal crusade” to find healthy foods to help him. “I realized that some foods were affecting me, specifically gluten, as well as refined sugars, alcohol … I suppressed everything and ran out of options,” Share. “The gluten -free bread that had was very bad, when I went to a specialty coffee there was nothing and for a person who likes to eat was a drama. I was sure there had to be recipes or ways for bread to be good. I started investigating what they did in other societies.” And a couple of years later … The result of that search could be seen on his Instagram profile in May, when he published A video With announcement included: “I open my first bakery of the future. After two years imagining it, today the bakery that only lived in my head.” “Breads, cookies, biscuits, brownies and a thousand more things that are not only good, but they feel good. Sin gluten, without refined sugars, made to build you, but without giving up enjoyment.” Bread with story (and something else). Beyond the media impact From Fabián León or his promise of a “bakery of the future”, the case of Fu.BA is interesting for another reason: connects with a greater gastronomic tendency than, beyond the food itself, incorporates a series of extra ingredients: spectacularization, a story worked, a background message that seeks to transcend what the food itself and especially the promise of the “reinvention” is reinvent something as elementary and basic as the bread bar or cookies. Fu.ba is also the example of how the discourse of “reinvention” can be taken to the extreme, moving it passing with elements that have little or nothing to do with food. In Fu.BA highlights the rhetoric of his manifesto, the aesthetics of the premises, for which He handled of the architect Irern Serraor even the staging of The inaugurationwith DJ and a sculpture made with bread. Of the future maybe, but not cheap. Of backdrop, prices. The bakery of the future may bet on the “functional pan” (“not only feeds, does something for you”, promises Fu.ba) and reniegue of gluten, refined flours and other industrial substitutes; But, without being private, it is not cheap. At least if we compare their prices with those of other conventional bakeries. The “Mollet of the Future” costs two euros; the “Hogaza of the future” five, or 7.5 if you want the option of 750 g; and the “baguete of the future” 3.5. For 500 g of “Power Power”, with tapioca flour and comprehensive rice, among other ingredients, 6.5 is paid. Images | Wearefuba and Instagram 1 and 2 In Xataka | We knew that freezing the bread was comfortable, cheap and fashionable. What we are not sure of is that it is “so good” for health

As the Puerta del Sol is a tree desert, Madrid has had an idea for this summer: putting awnings

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With the thermometer Nailing with the 40ºC of maximum and a sun of rigor, if there is something sued today in the streets of Madrid is shadow, a shelter in which to enjoy a refreshing truce before continuing on their way to the office, house or the institute. To create one of those ‘Climate shelters’ In the urban heart, a few weeks ago the City Council He started installing Toldos in the middle of the Puerta del Sol, 32 panels with which he wants the square to stop being a pan. The problem is that its installation has unleashed a considerable stirboth for the solution itself and its cost. Shadow, where is there a shadow? The Puerta del Sol is an emblematic, sculptural place, forced to Thousands of tourists Every year and central node of Madrid. The problem is that something key is missing, especially in summer: shadow. Your around 12,000 m2 They are a wasteland in which it is difficult to protect themselves from the sun, a problem when the city faces a heat wave like the one in these days. There are those pulling irony It refers to the square as ‘La Sartén del Sol’. Why is there no shadow? Because it was never considered necessary. The City Council argues that in its 163 years of history the square never had “elements of shadow”, although there are who holds that in his day he had some trees and more than a century ago he already incorporated awnings. Historical debates apart, the Consistory assures that today the configuration of the Plaza conditions what can be done or not in it: below, scarce 20 cm of the pavementrests a slab that separates the square from one of the largest subway stations in the city, in addition to galleries. And why is it important? Simple. Because what is done in the square should take into account the huge structure that opens below. Martínez-Almeida team remember That a few years ago it was studied to plant trees in the only area of ​​the square that does not have infrastructure under the pavement, but the Municipal Historical Heritage Commission ended up lying the initiative. The reason? The vegetation perhaps threw some shadow and refresh the environment, but the idea did not respond to historical or urban criteria. He simply proposed to plant trees where he could, without contributing more reasons. What if we put awnings? In the absence of trees, good are Quita and Pon, a solution that is already used in the street of other Spanish cities punished by the sun, such as The center of Seville either Malaga. That is the idea that the City Council was raised, which launched its administrative machinery to project, hire and install a system of panels that cover part of the square. They wait, but the fabrics began to settle Two weeks ago. The awnings, 32 in total, are manufactured with Microperforated PVC ivory and have been arranged in such a way that they offer shade to pedestrians that walk from Alcalá to Arenal. To hold them, anchors were installed on the facades, tensioners and stainless steel masts in some granite banks. The idea is to use a threaded tubes system to place and remove panels throughout the year, as is done in other cities in the south. Why is there debate? For several reasons. Input by the solution itself and its effectiveness. “They are not a simple ornament or a whim: they are a late and expensive response to an urban policy of the PP, which for years turned our public spaces into authentic cement plates,” criticism in The country Pedro Barrero, socialist spokesman in the Commission of Works and Equipment. To that debate contributes that the square was reformed Just a few years ago With one millionaire investment without those guaranteed works shadows in the environment. Another background debate is whether the square may or may not host trees, beyond the handicap that the subway station is underneath, or if there are better alternatives to the awnings. The City Council insists in which the configuration of Puerta del Sol dates back to the nineteenth century and this will be “the first time you have shadows in its 163 years of history.” The proposal also received the approval of the Historical Heritage Commission. The big question is … Is it used for the 12,000 m2 of the square a solution that has demonstrated useful for narrow streets? Are there more factors? Yes. The price. The installation of the awnings will require considerable investment, around 1.5 million of euros that add to the cost of the reform of a few years ago. In networks there are who questions That a million and a half are reversed to a work that, in the end, will mean the installation of about thirty PVC awnings. From the City Council they clarify that to carry out the project they have had to carry out studies and undertake works that are not appreciated with the naked eye, such as adapting the banks, emptying them and providing them with steel plates to ballast the anchor of the masts. The goal? Ensure that the canvases endure wind gusts without the foundation affecting the structures located under the square. Images | Madrid City Council In Xataka | People have started rowing to touch their ass to the statue of the bear in Madrid. Makes as little sense as it seems

There is a way for a truck to go from Italy to Madrid without spending a diesel euro. Mounting it on a train

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From Italy to Madrid in truck but without stepping on the road. It is the concept of the railway highway that unites the transalpine country with the Spanish capital and that allows moving low -cost merchandise with a reduced impact on polluting emissions. A project that has already been tested in Spain but now seeks its extension even Portugal. From Italy to Madrid. That is the route that the trucks moved by Tramesaa company that keeps an exceptional service in our country alive. Specifically, to put in Madrid some trucks with origin in Italy that on the road have hundreds of kilometers but have not spent a drop of diesel. And it is that these trucks, as explained in The countryThey arrive at the Valencian port where they are collected by a huge crane that deposits them on a railway platform. The truck becomes a merchandise container that travels to Madrid railway. Already in the capital, return to the road to distribute the merchandise. What is a railway highway? This system is what is known as a railway highway. That is, the use of railways to transport trucks that, in normal circumstances, should travel on the road. A system that, currently, is only active between Madrid and Valencia but wants to project to reach Portugal. And makes sense? Yes, and a lot. First because it is a less polluting system. Adif calculates That using trucks as rail containers is almost five times less polluting than circulating along the road, which entails tire wear, brakes … and huge diesel consumption. But, above all, it is interesting for the transport company. And the train trip can be done with or without a cabin. Without it, driver expenses is minimized since trucks travel alone on the train. In this way, the driver handles a tractor head at the origin, deposits the trailer there and a second conductor, already at destination, collects the merchandise with a second tractor head. In this way, the number of hours at the wheel and the distance traveled is drastically reduced. The Spanish case. As we said, at the moment, the railway highway that connects the Valencian port with Madrid is the only one that is active. However, the system is not much less new. In the past we have already had similar attempts and, in fact, we must not retrieve far back in time. In 2019, Renfe merchandise and VIIA, SNCF subsidiary, launched a service with up to six trains by direction and week between Barcelona and Bettembourg (Luxembourg). The project was canceled shortly after with the crisis of Coronavirus and reactivated in 2022. However, ended up closing operations A few months later. In Trenvista They point out that this case is the last but not the only one we have had in our country. At the end of the 80s a railway highway between Madrid and Barcelona was also opened. However, an accident resulted in the closure of past two years. In Europe. Outside our country, the transport of goods using railways is not new either. VIIA, the company that wanted to exploit the connection between Barcelona and Luxembourg, Keep active Four lines that explode exclusively and four other lines in collaboration with other operators. Their business extends almost exclusively by France (they have one that ends in Italy) and most of them collect merchandise that arrives through the Eurotunnel, demonstrating the advantage of the system when combining large ports and cities with good rail connections. In fact, it was in France where a railway highway began for the first time in 1936. After World War II, services would continue to be expanded with the services with the Alpine railway highway which is the one that crosses between France and Italy (already near Turin). And in the future? At the moment it remains to be seen but from the institutions you are trying to close more projects. There are currently a total of 15 in progress that are in different phases. In service with metric width we have Valencia-Madrid and underway you are already working on: Algeciras-Zaragoza Zaragoza-Tarragona Huelva-Madrid-Zaragoza Seville-Madrid-Zaragoza Valencia-Badajoz-Contrancamento (Portugal) Madrid-Badajoz-Contrancamento-Suporto (Portugal) In study phase are: Tarragona-Barcelona Madrid-Valladolid-Burgos-Vitoria Murcia-Madrid Cádiz-Madrid Tamarite of Litera-Irún Zaragoza-Pamplona-Vitoria In addition, a standard width is already underway between Barcelona and Le Perthus (France) and the following lines are projected: Murcia-Le Perthus (France) Tarragona-Le Perthus (France) Vitoria-Irún Photo | Ministry of Transportation and Tramesa In Xataka | Two years after Renfe competition entered, the data indicate something: trains are cheaper than ever

This is the tunnelador who aims to transform line 11 of Madrid

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The expansion of line 11 of the Madrid Metro aspires to much more than adding stations: It wants to become a great diagonal axis that see the city transversely. It is an ambitious, complex work that demands machinery at the height of the challenge. In the center of that machinery is Mayritthe tunnelador that will be in charge of opening a passage underground. It is not a generic machine, but a model expressly designed To adapt to the geological and geotechnical conditions of the Madrid land, and that in the coming months will become the main protagonist of one of the most important developments of public transport in the capital. A tunnelador designed for the Madrid subsoil The tunnelador is already finished. Its manufacture has been in charge of Herrenknecht Agone of the most recognized firms in this type of machinery, and It has developed in its Schwanau factoryGermany, during a 20 -month process. Mayrit is not any tunnelador. It is an EPB model (Earth Pressure Balance)adapted to dig in cohesive land, such as those in Madrid. Measures 98 meters long, It weighs 1,500 tons and is able to advance up to 15 meters per day. On average, you can complete about 500 meters a month with teams of twelve people per shift. To this technical level is added logistics complexity. His transfer to Madrid will not be fast or simple. The machine must be completely dismantledpiece by piece, for the next three months. Then, one will begin trip more than 2,000 kilometers which will combine road journeys to Antwerp, maritime transport to the port of Santander and, from there, its truck transfer to the future Comillas station, in Carabanchel. There will begin the reverse process: a new assembly that will last until March 2026, when it is planned to start operating. Its function will be to drill the section of the section between Elliptical Plaza and Count de Casal, one of the most complex phases of the expansion. The works in this section are already at 18.4% execution, and the regional government has announced an investment of 518 million euros only at this stage. In parallel, manual excavation works have already begun in a 700 -meter stretch between quotes and elliptical square, with a rhythm of progress of about 50 meters per month. The goal: to leave the ground prepared for when Mayrit enters action. And the truth is that, beyond rhetoric, the technology that moves Mayrit is far from being trivial. Inside, A TRANSPORTED SCREW the material excavated to a tape, while pressure sensors allow Real time control the balance of forces in the excavation chamber. This allows to maintain the stability of the front and avoid sinking, even in heterogeneous terrain with the presence of gravel, water or sand. In addition, the system can be adapted on the march to different geological scenarios. Herrenknecht has developed several solutions that convert the end of the endless into a wash circuit to also work with sludge when the land demands. Other modules allow to modify the consistency of the soil by injections of bentonite, water or foam. At the moment, the arrival of Mayrit to Madrid is scheduled for December. Images | Madrid Metro | Herrenknecht In Xataka | The largest concrete wall in Spain is in Salamanca and generates electricity: this is the almond dam

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