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Guadalajara Mi Macro
	Mi Macro Periférico unit circulating in the exclusive lane
Founded	2009
Locale	Guadalajara, Jalisco
Service type	bus rapid transit
Routes	2
Stops	69 total: 27 on Calzada line and 42 on Periférico line
Fuel type	diesel
Operator	Alianza de Camioneros de Jalisco, Peribús Metropolitano
Website	Mi Macro on the SITEUR website (Spanish)
System map
System map

The Guadalajara Mi Macro (formerly Macrobús) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The initiation of work on the system was announced by Jalisco Governor Emilio González Márquez on February 29, 2008. The system was launched on March 11, 2009 by him and Mexican President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa.

Lines

The first line runs 16.6 km (10.3 mi) along Calzada Independencia and Gobernador Curiel avenues with a total of 27 stations, including two terminals: Mirador (northern terminus, in Guadalajara) and Fray Angélico (southern terminus, in Tlaquepaque).^[1] The line intersects the LRT's Line 2 at San Juan de Dios station. After the LRT Line 3 was completed in 2016, a second transfer point was created at the station immediately south, Bicentenario (BRT) / Independencia (LRT-3).

The first line has been renamed Mi Macro Calzada to distinguish it from the second BRT line running along the Anillo Periférico Manuel Gómez Morin [es] ring road, which opened in 2022. The second line is named Mi Macro Periférico and includes 42 stations over a 41.5 km (25.8 mi) route.^[2] The Periférico line, formerly nicknamed Peribús, was initially projected to serve 364,000 daily riders; it was first funded in January 2017 from Fondo Nacional de Infraestructura (Fonadin, the National Infrastructure Fund)^[3] with a grant of 660.8 million pesos, subsidizing a larger contribution from the Jalisco state government.^[4] Work on the Periférico line began in November 2019, and was projected to complete in 2021.^[5]^[6]

Calzada

The stations on the Calzada line (from north to south) are:

Mirador (Express)
Huentitán
Zoológico
Independencia Norte (Express)
San Patricio (Express)
Igualdad
Monumental
Monte Olivette
Circunvalación (Express)
Ciencias de la Salud
Juan Álvarez (Express)
Alameda
San Juan de Dios (Express; transfer to LRT Line 2)
Bicentenario (Express; transfer to LRT Line 3)
La Paz
Niños Héroes (Express)
Agua Azul
Ciprés
Héroes de Nacozari
Lázaro Cárdenas (Express)
El Deán
Zona Industrial
López de Legazpi
Clemente Orozco (Express)
Artes Plasticas
Escultura (Express)
Fray Angélico (Express)

Regular service takes approximately 46 minutes each way and operates from 5:00 AM to 11:00 PM. Limited-stop service (38 minutes each way) operates from 5:00 AM to 9:00 PM, connecting the stations noted as "Express" above. Typical headways are 8 minutes, with 5 minute headways during rush hours.^[1]

Periférico

The stations on the Periférico line (counterclockwise) are:

Barranca de Huentitán
Zoológico Guadalajara
Independencia Norte (transfer to BRT Calzada)
Lomas del Paraíso
Rancho Nuevo
La Experiencia
El Batán
Periférico Norte (transfer to LRT Line 1)
La Cantera
Tabachines
Constitución
Centro Cultural Universitario
San Isidro
Periférico Belenes (transfer to LRT Line 3)
Tuzanía
Santa Margarita
Acueducto
5 de Mayo
San Juan de Ocotán
Vallarta (transfer to SiTren L1)
Estadio Chivas
Ciudad Judicial
Ciudad Granja
Parque Metropolitano
Chapalita Inn
El Colli
Felipe Ruvalcaba
Miramar
Mariano Otero
El Briseño
Agrícola
López Mateos
ITESO
Terminal Sur de Autobuses
Periférico Sur (transfer to LRT Line 1)
San Sebastianito
8 de Julio
Toluquilla
Adolf Horn
Artesanos
Las Pintas
Carretera a Chapala

Under the original plan, there were 53 stations served by a fleet of 105 18 m (59 ft) (nominal length) articulated buses.^[3]

Proposed expansion

Additional lines were^[when?] planned and were scheduled to open in 2010, soon after the opening of Macrobús Line 1. These included:

Macrobús Line 2 would run along Avenida Ávila Camacho and Calzada Revolución from Doctor Ángel Leaño in Zapopan to the new central bus terminal in Tlaquepaque.^[7] This route was later used for LRT Line 3.
Macrobús Line 3 would run along Calzada del Obrero (Fed. 15) and Calzada Jesús González Gallo (Fed. 23) from Juan Pablo and Periferico to Glorieta El Álamo in Tlaquepaque. This line will eventually be extended to the Guadalajara International Airport in Tlajomulco along Fed. 44.

Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo (ITDP) proposed an expansion of the Macrobús system with six new lines to a total of 135.4 km (84.1 mi) in addition to the Calzada line. The first of the proposed lines was a 36.3 km (22.6 mi) subset of the present Periférico line. Other proposed lines were largely laid out along radial spokes and included:^[8]

Lázaro Cárdenas: serving 129,000 daily passengers on a 23.1 km (14.4 mi) similar to the earlier proposed Line 3 along Fed. 15 and Fed. 23
Lopez Mateos: 54,000 passengers, 13.6 km (8.5 mi)
8 de Julio: 88,000 passengers, 23.5 km (14.6 mi), parallel to the southern half of LRT Line 1
Vallarta: 38,000 passengers, 25.4 km (15.8 mi), acting as a western extension to LRT Line 2
Gallo y Michel: 24,000 passengers, 13.5 km (8.4 mi)

Fleet

Mi Macro fleet
Fleet Nos.	Years	Mfr.	Model	Length	Notes
TM-001— TM-041	2008–present	Volvo	7300 BRT	18 m 59 ft	Initial procurement for 41 buses to inaugurate Macrobús Line 1 (Mi Macro Calzada).^[9]
TM-042— TM-045	2014–present	DINA S.A.	BRighTer	18.145 m 59.53 ft	4 supplemental buses for Mi Macro Calzada.^[10]
	2021–present	Mercedes / Busscar	O 500 MA 2836	18.2 m 60 ft	37 buses for Periférico Line.^[11]

The initial Macrobús fleet included 41 blue articulated Volvo 7300 BRT buses,^[9] which are built on the Volvo B12M chassis and compliant with the Euro IV emissions standard.^[12] Mexico City also uses Volvo 7300 BRT buses for the Metrobús BRT system, but the Mexico City Volvo 7300 BRT buses are 25 m long (82 ft) bi-articulated buses,^[13] while the Guadalajara BRT system uses 18 m long (59 ft) single-articulated buses.^[9]^[14] 27 of the 41 were refurbished by July 2021 to extend their life by five years.^[15]^[16]

In 2014, Guadalajara added four red articulated DINA S.A. Brighter (stylized as BRighTer to emphasize its use in BRT systems) buses to the Macro Calzada fleet.^[10] The newer DINA buses are compliant with the stricter Euro V emissions standard,^[17] and are equipped with a Cummins ISM 10.8L six-cylinder engine and a six-speed Allison Transmission.^[18]^[19] Neither the Volvo nor DINA buses are equipped with air conditioning.^[20]

For the Periférico Line, Mi Macro will use 37 articulated buses built on the Mercedes-Benz O 500 MA 2836 chassis, bodied by Busscar.^[11] The O 500 MA 2836 is also compliant with the Euro V emissions standard and is equipped with a six-cylinder OM 457 diesel engine.^[21]

Impact and ridership

As of February 2008, there were 130 bus routes running along Calzada Independencia and Gobernador Curiel, serviced by more than 2,000 buses. The goal of the BRT is to replace all non-BRT buses along the route. Many routes will be eliminated altogether and others altered so as to cross the BRT route and serve as feeder buses.

It is expected that upon the initial route's launch, the BRT system will achieve a daily ridership of over 174,000 passengers.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Mi Macro" (in Spanish). Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Mi Macro Periférico" (in Spanish). Gobierno de Jalisco. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Sistema Integrado de Transporte Peribús, Etapa 1 Guadalajara, Jalisco" (in Spanish). Fondo Nacional de Infraestructura. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Peribús moverá más pasajeros que L3" [Peribus moves more passengers than L3]. El Informador (in Spanish). January 18, 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Works begin on Mi Macro Periferico BRT in Guadalajara, Mexico". Global Mass Transit Report. November 3, 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ Chavez, Victor (February 7, 2021). "Estaciones de Mi Macro al 35%, la de Santa Margarita la más adelantada" [Mi Macro stations at 35% complete, Santa Margarita the most advanced]. El Occidental (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Línea 2 del Macrobús cruzará el Centro de Guadalajara" [Macrobús Line 2 crosses the center of Guadalajara]. El Informador (in Spanish). November 6, 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Propuesta para el crecimiento de los Sistemas de Transporte Masivo en la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara" [Proposal for the growth of Mass Transportation Systems in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area] (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Johansson, Per-Martin (June 27, 2008). "Order for Volvo buses for new BRT system in Mexico" (Press release). Volvo Buses. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Macrobús amplía su parque vehicular; aumentará captación de usuarios" [Macrobús expands its vehicle fleet; will increase user uptake]. El Informador (in Spanish). September 17, 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b Peréz S., Roberto (August 13, 2021). "Mercedes-Benz Autobuses prepara 37 autobuses articulados para el Sistema BRT Mi Macro Periférico en Jalisco" [Mercedes Benz Autobuses prepares 37 articulated busese for the Mi Macro Periférico BRT System in Jalisco]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Volvo buses for new BRT system in Mexico" (PDF). On The Move. Volvo Buses. 2008. p. 11. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "14 more Volvo 7300 bi-articulated for Mexico City's BRT system" (Press release). Volvo Buses. February 8, 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Volvo 7300 BRT (Specifications)" (PDF). Volvo Buses. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "ESTRENA GOBIERNO DE JALISCO FLOTA DE RUTAS ALIMENTADORAS Y COMPLEMENTARIAS DE MI MACRO CALZADA" [Government of Jalisco launches fleet of buses for feeder and complementary routes to Mi Macro Calzada] (Press release) (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco. July 29, 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ Levario, Juan (July 29, 2021). "Estrenan 82 unidades adjuntas al Macrobús" [82 units attached to the Macrobús premiere]. El Diario NTR (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Macrobús estrena unidades DINA" [Macrobús launches DINA units]. Transportes y Turismo (in Spanish). September 18, 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "DINA Brighter". Mexico Business News. September 1, 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Brighter Ficha Técnica" [Brighter Technical Specifications] (PDF) (in Spanish). DINA S.A. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "MACROBÚS, MALA IDEA SIN AIRE ACONDICIONADO" [Macrobus: bad idea without air conditioning]. Noticias Pasajero7 (in Spanish). February 5, 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "O 500 MA 2836 Ficha Técnica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Autobuses Mercedes-Benz. Retrieved 6 October 2021.