Guadalajara submits the reform of the urban bus regulations for public consultation

The Guadalajara City Council has opened the public information process for the modification of the Regulations for the regular public urban passenger transport service of the city and annexed neighborhoods. The initial approval took place by agreement of the municipal Plenary in an ordinary session on October 30, 2026, and the announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Guadalajara No. 216, dated November 11, 2026, with the reference 2026_2960.

Any resident or interested party may consult the file and submit claims or suggestions during the thirty business days following the publication of the announcement. This is the regulation that governs the daily operation of the capital’s urban bus service, meaning the revision directly affects the users of the service.

Legal framework and scope of the process

The submission to public information is supported by Article 49 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, Regulating the Bases of Local Regime, which requires this period to be opened before the final approval of local ordinances and regulations. The announcement does not detail the specific content of the modification within its pages: the initially approved text is displayed to the public on the municipal website and is available to interested parties at the Infrastructure Service.

Where and how to consult the file

• Administrative headquarters: Infrastructure Service, Plaza Mayor 1, Guadalajara.
• Office hours: Monday to Friday, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
• Text consultation: also displayed on the municipal website.
• Deadline for allegations: thirty business days from the day following the publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Guadalajara.

No allegations, automatic final approval

The announcement precisely sets out the subsequent procedure. If the deadline expires without any claims or suggestions being submitted, the provisional agreement will be adopted as final without the need for a new plenary agreement.

In the event that allegations are registered, the Plenary must resolve them through the corresponding final agreement. Only after that step, or after the provisional agreement is elevated to final status, will the approved text be published in full in the Official Gazette of the Province of Guadalajara and enter into force once the period provided for in Article 65.2 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, has elapsed.

The announcement was signed in Guadalajara on November 9, 2026, by the Mayor-President, Ana Cristina Guarinos López, and includes an electronic verification code to certify its authenticity.

Two bus regulations under simultaneous review

The same plenary session on October 30, 2026, initially approved another modification referring to the same service: that of the Regulatory Ordinance of Public Non-Tax Patrimonial Benefits of the Public Urban Collective Passenger Transport Service of Guadalajara and Annexed Neighborhoods, namely, the regulation that sets the economic considerations of the service. Its public information announcement appears in the same issue of the bulletin, reference 2026_2961, with an identical period of thirty business days and the same consultation point at Plaza Mayor 1.

In this way, the City Council is processing in parallel the review of the urban bus operating regime and its economic regime, both pending the resolution of allegations before their full publication and entry into force.

The procedure is important for anyone who uses the urban bus in Guadalajara or resides in the annexed neighborhoods, because the regulation defines the conditions of the service provided by the municipal lines. The open period is the only formal occasion for users to submit observations before the text is definitively approved, and their silence during the next thirty business days will be equivalent to the automatic approval of the modification.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Guadalajara, no. 216, November 11, 2026, section I (City Councils), page 1 (official reference: 2026_2960).