Guadalajara Mi Macro

The first line runs {{cvt|16.6|km}} 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).{{cite web |url=http://siteur.gob.mx/index.php/sistemas-de-transporte/mi-macro |title=Mi Macro |publisher=Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano |lang=es |access-date=5 October 2021}} 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 {{ill|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 {{cvt|41.5|km}} route.{{cite web |url=https://mimacro.jalisco.gob.mx/ |title=Mi Macro Periférico |publisher=Gobierno de Jalisco |lang=es |access-date=5 October 2021}} 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){{cite web |url=https://www.fonadin.gob.mx/fni2/fp40/ |title=Sistema Integrado de Transporte Peribús, Etapa 1 Guadalajara, Jalisco |lang=es |publisher=Fondo Nacional de Infraestructura |access-date=6 October 2021}} with a grant of 660.8 million pesos, subsidizing a larger contribution from the Jalisco state government.{{cite news |url=https://www.informador.mx/Jalisco/Peribus-movera-mas-pasajeros-que-L3-20170118-0202.html |title=Peribús moverá más pasajeros que L3 |date=January 18, 2017 |trans-title=Peribus moves more passengers than L3 |newspaper=El Informador |access-date=5 October 2021 |lang=es}} Work on the Periférico line began in November 2019, and was projected to complete in 2021.{{cite news |url=https://www.globalmasstransit.net/archive.php?id=36220 |title=Works begin on Mi Macro Periferico BRT in Guadalajara, Mexico |date=November 3, 2019 |work=Global Mass Transit Report |access-date=6 October 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.eloccidental.com.mx/local/noticias-estaciones-de-mi-macro-al-35-la-de-santa-margarita-la-mas-adelantada-6334696.html |title=Estaciones de Mi Macro al 35%, la de Santa Margarita la más adelantada |lang=es |trans-title=Mi Macro stations at 35% complete, Santa Margarita the most advanced |author=Chavez, Victor |date=February 7, 2021 |newspaper=El Occidental |access-date=6 October 2021}}

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

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1. Mirador (Express)
2. Huentitán
3. Zoológico
4. Independencia Norte (Express)
5. San Patricio (Express)
6. Igualdad
7. Monumental
8. Monte Olivette
9. Circunvalación (Express)
10. Ciencias de la Salud
11. Juan Álvarez (Express)
12. Alameda
13. San Juan de Dios (Express; transfer to LRT Line 2)
14. Bicentenario (Express; transfer to LRT Line 3)
15. La Paz
16. Niños Héroes (Express)
17. Agua Azul
18. Ciprés
19. Héroes de Nacozari
20. Lázaro Cárdenas (Express)
21. El Deán
22. Zona Industrial
23. López de Legazpi
24. Clemente Orozco (Express)
25. Artes Plasticas
26. Escultura (Express)
27. Fray Angélico (Express)

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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.

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The stations on the Periférico line (counterclockwise) are:

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1. Barranca de Huentitán
2. Zoológico Guadalajara
3. Independencia Norte (transfer to BRT Calzada)
4. Lomas del Paraíso
5. Rancho Nuevo
6. La Experiencia
7. El Batán
8. Periférico Norte (transfer to LRT Line 1)
9. La Cantera
10. Tabachines
11. Constitución
12. Centro Cultural Universitario
13. San Isidro
14. Periférico Belenes (transfer to LRT Line 3)
15. Tuzanía
16. Santa Margarita
17. Acueducto
18. 5 de Mayo
19. San Juan de Ocotán
20. Vallarta (transfer to SiTren L1)
21. Estadio Chivas
22. Ciudad Judicial
23. Ciudad Granja
24. Parque Metropolitano
25. Chapalita Inn
26. El Colli
27. Felipe Ruvalcaba
28. Miramar
29. Mariano Otero
30. El Briseño
31. Agrícola
32. López Mateos
33. ITESO
34. Terminal Sur de Autobuses
35. Periférico Sur (transfer to LRT Line 1)
36. San Sebastianito
37. 8 de Julio
38. Toluquilla
39. Adolf Horn
40. Artesanos
41. Las Pintas
42. Carretera a Chapala

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Under the original plan, there were 53 stations served by a fleet of 105 {{cvt|18|m}} (nominal length) articulated buses.

Additional lines were{{when|date=October 2018}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.informador.mx/Jalisco/Linea-2-del-Macrobus-cruzara-el-Centro-de-Guadalajara-20091106-0195.html |title=Línea 2 del Macrobús cruzará el Centro de Guadalajara |trans-title=Macrobús Line 2 crosses the center of Guadalajara |date=November 6, 2009 |newspaper=El Informador |access-date=5 October 2021 |lang=es}} 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 {{cvt|135.4|km}} in addition to the Calzada line. The first of the proposed lines was a {{cvt|36.3|km|adj=on}} subset of the present Periférico line. Other proposed lines were largely laid out along radial spokes and included:{{cite web |url=https://mexico.itdp.org/wp-content/uploads/7.pdf |title=Propuesta para el crecimiento de los Sistemas de Transporte Masivo en la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara |trans-title=Proposal for the growth of Mass Transportation Systems in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area |publisher=Instituto de Políticas para el Transporte y el Desarrollo |access-date=5 October 2021 |lang=es}}

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

The initial Macrobús fleet included 41 blue articulated Volvo 7300 BRT buses,{{cite press release |url=https://www.volvobuses.com/en/news/2008/jun/news-45112.html |title=Order for Volvo buses for new BRT system in Mexico |author=Johansson, Per-Martin |date=June 27, 2008 |publisher=Volvo Buses |access-date=6 October 2021}} which are built on the Volvo B12M chassis and compliant with the Euro IV emissions standard.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.volvobuses.com/content/dam/volvo/volvo-buses/markets/australia/en-au/news/2008/OnTheMove22008English.pdf |title=Volvo buses for new BRT system in Mexico |date=2008 |page=11 |magazine=On The Move |publisher=Volvo Buses |access-date=6 October 2021}} Mexico City also uses Volvo 7300 BRT buses for the Metrobús BRT system, but the Mexico City Volvo 7300 BRT buses are {{cvt|25|m|ft|adj=mid|long}} bi-articulated buses,{{cite press release |url=https://www.volvobuses.com/en/news/2013/feb/news-138603.html |title=14 more Volvo 7300 bi-articulated for Mexico City's BRT system |date=February 8, 2013 |publisher=Volvo Buses |access-date=6 October 2021}} while the Guadalajara BRT system uses {{cvt|18|m|ft|adj=mid|long}} single-articulated buses.{{cite web |url=https://www.volvobuses.com/content/dam/volvo-buses/markets/mexico/buses/volvo-7300/specification/Volvo-7300-BRT1.pdf |title=Volvo 7300 BRT (Specifications) |date= |publisher=Volvo Buses |access-date=6 October 2021}} 27 of the 41 were refurbished by July 2021 to extend their life by five years.{{cite press release |url=https://www.jalisco.gob.mx/es/prensa/noticias/129749 |title=ESTRENA GOBIERNO DE JALISCO FLOTA DE RUTAS ALIMENTADORAS Y COMPLEMENTARIAS DE MI MACRO CALZADA |trans-title=Government of Jalisco launches fleet of buses for feeder and complementary routes to Mi Macro Calzada |date=July 29, 2021 |publisher=Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco |lang=es |access-date=6 October 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.ntrguadalajara.com/post.php?id_nota=169691 |title=Estrenan 82 unidades adjuntas al Macrobús |trans-title=82 units attached to the Macrobús premiere |author=Levario, Juan |lang=es |date=July 29, 2021 |work=El Diario NTR |access-date=6 October 2021}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.informador.mx/Jalisco/Macrobus-amplia-su-parque-vehicular-aumentara-captacion-de-usuarios-20140917-0058.html |title=Macrobús amplía su parque vehicular; aumentará captación de usuarios |trans-title=Macrobús expands its vehicle fleet; will increase user uptake |date=September 17, 2014 |newspaper=El Informador |lang=es |access-date=6 October 2021}} The newer DINA buses are compliant with the stricter Euro V emissions standard,{{cite news |url=https://www.tyt.com.mx/nota/macrobus-estrena-unidades-dina |title=Macrobús estrena unidades DINA |date=September 18, 2014 |work=Transportes y Turismo |access-date=6 October 2021 |lang=es |trans-title=Macrobús launches DINA units}} and are equipped with a Cummins ISM 10.8L six-cylinder engine and a six-speed Allison Transmission.{{cite web |url=https://mexicobusiness.news/automotive/news/dina-brighter |title=DINA Brighter |date=September 1, 2016 |work=Mexico Business News |access-date=6 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://dina.com.mx/fichas/brighter.pdf |title=Brighter Ficha Técnica |trans-title=Brighter Technical Specifications |date= |publisher=DINA S.A. |access-date=6 October 2021 |lang=es}} Neither the Volvo nor DINA buses are equipped with air conditioning.{{cite web |url=http://www.pasajero7.com/macrobus-mala-idea-sin-aire-acondicionado/ |title=MACROBÚS, MALA IDEA SIN AIRE ACONDICIONADO |trans-title=Macrobus: bad idea without air conditioning |date=February 5, 2016 |work=Noticias Pasajero7 |lang=es |access-date=6 October 2021}}

For the Periférico Line, Mi Macro will use 37 articulated buses built on the Mercedes-Benz O 500 MA 2836 chassis, bodied by Busscar.{{cite news |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/notas/2021/08/13/autos/mercedes-benz-autobuses-prepara-37-autobuses-articulados-para-el-sistema-brt-mi-macro-periferico-en-jalisco/ |title=Mercedes-Benz Autobuses prepara 37 autobuses articulados para el Sistema BRT Mi Macro Periférico en Jalisco |trans-title=Mercedes Benz Autobuses prepares 37 articulated busese for the Mi Macro Periférico BRT System in Jalisco |lang=es |date=August 13, 2021 |author=Peréz S., Roberto |work=La Jornada |access-date=6 October 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://autobusesmercedesbenz.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/O-500-MA-2836-1.pdf |title=O 500 MA 2836 Ficha Técnica |lang=es |publisher=Autobuses Mercedes-Benz |access-date=6 October 2021}}

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.{{cite needed|date=November 2019}}

{{reflist}}

• State of Jalisco Press Release, "Cuenta Jalisco con visión de movilidad urbana necesaria" (February 29, 2008)
• Héctor Padilla, "Aseguran que BRT moverá más pasajeros que el Tren Ligero y bajará la polución", El Mural (March 1, 2008)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100516141240/http://www.macrobus.gob.mx/ Official Macrobús site]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303030102/http://www.jalisco.gob.mx/comunicacion2007.nsf/a767253ff7c2d009062572d0005f0bf8/1b2a78fc327c6e10862573fe00773271?OpenDocument State of Jalisco Macrobus photo gallery]

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