Cuenca Is Getting Studies For Bike Lanes, Public Bikes And Electric Buses

Cuenca's mobility plans are moving from broad ideas into formal studies.

The city expects the first results between July and August from four consultancies for the Centro Histórico Bajo en Emisiones project, financed with a loan from KfW.

What Is Being Studied

The package includes four pieces:

• 20 kilometers of new bike lanes
• 30 public-bike stations, to be implemented in stages
• Complete streets or superblocks
• Electrification of urban bus lines through electric buses

The contracts were signed between September and October 2025. The complete-streets study has the longest timeline, with results expected in November.

What Happens Next

After the city receives the studies, it plans a socialization process to explain each project and collect public comments. Execution would come after that.

For electric buses, the studies are supposed to define routes, electrolinera locations, and charging points. For most of the initiatives, except complete streets, the goal is to begin execution this year once the studies are received.

For Cuenca residents, this is one to watch because the practical effects could be very visible: where cyclists ride, where public bikes sit, how Centro streets are redesigned, and which bus routes eventually go electric.