Talking about mobility in La Gomera is talking about something much broader than moving from one point to another. It is talking about territorial cohesion, equal opportunities and the capacity of an island with a unique geography to guarantee that all its neighbors can access, regardless of where they reside, the services and opportunities they need in their daily lives.
That is the meaning that public road transport should have: connecting municipalities and population centers with the hospital, work and study centers, the Administration, the port and the airport. On an island like ours, having a network that reaches the territory is an essential condition so that distance does not become inequality. This is how we have understood it from the Cabildo by positioning mobility as a public service closely linked to equal opportunities.
GuaguaGomera currently provides service to the six municipalities through eight lines and 121 stops. Behind each route there are people who need to go to a medical consultation, get to their workplace, study, carry out a transaction or connect with a sea or air connection. The evolution of demand also confirms the weight that public transport has in island mobility: 2025 closed with 358,892 passengers and, in the first eight months of 2026, there were more than 240,000 users.
Therefore, our objective cannot be limited to the existence of a bus. We work to make public transportation a useful option in people's daily organization. This means improving frequencies and schedules, offering reliable information, advancing accessibility and simplifying the use of the service.
Concrete steps have been taken along this path. The incorporation of 12 new buses has brought the available fleet to 24 vehicles. Added to this are card payment and a mobile application that facilitates travel planning, consultation of schedules and stops and information in real time.
The next step is to continue adjusting the offer to the real needs of the island. For the last quarter, it is planned to increase regular transport frequencies by around 30%, with new early departures from San Sebastián to Valle Gran Rey and Vallehermoso, services on weekends and holidays for La Dama and Alojera, reinforcements on other routes and a new connection between the northern municipalities and the airport.
Sustainable mobility also has an environmental dimension, because it contributes to reducing dependence on private vehicles, but its social dimension is equally relevant. There are young people, older people and people who do not drive or do not have a car for whom an accessible and efficient public transport network expands their possibilities of participating fully in the life of the island.
The model we are working on is therefore based on the reality of La Gomera itself: transport that better connects the territory, facilitates daily life and accompanies the social and economic development of the island. Because improving mobility means, above all, bringing people, services and opportunities closer together.
