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All Spanish cities that allow dogs to travel on buses All Spanish cities that allow dogs to travel on buses

Dogs on the bus... Cartagena, Donostia-San Sebastián, Fuengirola, Irún, Ourense, Palma de Mallorca and Sant Cugat del Vallès are the first seven cities in Spain that accept pet dogs on urban buses without the animal going in a carrier, a measure that facilitates the sustainable mobility of families and contributes to avoiding the abandonment of domestic animals. This is revealed by the first national study on pets and urban transport carried out by Pipper on tour, the specialized blog starring Pipper, the first tourist dog that has toured Spain to promote the integration of educated pets in public spaces.

The study by Pipper on tour analyzes the situation in the 144 cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants that have an urban bus service and concludes that seven city councils already allow boarding this transport with the dog on a leash and with a muzzle, two cities regulated it years ago but they do not apply it (Alcoy and Mérida); 92 cities only allow small dogs in carriers and 43 cities still prohibit boarding the bus with pets.

The study only refers to companion dogs, since those that assist people with a disability or special need have their own regulations that guarantee them access to all forms of transport.

Leashed and without a carrier

Cartagena, Donostia-San Sebastián, Fuengirola, Irún, Ourense, Palma de Mallorca and Sant Cugat del Vallès apply different rules for accessing dogs without a carrier, although with common aspects:

- Keep the dog's health documentation up to date and the animal must be clean and on a short leash. Some cities require user liability insurance. The animal's caretaker is responsible for any incident or damage that occurs on the bus.

- The dog must wear a muzzle (except in Donostia-San Sebastián, which only accepts small dogs in arms).

- Some cities limit the maximum size of the dog (for example, only small dogs are accepted in Donostia-San Sebastián and only up to 25 kilos in Fuengirola), or do not allow bitches in heat (Irún and Fuengirola) or breeds declared as potentially dangerous dogs PPP (Fuengirola and Palma).

- Where should the dog be? There is no general rule. For example, in Ourense you can lie down under the seat occupied by the carer, in Irún you can only be in the central area of ​​the bus and in Palma, in the back of the vehicle.

All the Spanish cities that let dogs travel on buses All Spanish cities that allow dogs to travel on buses

- In some cities, animals are prohibited from boarding during peak hours or night services and the number of dogs per vehicle is limited (only one in Cartagena, two in Irún and Ourense, and five in Fuengirola).

- To go up with the dog, an additional ticket of 0.30 euros is paid in Palma (except those that go in a carrier) and 0.57 euros in Fuengirola. In the rest you pay nothing.

- Ourense, the last city to join this trend last March, is preparing a dog card that must be requested from the City Council to be able to take the animal on the bus. To obtain it, you will have to provide insurance, veterinary certificate on vaccinations and possession of the microchip (while this accreditation is being prepared, the bus company has already begun to accept pets).

- Some cities, such as Irún, stipulate the way to resolve possible conflicts, since animals can be the object of phobias or cause allergies. For example, its regulations establish that "at the moment in which a traveler reports feeling bothered (allergic reactions, smells or noises) by the conditions of an animal and has boarded before the animal's caretaker, the latter will have the obligation to move to another part of the vehicle". In Donostia it is understood that, in general, the person who accesses the bus first has priority. In case of discrepancies, the driver's discretion prevails.

The town councils have explained to the Pipper on tour blog that the measure has been favorably received by the majority of users and that no major incidents have been recorded.

Small dogs in a carrier

In the following cities it is allowed to board the bus with a small dog in a carrier. They usually stipulate that they weigh a maximum of 10 kilos, although in some they reduce the weight to 8 kilos (for example, Barakaldo) and others raise it to 15 (Paterna, Torrent, Valencia...). In the Valencian capital, by the way, you have to request the pet bonus to be able to travel (a card that costs 5 euros.

In this group of cities, it is required that the dog remain inside the carrier and that it not be opened at any time. In some cases, enforcement is relaxed and small dogs may be allowed in bags or even in arms.

These are the cities: A Coruña, Albacete, Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Algeciras, Arona, Badajoz, Badalona, ​​Barakaldo, Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Boadilla del Monte, Burgos, Cáceres, Casteldefels, Castellón de la Plana, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Ciudad Real, Collado Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, Córdoba, Cornellà de Llobregat, Coslada, Cuenca, Dos Hermanas, El Ejido, El Prat de Llobregat, El Puerto de Santa María, Elche, Elda, Fuenlabrada, Gandía, Getafe, Gijón, Girona, Granada, Granadilla de Abona, Granollers, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Huesca, Jerez de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Rozas de Madrid, Leganés, Linares, Lleida, Logroño, Lorca, Madrid, Majadahonda, Málaga, Manresa, Marbella, Mataró, Melilla, Mollet del Vallès, Móstoles, Murcia, Palencia, Paterna, Pinto, Ponferrada, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Reus, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Rubí, Salamanca, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, San Sebastián de los Reyes, San Vicente del Raspeig, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santiago de Compostela, Segovia, Seville, Tarragona, Telde, Torrejón de Ardoz, Torrent, Valdemoro , Valencia, Vigo, Vila-real, Viladecans, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Zamora and Zaragoza.

Where are animals not allowed on the bus?

Alcalá de Guadaira, Alicante, Almería, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Arrecife, Ávila, Avilés, Benalmádena, Benidorm, Cádiz, Calviá, Ceuta, Chiclana de la Frontera, Estepona, Ferrol, Guadalajara, Huelva, Jaén, León, Lugo, Mijas, Molina de Segura, Motril, Orihuela, Oviedo, Pamplona, ​​Parla, Pontevedra, Sabadell, Sagunto, San Fernando, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Santander, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Torrelavega, Torremolinos, Torrevieja, Utrera, Valladolid and Vélez-Málaga.

In some of these cities, such as Valladolid, the wording of the regulation is confusing and some drivers believe that the animal can be carried in a carrier as hand luggage.

Other means of transport

Other means of urban transport have been reviewed in the study. Thus, of the eight Spanish cities with Metro, only Madrid and Barcelona allow entering the underground network with the dog on a leash and with a muzzle walking next to the passenger. Only small dogs in arms or in carriers weighing less than 8 kilos can enter the Bilbao Metro. Granada, Malaga and Valencia only allow small dogs in carriers, and Seville and Palma de Mallorca prohibit traveling with animals.

Of the 14 Spanish cities with trams, Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Zaragoza, Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Parla, Badalona and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat allow dogs without a carrier as long as they wear a muzzle (this is not necessary in Bilbao and Vitoria) . On the other hand, the trams in Alicante, Castellón de la Plana, Murcia, Seville, Valencia and Santa Cruz de Tenerife only allow small dogs in carriers.