Executive Summary
Foreword
Introduction
Rankings
Two Pillars
Safety
Fleet Management
City Snapshots
What This Means
Outlook
Methodology
Madrid sits at the foot of the Index with the lowest overall score (25) and the lowest congestion score (16). Congestion exceeds critical levels at every hour for both vehicle types — there is no manageable window in the operating day. The congestion readiness measure is effectively zero. What makes Madrid particularly difficult for freight operators is unpredictability compounding congestion. Truck variability (33) is the lowest in the study. Conditions for commercial vehicles are not just consistently poor — they are erratic. Planning around the network is harder when the network itself behaves differently from day to day. Madrid is one of only two cities where trucks underperform passenger vehicles, scoring 6 points below. The combination of congestion patterns, urban road layout and timing restrictions means the structured advantages of freight operations do not translate here the way they do elsewhere.
City snapshot: 07 Madrid: Under pressure
For fleets operating here Near-real-time routing and dynamic dispatching are baseline requirements. With no reliable congestion window and the lowest truck variability in the study, rigid scheduling will consistently underperform. Madrid rewards adaptability over planning.
Score: 25
Driving profile
Congestion: 16
Trip Inefficiency: 54
Passenger: 28
Truck: 22
1,088 harsh events per 1,000 trips — safest in the study
6.82 L/100km passenger; truck idle waste 2.8%
6 points Trucks score 6 points below passenger vehicles
European Urban Freight Efficiency Index 18
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