The boulevard of Sancti Spíritus, designed as a pedestrian artery and cultural axis of the historic center of the city of Yayabo, has turned into a chaotic thoroughfare where motorcycles, mopeds, bicycles, and carts circulate at any hour without anyone stopping them, putting pedestrians at risk.
This is documented in a report this Saturday on the website of the station Radio Sancti Spíritus, which gathers the testimony of neighbors and passersby alarmed by the impunity with which drivers take over a space where vehicle traffic is prohibited.
The citizen Yleana González summarized the situation clearly: "The neighbors from the surrounding streets or the people passing by no longer know if the boulevard is a two-way street like El boquete del Coco, because here the motorcycles pass at high speeds, in both directions. At any time of the day, it seems like a two-way street or a racetrack for motorcycles."
Another resident described how vehicles enter through the Main Church, cross over to the Serafín Sánchez park, and circulate in both directions without any control.
"The other day, I was almost run over, just like some girls who were skating on the boulevard, and as far as I know, the boulevard in this city is not passable," he narrated.
Drivers park on the edges and even in the center of the road, in front of dining establishments and service units, entering and exiting from the adjacent streets, following what the report describes as "the law of the strongest."
What stands out the most is that the signage prohibiting entry is still in place. The sign that reads "No pedestrians with cycles" remains at the entrance of the boulevard, although hidden among tree branches, and has been described as "a monument to impunity and public disregard."
The disorder also occurs in front of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power, located in the heart of the pedestrian walkway. The law enforcement present in the area also do not intervene to enforce the rules. Residents recall that in the past, those who rode a bicycle there would be fined; today, that rule is practically non-existent.
A listener issued a straightforward warning: "At any moment, there will be a disaster, and after things unfold, there will be lamentations."
According to the text, "enforcing the law is all that needs to be imposed for the Espirituano boulevard to regain its days of tranquility and splendor as a cultural center that distinguished us."
The case in Sancti Spíritus is not isolated. The boulevard on Libertad Street in the city of Holguín, designed in 2005 as an exclusive pedestrian walkway, was recently described as a chaotic thoroughfare overrun by bike taxis, tricycles, and animal-drawn vehicles.
In Matanzas, the Calle del Medio faces the same phenomenon, despite the fact that specific urban regulations for its historic center were approved in March.
In Sancti Spíritus, traffic accidents were already serious before this report. During the first nine months of 2025, there were 154 accidents resulting in 18 fatalities and 149 injuries, with motorcycles, makeshift vehicles, and "riquimbilis" accounting for 51% of the incidents.
Provincial authorities announced in July stricter measures against illegal tricycles, but the chaos on the boulevard shows that these measures have not reached the city center.
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