Mexico City to Double Kilometers of Bicycle Lanes in Three Years
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Mexico City to Double Kilometers of Bicycle Lanes in Three Years

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Fernando Mares By Fernando Mares | Journalist & Industry Analyst - Wed, 09/28/2022 - 12:32

The government of Mexico City announced that as part of Major Claudia Sheinbaum’s plan for alternative mobility solutions, the city remains on track this year to double the kilometers of bicycle lanes it had compared to 2019.

According to the Ministry of Public Works and Services (SOBSE), the city administration constructed 206.3km of bicycle lanes between 2019 and 2022, which surpasses 174.4km constructed by previous administrations from 2004 to 2018. Authorities highlighted that just in 2022, they developed 29km of new bicycle lanes in the municipalities of Benito Juarez, Cuauhtemoc and Tlalpan. “So far this year, [we] inaugurated 28.5km of confined bicycle lane in Insurgentes Avenue with an investment of US$3.4 million. We carried out maintenance works for 48.3km of the current bicycle lanes,” SOBSE stated. 

Currently, the city’s bicycle infrastructure stands at 380.7km and is a core part of the Sheinbaum administration’s strategy to develop alternative mobility solutions, which aim to be more pedestrian-friendly and generate an intermodal system. “We are committed to delivering an integrated and interconnected system to citizens that allows people to switch their transportation from bicycle to metro, from bicycle to Metrobus or from bicycle to bus. Bicycle lanes are part of Mexico City’s sustainable mobility,” said Sheinbaum.

Mexico City’s effort toward constructing a pedestrian-centered infrastructure has resulted in the reconversion of over 119,992m² of roads to pedestrian spaces. In that same vein, the roads turned into bicycle lanes totaling 54,496.74m². In addition, Mexico City has 10 bicycle parking spaces, of which six were constructed during the current administration by SOBSE backed by an investment of over US$3 million. Parking spaces are located near metro stations of El Rosario, Tlahuac, Los Olivos and Escuadron 201. 

On Aug. 19, 2022, MBN reported that the local Ministry of Mobility (SEMOVI) announced that Mexico City would develop a bicycle lane to connect the Ermita Iztapalapa roadway with Zaragoza avenue via Guelatao avenue in Iztapalapa, with an estimated investment of US$795,000. The project will be 10km in length and connect with important recreational parks and UNAM’s Faculty of Higher Studies Zaragoza, as well as Metro station Guelatao with the to be inaugurated elevated trolleybus station Mayehualco. SEMOVI also intends to develop bicycle infrastructure for Miguel Hidalgo, Cuahutemoc and Benito Juarez with resources from the Public Fund for Cyclist and Pedestrian Care (FONACIPE) 

Mexico City ranks second among the Latin American countries with the largest bicycle line network with 316km, just behind Bogota with 593km and surpassing Buenos Aires with 272km. 
 

Photo by:   Dário Gomes

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