Mexico Launches ATTRAPI, Housing Scales Up: The Weekly Roundup

This week in infrastructure, Mexico opened the week by formalizing the Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transport (ATTRAPI), which will steer passenger rail development, regulate the system, and fold in the Regulatory Agency for Railway Transport’s (ARTF) oversight functions. On the social-policy front, Housing for Well-being is ramping up fast, with SEDATU targeting over 400,000 homes in 2026 and introducing an investment plan. Those goals arrive as fresh data underscores the scale of the challenge of a significantly expanded housing backlog, with production still far below 2015 levels and prices continuing to climb.

In mobility, Michoacan moved Uruapan’s cable car into trial operations, putting 40 cabins into circulation. Meanwhile, INEGI’s latest read showed construction helped lift industrial activity in November, but the split remains stark as building expands while civil engineering stays under pressure.

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Mexico Formalizes ATTRAPI to Lead Passenger Rail Reform

Mexico creates ATTRAPI under SICT to lead the passenger rail revival, integrate public transport, and absorb ARTF oversight, effective Jan. 13, 2026. ATTRAPI is the institutional centerpiece of Mexico’s recent rail policy overhaul. Its core objectives include planning and steering policy and regulating the development and operation of the Mexican Railway System, among many others. 

Housing for Wellbeing to Build 400,000 Homes in 2026

Housing for Well-being is scaling up to support nearly 8 million families, targeting over 400,000 homes in 2026, MX$1.1 trillion (US$61.43 billion) in investment, and major INFONAVIT contracting, delivery, and loan-restructuring progress.

Mexico Housing Backlog Hits 8.38 Million as Output Slumps

Mexico’s housing crunch is deepening as the Expanded Housing Backlog hit 8.38 million homes in 2024 while annual construction remains far below 2015 levels and prices keep rising, pushing the Sheinbaum administration to scale a MX$1.1 trillion plan to build 1.8 million homes and expand credit relief.

Michoacan Starts Uruapan Cable Car Trials

Uruapan cable car starts trial runs this month with 40 cabins as TÜV SÜD certification begins and the MX$3.2 billion (US$170.41 million), 8.4km line advances. The first stage of testing will put 40 cabins into circulation as part of the system’s initial loop. Trial movements will run between stations 1, 2 and 3, connecting Hospital Regional de Uruapan, Plaza Agora, and the municipal government complex, according to state officials and project contractors Doppelmayr and Grupo INDI.

Construction Grows 1.6% in November but Civil Work Shrinks

Mexico’s construction activity rose 1.6% month over month in November 2025, lifting industrial output, as building growth offset a sharp slump in civil engineering tied to weaker public investment.

Mexico City Hits Record Industrial Absorption in 4Q25: CBRE

CBRE’s 4Q25 Marketview says Mexico City’s industrial market hit a record 1.6 million m² of leasing in 2025, driven by pre-leases and renewals in CTT and Zumpango-AIFA, with vacancy at 2.7% and a strong 2026 pipeline.

The State of Mexico to Invest US$6.3 Million in Bike Lanes

The State of Mexico will invest MX$113 million (US$6.3 million) to build four bike lanes, add six safe crossings, and upgrade existing cycling routes via FIMOCYT, while the Copenhagenize Index 2025 ranks Guadalajara as Mexico’s top bike-friendly city.