Mérida has earned a spot among Latin America’s top cycling cities — sixth place, according to the Instituto para Políticas de Transporte y Desarrollo (ITDP) Mexico’s Ciclociudades Monitor. The problem? Fewer than four out of every 100 trips in the city are actually made by bicycle. That disconnect between recognition and reality is something Edgardo…
Mérida has made significant strides in cycling infrastructure. Still, 217 kilometers (135 miles) of bike lanes remain fragmented and fail to create a functional network for cyclists, according to a leading urban planning expert. Rodrigo Emiliano Casanova Castro, coordinator of the Urban Laboratory at Universidad Modelo, presented his Metropolitan Cycling Infrastructure Diagnosis at the university…
For World Car-Free Day, the Paseo de Montejo and the Prolongación will be for bicycles only. An eight-kilometer Mega Peace Rodada begins at 6 p.m., leading from Yucatán Siglo XXI Convention Center to the Paseo de Montejo’s Remate. That’s a major thoroughfare for drivers, many of whom will be trying to find their way home…
Mérida’s bike share program is a hit. A little more than two weeks after it started, En Bici had over 30,000 users who took more than 18,000 trips. The program encourages residents to use green transportation and helps mass-transit passengers make transfers. The program will be free for at least the next three months. Eventually,…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now