“We are talking about a scalable project that will add more than 9,000 bicycles, in addition to 207 new stations, to reach a total of 687 present in 118 neighborhoods, within six city halls of the capital,” Farah said.
The network will have new units and cycle stations. The bicycles will use wider tires, the seat will be able to adapt to the user’s height, for greater comfort, and they integrate a speed change system that is easier to operate.
In turn, the cycle stations will be modified: the anchoring of the bicycles will be of a light execution, either to deliver them or pick them up. To access them, both the Integrated Mobility Card and the one issued by Ecobici and the system app can be used, by scanning a QR code.
The cycle stations are strategically located so that people can connect with 37 stations of the Collective Transportation System (Metro); 64 Metrobús stations, five Trolleybus lines and six corridors of the Passenger Transportation Network.
The head of Semovi stated that the use of bicycles does not generate emissions and is an active mode of transport, that is, it has benefits for the health of users.
“The bicycle is a fundamental part of the public transport system, as the individual means par excellence,” said Lajous.
He added that people can make trips of one to three kilometers by bicycle to get closer to another means of transport, such as the Metro, or use it for the last stretch to work.
For his part, Farah explained that the investment to renew and expand the Ecobici system in the country’s capital will make it possible to match, in volume and infrastructure, the systems of some of the main European cities, as well as New York, Chicago, San Francisco , Denver, Washington or Los Angeles, in the United States.
Finally, to give the official inauguration to the new Ecobici units, the Mexican cyclist and medalist, Raúl Alcalá, was in charge of covering the first kilometer aboard one of the new black bicycles with the HSBC hexagon.