National Policy in MexicoITDP Regional Staff Meeting

Buenos Aires. September 30, 2014

Basic information

Mexico is a federal republic composed by 32 states, more than 2,440 municipalities and 59 metro areas.

Definition of national goals and objectivesFederal

States

Municipalities

Public transit management

Type Functions Actors

Zoning and small scale urban projects

SHCP – SEDATU – SCT

Governors

Majors and IMPLANs

Past National Policy Work

The priority for ITDP Mexico has been the establishment of a national framework to assist cities , technically and financially, to implement innovative projects.

Influence the national planning process to consider sustainable

urban mobility (SUM)Federal

States

Municipalities

Implementation of large scale transit projects

Type ITDP goal Successes

Implementation of TOD policies, traffic calming measures, and

cycling/pedestrian infrastructure

SUM is an national strategic objective:National Development Plan

National Urban Development Program

6 new BRT corridors (Monterrey, Puebla, Chihuahua, Estado de Mexico,

Distrito Federal)MiBici in Guadalajara

Work in progress in several cities:Guadalajara (Zone 30), Monterrey (Accessibility and Cyclist Infr Plan),

Puebla (Cyclist network and Zone 30), Pachuca, Toluca, Acapulco, La Paz,

Aguascalientes.

Special remarks for national policy

SUM National Strategy

FederalSuccess Challenges

Big budget but no urban vision. They will continue to subsidize

road infrastructure in cities.

They have ambitious national goals but no budget to move

forward and assist cities.

Cost – benefit evaluation tends to favor road infrastructure. They seem comfortable with

status quoScale up transit investments

and transparency. They need to offer more flexible products.

Support the implementation of a project and position

themselves as a relevant actor

Special remarks for the State of Jalisco case

System project prioritization and Mibici (Metropolitan Fund)

Success

Challenges

Jalisco Replicate Jalisco's case and make local political commitment to

advance in promoting SUM policiesStates

StatesIncrease local revenues to scale up

transit infrastructure projects

AGS

Work more closely with the municipal government to boost

PROTRAM expected project towards an integral TOD strategy

DF

Avoid comfort zone and keep implementing innovative policies like

parking reform.Deal with federal mega projects

(New airport and high speed trains)

Special remarks for federal funds study and visualization platform

System project prioritization

(Metropolitan Fund)

Metro

Opportunities and ITDP Mexico Strategy

1. Modify cost – benefit methodologies in order to

consider co-benefits (health, accidents) and externalities

(induced demand)

States

1. Work with both Aguascalientes state and municipal government to design and implement a TOD

strategy.

2. Assist cities with PROTRAM projects to implement NMT

measures, TOD strategies and/or Ecozones.

3. Identify other cities where opportunities to implement

innovative project exist and make field visit to move forward with

local authorities.

Federal

2. Keep assisting SEDATU to get the SUM Program (advocacy

work with SHCP and Congress)

3. Implement an Ecozone whithin the CAMe framework

Municipalities