Mexico City’s First Bicycle Boxes

Posted: 21 Jan 2010

Related to: Mexico City Bicycle Planning, Planning & Advocacy for Cycling & Walking, Mexico
Contributed by: Ana Peñalosa


A typical bicycle box in Mexico City’s Condesa neighborhood.
Photo credit: Bernardo Baranda, ITDP

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has worked with the Mexico City Environment Secretary on the improvement of a four-street intersection in the Condesa neighborhood. The aim of the project was to make this crossroad safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

The city built 12 curb bulbs by locating bollards, which take away some space from the cars and allow the pedestrian and cyclists to travel more safely. The project includes painted pedestrian crosses and the first bicycle boxes in all of Mexico City.

This is only the first step of the project’s initial phase: the city plans to modify at least 13 important intersections around the area where the public bike system, named Ecobici, will be operating this year.


Bollards protect pedestrians
Photo credit: Bernardo Baranda, ITDP