Urban mobility workshop in Mexico City: exchange and practical experience

Pathways to Smart and Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions took place in Mexico City, bringing together around 24 participants from five ACCESS countries: Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Ecuador, and Mexico.

The workshop was organised by the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and co-organised with the ACCESS project, with support from the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and Mexican partner institutions. It was implemented under the Germany–Mexico Science and Innovation Alliance (SIGM), with backing from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR).

Participants included practitioners from universities, local governments, and partner institutions. The workshop created space to compare experiences, discuss shared challenges, and look at how transport and digitalisation are being addressed in different Latin American ccontexts.

Participants during the ACCESS urban mobility workshop and technical visits in Mexico City

Learning from urban mobility exchanges

The programme combined discussions with technical visits across Mexico City. At at Tecnológico de Monterrey, participants looked at lessons from Europe on sustainable urban mobility, reviewed mobility and climate plans in Latin America, and discussed gaps and opportunities for advancing sustainable mobility in their cities.

The ACCESS project was also presented alongside other initiatives, including the Tlalpan District living lab and the EcoZones project. These examples helped connect the discussion to ongoing work on low-carbon urban mobility, digitalisation, and implementation in different city contexts.

Connecting policy, infrastructure, public space, and digitalisation

The workshop included practical examples from Mexico City, such as the electrification of the Metrobús system, Utopías, and the Cablebús system. These visits across the city helped participants look more closely at planning, governance, financing, and community-oriented mobility solutions.

Sessions also addressed urban mobility infrastructure and public space management. In a session led by ITDP Mexico, participants discussed cycling infrastructure, shared mobility systems such as ECOBICI, and parking management strategies.

An ACCESS session enabled reflection and exchange among participating cities and pilot projects, concluding with a discussion on future collaboration opportunities.

Digitalisation was another important part of the exchange. Sessions led by WRI Mexico covered data management, real-time passenger information, integrated payment systems, performance monitoring tools, and case studies from Mexican cities showing how digital solutions are being used in practice.

Building shared understading

Overall, the event brought together policy dialogue, technical learning, and field experience. It allowed participants to compare approaches, reflect on implementation challenges, and learn from examples across different urban contexts.

Participants highlighted the value of exchanging knowledge with other cities and the importance of approaching sustainable mobility as a broader system, connecting projects of different scales with both social and technological perspectives.

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