Mexico City Congress Engages Transport Sector on General Development Plan
Mexico City, February 23, 2026 – The Mexico City Congress held a crucial dialogue with transport sector representatives yesterday, as part of the public consultation process for the proposed General Development Plan (PGD) 2025-2045. The forum brought together deputies and approximately 100 members of the transport community, including concessioned taxi operators, mototaxi drivers, and public transport route representatives, to enrich the document that will guide the capital’s future development.
The event, titled “Dialogue Forum on the Mexico City General Development Plan and its Link to the Concessioned Transport Sector,” took place in the “Benito Juárez” Auditorium. Deputies Miguel Ángel Macedo Escartín, Pablo Trejo Pérez, Xóchitl Bravo Espinosa, and Brenda Ruiz Aguilar were present, engaging directly with the transport stakeholders.
Mobility as a Cornerstone of Urban Development
Deputy Macedo Escartín, who also chairs the Sustainable Mobility and Road Safety Commission, underscored the strategic importance of the PGD in shaping Mexico City’s trajectory for the next two decades. He emphasized that mobility is fundamental to the right to the city, substantive equality, and access to essential services like employment, education, and healthcare.
“The way we move determines who can access a job, education, or health, and who is left behind. Talking about mobility is talking about territorial justice and social cohesion. Not everyone moves under equal conditions and faces the same times, risks, and expenses,” stated Macedo Escartín.
He highlighted several priorities for the PGD, including integrating a gender perspective to ensure safe journeys, linking mobility to the care system, recognizing mobility as a condition for the right to the city, and fostering an orderly energy transition within the transport sector.
Call for Unified Proposals and Inclusive Planning
Deputy Xóchitl Bravo urged transport representatives to reach a consensus on the sector’s real needs to ensure their integration into the PGD. She stressed the importance of considering all stakeholders, noting that previous dialogues with other transport-related groups had already taken place.
The MORENA Parliamentary Group Coordinator emphasized the need for harmonious coexistence on Mexico City’s avenues and streets, making the transport sector’s opinions vital. “To tell you, in a very responsible way, that the importance of all of you feeling included in these axes (of the PGD) has to do with the fact that you are one of the sectors that generate employment; that you help us with mobility in this city,” she added.
Deputy Brenda Ruiz affirmed that this PGD is unique, as it will be the first in Mexico City to genuinely incorporate proposals from its citizens, acknowledging its profound impact on the lives of all residents. She contrasted this approach with past practices where plans were often drafted by officials without public input.
Deputy Pablo Trejo remarked on the strategic role of the transport sector in the capital’s economic, social, and territorial development. He asserted that mobility is a transversal axis of development and must align with environmental sustainability, road safety, social inclusion, and the operational efficiency of concessioned transport.
Transport Sector Demands and Future Vision
Israel Rodríguez Ramírez from the Democratic Planning and Prospective Institute (IPDP) presented the PGD’s connection to concessioned transport, prompting attendees to envision their ideal city.
Representatives from various transport associations, stemming from prior working groups with collective transport routes, concessioned taxis, and mototaxis, articulated their concerns and proposals. These included demands for legal certainty for concessions, updated tariffs, strategic subsidies, modernization of units, scrapping programs, and fuel bonuses.
Other critical areas highlighted were electromobility, integrated mobility, reducing private car usage through efficient public transport, a metropolitan approach, decreasing travel times, and the necessity of public funds for these vital sectors.
The dialogue underscores the Mexico City Congress’s commitment to a participatory planning process, aiming to create a comprehensive and inclusive General Development Plan that addresses the diverse needs of its citizens and critical sectors like transport.
