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Ecobici Bike Share

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Launched in 2010 and unlocked by QR scan through its app, Ecobici is Latin America's largest bike-share: about 9,300 bikes at 689 docking stations across six boroughs of Mexico City. A 2022 modernisation doubled its footprint to 118 neighbourhoods, and in August 2026 the city's mobility ministry awarded a ten-year concession running to 31 July 2036 that is to take the fleet to 15,000 bikes and add three boroughs — Iztacalco, Iztapalapa and Tlalpan.

Live 📅 since 2010
Outcome🎯 Succeeded
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byEcobici (Secretaría de Movilidad, Gobierno de la Ciudad de México); operated since 2022 by 5M2 and BKT Bicipública, and from 2026 by 5M2 under a ten-year concession
Scale🏙️ City-wide
CostMX$544 million over the multi-year contract signed in 2022, with the service provider buying the equipment

📊 Impact

Ecobici logged 22,242,869 trips in 2024, 83% more than the 12,177,544 of 2023, averaging 71,619 a day; a city survey found about six in ten riders use it to get to work. The 2022 rebuild grew the fleet 51.3% from 6,150 to 9,308 bikes and the docking stations 43.1% from 480 to 687, and cut the cost of the programme by 60.4%, because the contract makes the service provider buy the equipment: the city pays MX$544 million over the multi-year term with no initial investment in the assets.

🎓 Lesson

The city stopped buying bicycles and started buying a service, and the terms are where the system now lives. Under the 2022 contract the operator acquires the equipment and Mexico City pays a fee; under the ten-year concession awarded in August 2026 the operator also gets to manage the promotional space attached to the stations, must deliver the expansion within the first nine months, keep at least 90% of the bikes working and have each one used four to five times a day. A bike-share whose contract specifies utilisation, and not only availability, is being bought on a different basis from one that merely has to be there.

🚲 MobilityCycling

Sources

↗ Ecobici / CDMX Government (authority)Published 19 August 2024Operator page: 689 cycle stations in Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, Coyoacán, Álvaro Obregón and Azcapotzalco, presented as the largest bike-sharing system in Latin America after the 2022 modernisation.
↗ Mexico Business News (press)Published 9 January 20252024 ridership: 22,242,869 trips against 12,177,544 in 2023, an 83% rise, averaging 71,619 a day. The renovation completed in August 2024 doubled the municipalities covered to 118 neighbourhoods, grew the fleet 51.3% from 6,150 to 9,308 bikes and the docks 43.1% from 480 to 687, and cut the programme cost 60.4% under a contract in which the service provider acquires the equipment; the city pays MX$544 million over the multi-year term with no initial investment in the assets.
↗ Sedema CDMX (authority)Sedema's presentation of its cycling-perception survey, the source for the share of riders using Ecobici to reach work. No publication date is recorded: the page did not answer when this entry was checked.
↗ El Universal (press)Published 27 September 20232023 expansion of Ecobici to 32 colonias in the city.
↗ ITDP (trade)Published 1 October 20122012 Phase 2 expansion, historical context.
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↗ El Heraldo de México — 5M2 wins the ten-year Ecobici concessionPublished 18 August 202618 August 2026: 5M2, S.A. de C.V. wins international public tender LPI-30001062-001-2026 to operate and expand Ecobici for ten years, to 31 July 2036. The network is to grow to 15,000 bikes, adding more than 5,500 to the roughly 9,300 in service, and to reach nine boroughs by adding Iztacalco, Iztapalapa and Tlalpan. The expansion must be delivered in the first nine months; the service must keep at least 90% of bikes working and each bike must record four to five trips a day; the financial model lets the company manage promotional spaces attached to the stations.
↗ Récord — Semovi awards Ecobici operation to 5M2 until 2036Published 19 August 202619 August 2026: the mobility ministry awards operation, maintenance and expansion of Ecobici to 5M2 for ten years, to mid-2036; 5M2 has run the network since 2022 together with BKT Bicipública.

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Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2010. 6 of 7 sources carry a publication date, from 1 October 2012 to 19 August 2026.

When the sources were published

  1. Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) · ngoITDP (trade)
  2. El Universal · pressEl Universal (press)
  3. Ecobici (Gobierno de la Ciudad de México) · city governmentEcobici / CDMX Government (authority)
  4. Mexico Business News · pressMexico Business News (press)
  5. El Heraldo de México · pressEl Heraldo de México — 5M2 wins the ten-year Ecobici concession
  6. Récord · pressRécord — Semovi awards Ecobici operation to 5M2 until 2036

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What happened to this record

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Claim 1 clm-b3e9563fe9f20aaf quantitative
about 9,300 bikes at 689 docking stations across six boroughs of Mexico City
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The operator page gives 689 cycle stations across Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, Coyoacán, Álvaro Obregón and Azcapotzalco; the trade report gives the fleet as 9,308 bikes and the system as present in six boroughs.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ecobici / CDMX Government (authority)
  2. Mexico Business News (press)
Claim 2 clm-9a42238f61688e99 quantitative
A 2022 modernisation doubled its footprint to 118 neighbourhoods
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The trade report states that the modernisation expanded the system to twice as many municipalities, covering 118 neighbourhoods, up from 55.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Mexico Business News (press)
Claim 3 clm-c72dc279c615b01a quantitative
in August 2026 the city's mobility ministry awarded a ten-year concession running to 31 July 2036 that is to take the fleet to 15,000 bikes and add three boroughs — Iztacalco, Iztapalapa and Tlalpan
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The August 2026 reports state that 5M2 won international public tender LPI-30001062-001-2026 to operate and expand Ecobici for ten years, with the service period running to 31 July 2036, the network growing to 15,000 bikes and coverage extending to Iztacalco, Iztapalapa and Tlalpan.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Heraldo de México — 5M2 wins the ten-year Ecobici concession
  2. Récord — Semovi awards Ecobici operation to 5M2 until 2036
Claim 4 clm-fd8ad89a7872032f quantitative
Ecobici logged 22,242,869 trips in 2024, 83% more than the 12,177,544 of 2023, averaging 71,619 a day
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The trade report states that the total number of trips in 2024 reached 22,242,869, up from 12,177,544 in 2023, an 83% rise, and that the system registered 71,619 daily trips on average through 2024.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Mexico Business News (press)
Claim 5 clm-c5c0d4a054f2b2f6 descriptive
a city survey found about six in ten riders use it to get to work
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The city environment ministry's presentation of its cycling-perception survey is the entry's source for the share of Ecobici riders who use it to reach work.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Sedema CDMX (authority)
Claim 6 clm-d70b1922df138fb1 quantitative
The 2022 rebuild grew the fleet 51.3% from 6,150 to 9,308 bikes and the docking stations 43.1% from 480 to 687, and cut the cost of the programme by 60.4%, because the contract makes the service provider buy the equipment: the city pays MX$544 million over the multi-year term with no initial investment in the assets
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The trade report states that the bike fleet grew by 51.3% from 6,150 to 9,308 and docking stations by 43.1% from 480 to 687, that the cost of the programme decreased by 60.4% thanks to a contract model in which the service provider is responsible for acquiring the equipment, and that Mexico City will pay MX$544 million under a multiyear contract with no initial investment required for the system's assets.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Mexico Business News (press)
Claim 7 clm-1e29afc47f79f484 quantitative
under the ten-year concession awarded in August 2026 the operator also gets to manage the promotional space attached to the stations, must deliver the expansion within the first nine months, keep at least 90% of the bikes working and have each one used four to five times a day
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The August 2026 report states that as part of the financial model the company may manage promotional spaces linked to the system's stations, that the expansion must be developed during the first nine months of the contract, and that the service must maintain a minimum availability of 90% of working bikes while each unit has to record between four and five trips a day.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. El Heraldo de México — 5M2 wins the ten-year Ecobici concession
Claim 8 clm-6e4d07cd1a9b8ddf quantitative
Under the 2022 contract the operator acquires the equipment and Mexico City pays a fee
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The trade report describes the contract model in which the service provider is responsible for acquiring the equipment and the city pays MX$544 million with no initial investment; the August 2026 report notes that 5M2 has operated the network since 2022 together with BKT Bicipública.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Mexico Business News (press)
  2. Récord — Semovi awards Ecobici operation to 5M2 until 2036
Forensic record — source dossiers, gaps, hashes and the exact revision this page renders

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Ecobici (Secretaría de Movilidad, Gobierno de la Ciudad de México); operated since 2022 by 5M2 and BKT Bicipública, and from 2026 by 5M2 under a ten-year concession
Actor types
city-government, private
Funding model
ppp
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
MX$544 million over the multi-year contract signed in 2022, with the service provider buying the equipment
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

7 source dossiers

Ecobici / CDMX Government (authority) ecobici.cdmx.gob.mx · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-ef29ae1e98ebe4ad
Publisher
Name not classified · ecobici.cdmx.gob.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-08-19
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-27
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Operator page: 689 cycle stations in Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo, Coyoacán, Álvaro Obregón and Azcapotzalco, presented as the largest bike-sharing system in Latin America after the 2022 modernisation.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Mexico Business News (press) mexicobusiness.news · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-84216241be5c9cd0
Publisher
Name not classified · mexicobusiness.news
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-01-09
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-27
Dossier created
2026-08-27
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

2024 ridership: 22,242,869 trips against 12,177,544 in 2023, an 83% rise, averaging 71,619 a day. The renovation completed in August 2024 doubled the municipalities covered to 118 neighbourhoods, grew the fleet 51.3% from 6,150 to 9,308 bikes and the docks 43.1% from 480 to 687, and cut the programme cost 60.4% under a contract in which the service provider acquires the equipment; the city pays MX$544 million over the multi-year term with no initial investment in the assets.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Sedema CDMX (authority) sedema.cdmx.gob.mx · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-0fc6f74bb657166b
Publisher
Name not classified · sedema.cdmx.gob.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-27
Dossier created
2026-08-27
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Sedema's presentation of its cycling-perception survey, the source for the share of riders using Ecobici to reach work. No publication date is recorded: the page did not answer when this entry was checked.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
El Universal (press) eluniversal.com.mx · background

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src-8f4d1a06da0b6596
Publisher
Name not classified · eluniversal.com.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-09-27
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-08-27
Dossier created
2026-08-27
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No local capture recorded
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2023 expansion of Ecobici to 32 colonias in the city.

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Background source; no baseline claim points here
ITDP (trade) itdp.org · background

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Stable source ID
src-d25a425b9b47f51b
Publisher
Name not classified · itdp.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2012-10-01
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-08-27
Dossier created
2026-08-27
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Open the recorded source note

2012 Phase 2 expansion, historical context.

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Background source; no baseline claim points here
El Heraldo de México — 5M2 wins the ten-year Ecobici concession heraldodemexico.com.mx · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-95ea8a7d03d2bcbd
Publisher
Name not classified · heraldodemexico.com.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-08-18
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Record last verified
2026-08-27
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2026-08-27
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

18 August 2026: 5M2, S.A. de C.V. wins international public tender LPI-30001062-001-2026 to operate and expand Ecobici for ten years, to 31 July 2036. The network is to grow to 15,000 bikes, adding more than 5,500 to the roughly 9,300 in service, and to reach nine boroughs by adding Iztacalco, Iztapalapa and Tlalpan. The expansion must be delivered in the first nine months; the service must keep at least 90% of bikes working and each bike must record four to five trips a day; the financial model lets the company manage promotional spaces attached to the stations.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Récord — Semovi awards Ecobici operation to 5M2 until 2036 record.com.mx · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-d4275f82d4914182
Publisher
Name not classified · record.com.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-08-19
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-27
Dossier created
2026-08-27
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

19 August 2026: the mobility ministry awards operation, maintenance and expansion of Ecobici to 5M2 for ten years, to mid-2036; 5M2 has run the network since 2022 together with BKT Bicipública.

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  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Ecobici Bike Share” — Mexico City, Mexico. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/mexico-city-ecobici/ (last verified 2026-08-27). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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