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Movilidad Integrada: One Fare Card Across Eight Transport Systems

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 10 claims and 12 source dossiers.

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10: of 10 claims mapped
12: source dossiers
8: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-1764e6f2ee8e5ac7 quantitative

Mexico City replaced its mode-specific cards with one contactless card in October 2019

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada was presented on 16 October 2019, went on sale on 21 October at 5 pesos with an official price of 15 pesos from 1 January 2020, uses the international Calypso standard and a Lance Wyman design; two old Tarjeta CDMX could be exchanged for one new card until 31 December 2019, after which the old cards were phased out.
Caveat: Concentrating a network on one card concentrates its failure modes too: by August 2022 more than 70 per cent of Metro users were entering with the card and more than 11 million cards had been distributed, which is what turned a worldwide shortage of electronic chips into a transport problem.

Sources carrying this claim

Expansión Política — launch of the unified card (22 Oct 2019)
Milenio — card supply squeezed by the global chip shortage (12 Aug 2022)

Claim 2 clm-9f4f0cfd46f941c3 quantitative

in March 2024 it retired the magnetic paper ticket the Metro had sold since 1969

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The head of government marked the end in his own words — 'el boleto del Metro se acabó, este es el último' ('the Metro ticket is finished, this is the last one'). The magnetic paper ticket, in circulation since 1969, stayed valid only through February on Lines 2 and 3; from 1 March 2024 entry requires the Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada. The changeover involved 1,500 new turnstiles, 870 validators, 206 courtesy gates and 72 vending machines.
Caveat: This corrects a widely repeated date: the switch was 1 March 2024, not 2025.

Sources carrying this claim

Excélsior — end of the Metro paper ticket (2024)

Claim 3 clm-508763cfc8329944 quantitative

entry is now by MI card or by an ordinary contactless bank card, accepted at every station since October 2024

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The operator closed the rollout in its own words: 'Con la inclusión de la Línea 12, ya es posible ingresar al cien por ciento de la red con esta forma de pago'. A scheme partner had announced coverage of 195 stations across 12 lines a fortnight earlier, accepting credit, debit and service cards as well as electronic wallets and smart devices. A year on, independent press confirms it is available at all stations with no line or location restriction, at the standard 5-peso fare.
Caveat: The operator page returned HTTP 503 through the proxy; the sentence was confirmed via search and matching same-day reports in two independent outlets.

Sources carrying this claim

STC Metro — contactless bank cards enabled on Line 12 (16 Oct 2024)
Visa Mexico — contactless payments reach the Metro (30 Sep 2024)
Infobae — how to enter the Metro with a bank card (26 Oct 2025)

Claim 4 clm-e3f3823507c87824 descriptive

The same card opens the Metro, Metrobús, Tren Ligero, Trolebús, RTP buses, Cablebús, Ecobici and the Toluca interurban train.

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The city's companion open dataset reports preliminary daily ridership for STC Metro, Metrobús, RTP, Tren Ligero, Trolebús and Ecobici as one family of services, which is the same set the card is sold against.
Caveat: No single source enumerates all eight systems. Six of them appear together in the city's own dataset; Cablebús and the Toluca interurban train are not in that list, and the eight-system claim should be re-sourced at the entry's next revision.

Sources carrying this claim

CDMX open data portal — daily Metro ridership by line and station
Expansión Política — launch of the unified card (22 Oct 2019)

Claim 5 clm-1bbe0f9c820a63cb quantitative

the Metro charges 5 pesos, unchanged since December 2013

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: 'El último costo del boleto aumentó fue el 13 de diciembre de 2013, cuando pasó de 3 a 5 pesos' ('The last time the ticket price rose was 13 December 2013, when it went from 3 to 5 pesos'). The same article dates the bus rapid transit rise to April 2013, from 5 to 6 pesos, with the airport line excepted at 30 pesos.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

Expansión Política — how long the fares have been frozen (29 Oct 2025)

Claim 6 clm-2a169bf185f1146f descriptive

the only cross-operator discount found is a free Metro-to-RTP transfer within two hours

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The then mobility secretary states that the transfer between STC Metro and RTP buses is free when paid with the MI card. Press descriptions of the rule are consistent: valid within two hours of the first trip and limited to one transfer per card, with bus rapid transit line-to-line transfers separately free within two hours.
Caveat: Direct fetch was not obtainable, so the claim rests on the headline sentence plus consistent reporting in two further outlets. The entry says 'the only cross-operator discount found' rather than presenting an exhaustive fare rule.

Sources carrying this claim

Excélsior — free Metro-to-RTP transfer with the MI card

Claim 7 clm-04b302313d35697a quantitative

There is no daily or weekly cap and no pass, and stored value expires 300 days after the last use.

Published field: snippet · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The card holds stored value, not an account: the balance is lost after 300 calendar days without a trip or a top-up, and there is no general refund route beyond replacement of lost or damaged cards. Corroborated by three further outlets.
Caveat: The first half is an absence — no source states that no cap exists; it records that none was found in the fare material. Conflicting maximum-balance figures in circulation, 120 against 500 pesos, were dropped rather than reconciled.

Sources carrying this claim

Infobae — the MI card balance expires (24 Oct 2024)

Claim 8 clm-34703626fe9fd9d7 quantitative

Metro recorded more than 1.241 billion trips in 2025, its highest on record

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: 'Más de 1,241 millones de viajes' across the 12 lines in 2025, with trains covering more than 40 million kilometres over 195 stations. Reported identically by two further outlets.
Caveat: This is the operator's own gate count relayed by the press; the operator's site returned HTTP 503 through the proxy, hence the press citation.

Sources carrying this claim

La Prensa (OEM) — Metro ridership record for 2025 (16 Jan 2026)

Claim 9 clm-74d978766f742885 quantitative

the city publishes daily ridership by line and station as open data back to January 2010

Published field: impact · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The official dataset carries daily ridership in the Metro broken down by line and station, running from January 2010 and updated monthly, alongside a companion dataset of preliminary daily ridership across six operators.
Caveat: No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

CDMX open data portal — daily Metro ridership by line and station

Claim 10 clm-23860355f74515ef quantitative

Mexico City put its whole network on one card and then on bank cards, but riders still pay each operator separately, with no cap, no pass, and a balance that quietly expires after 300 days

Published field: lesson · verbatim
Mapping: mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says: The fares stay separate and separately frozen — Metro at 5 pesos since December 2013, bus rapid transit at 6 pesos since April 2013 — and the only cross-operator discount found is a single free transfer. The balance is lost after 300 calendar days without use.
Caveat: 'No cap, no pass' is an absence: it records that none was found in the fare material, not that a source states none exists.

Sources carrying this claim

Infobae — the MI card balance expires (24 Oct 2024)
Expansión Política — how long the fares have been frozen (29 Oct 2025)
Excélsior — free Metro-to-RTP transfer with the MI card

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

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10: of 10 claims mapped
12: source dossiers
8: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator: Secretaría de Movilidad de la Ciudad de México (SEMOVI), with STC Metro, Metrobús, STE, RTP and Ecobici
Actor types: city-government, utility
Funding model: public
Funding description: Mexico City government budget; bank-card acceptance acquired through Getnet by Santander
Cost: Not recorded
Ownership: Not recorded
Decision rights: Not recorded
Exit conditions: Not recorded

12 source dossiers

Expansión Política — launch of the unified card (22 Oct 2019) politica.expansion.mx · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-5c8e1d5550171c5b
Publisher: Name not classified · politica.expansion.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2019-10-22
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
States the Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada was presented on 16 October 2019 by Head of Government Claudia Sheinbaum, went on sale 21 October at 5 pesos with an official price of 15 pesos from 1 January 2020, uses the international Calypso standard and a Lance Wyman design, and that two old Tarjeta CDMX could be exchanged for one new card until 31 December 2019, after which the old cards were phased out. Basis for yearStart 2019.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-1764e6f2ee8e5ac7
clm-e3f3823507c87824

Excélsior — end of the Metro paper ticket (2024) excelsior.com.mx · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-d8f48d78113bcde1
Publisher: Name not classified · excelsior.com.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Head of Government Martí Batres, quoted: 'el boleto del Metro se acabó, este es el último' ('the Metro ticket is finished, this is the last one'). Reports that the magnetic paper ticket, in circulation since 1969, stayed valid only through February on Lines 2 and 3 and that from 1 March 2024 entry requires the Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada; the changeover involved 1,500 new turnstiles, 870 validators, 206 courtesy gates and 72 vending machines. Corrects the widely repeated '1 March 2025' date.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-9f4f0cfd46f941c3

Visa Mexico — contactless payments reach the Metro (30 Sep 2024) visa.com.mx · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-7c180648287d3265
Publisher: Name not classified · visa.com.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2024-09-30
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Press release from a scheme partner: coverage of '195 estaciones de las 12 líneas del Metro capitalino' ('195 stations of the 12 lines of the capital's Metro'), accepting 'tarjetas de crédito, débito o servicios, así como billeteras electrónicas y dispositivos inteligentes' ('credit, debit or service cards, as well as electronic wallets and smart devices'), delivered with Getnet by Santander, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and the city government.
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Claims linked: clm-508763cfc8329944

STC Metro — contactless bank cards enabled on Line 12 (16 Oct 2024) metro.cdmx.gob.mx · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-ca965635365c4502
Publisher: Name not classified · metro.cdmx.gob.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2024-10-16
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Operator note completing the rollout: 'Con la inclusión de la Línea 12, ya es posible ingresar al cien por ciento de la red con esta forma de pago' ('With the inclusion of Line 12, it is now possible to enter one hundred per cent of the network with this form of payment'). Direct fetch returned HTTP 503 through our proxy; the page and sentence were confirmed via search and matching same-day reports in El Universal and Infobae (16 October 2024).
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-508763cfc8329944

Infobae — how to enter the Metro with a bank card (26 Oct 2025) infobae.com · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-2db512ebbdb1f300
Publisher: Name not classified · infobae.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2025-10-26
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Current-state check: open-loop payment is 'disponible en la totalidad de las estaciones de la red, sin restricciones de línea o ubicación' ('available at all stations of the network, with no restriction of line or location'), 'cobrando la tarifa estándar de 5 pesos por viaje' ('charging the standard fare of 5 pesos per trip'). Supports the claim that a rider can tap an ordinary bank card, phone or watch at a Metro turnstile.
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Claims linked: clm-508763cfc8329944

Expansión Política — how long the fares have been frozen (29 Oct 2025) politica.expansion.mx · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-673e48fb3b992852
Publisher: Name not classified · politica.expansion.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2025-10-29
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
'El último costo del boleto aumentó fue el 13 de diciembre de 2013, cuando pasó de 3 a 5 pesos' ('The last time the ticket price rose was 13 December 2013, when it went from 3 to 5 pesos'). Same article on the bus rapid transit fare: 'La última vez que el servicio aumentó de precio fue en abril de 2013, cuando pasó de 5 a 6 pesos' ('The last time the service rose in price was April 2013, when it went from 5 to 6 pesos'), Metrobús Line 4 to the airport excepted at 30 pesos.
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Claims linked: clm-1bbe0f9c820a63cb
clm-23860355f74515ef

Excélsior — free Metro-to-RTP transfer with the MI card excelsior.com.mx · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-aefa0e4b7baae11b
Publisher: Name not classified · excelsior.com.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Then mobility secretary Andrés Lajous states the transfer between STC Metro and RTP buses is free when paid with the MI card. Press descriptions of the rule are consistent: valid within two hours of the first trip and limited to one transfer per card; Metrobús line-to-line transfers are separately free within two hours. Direct fetch was not obtainable; claim rests on the headline sentence plus consistent reporting in Reporte Indigo and Sopitas, so the entry states it as the only cross-operator discount found rather than as an exhaustive fare rule.
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Claims linked: clm-2a169bf185f1146f
clm-23860355f74515ef

CDMX open data portal — daily Metro ridership by line and station datos.cdmx.gob.mx · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-140b5f8227541eaf
Publisher: Name not classified · datos.cdmx.gob.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Official dataset: daily ridership in the STC Metro broken down by line and station, running from January 2010 and updated monthly. A companion dataset, 'Afluencia preliminar en transporte público', carries preliminary daily ridership reported by STC Metro, Metrobús, RTP, Tren Ligero, Trolebús and Ecobici. This is the published data layer behind the gate counts.
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Claims linked: clm-e3f3823507c87824
clm-74d978766f742885

La Prensa (OEM) — Metro ridership record for 2025 (16 Jan 2026) oem.com.mx · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-21d20647e9a30246
Publisher: Name not classified · oem.com.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2026-01-16
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Carrying sentence for the impact figure: 'más de 1,241 millones de viajes' ('more than 1,241 million trips') across the 12 lines in 2025, with trains covering more than 40 million kilometres over 195 stations. This is the operator's own gate count reported in the press; metro.cdmx.gob.mx returned HTTP 503 through our proxy, hence the press citation. Reported identically by ejecentral and Posta.
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Claims linked: clm-34703626fe9fd9d7

Milenio — card supply squeezed by the global chip shortage (12 Aug 2022) milenio.com · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID: src-62edda39cb4f7a99
Publisher: Name not classified · milenio.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2022-08-12
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
The failure side. Authorities warned of 'la posible insuficiencia de tarjetas' ('the possible insufficiency of cards') caused by 'el desabasto de chips electrónicos a nivel mundial' ('the worldwide shortage of electronic chips'). Same article: more than 70 per cent of Metro users were entering with the card and more than 11 million cards had been distributed by that point — the exposure that made a hardware shortage a transport problem.
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Claims linked: clm-1764e6f2ee8e5ac7

Infobae — the MI card balance expires (24 Oct 2024) infobae.com · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID: src-39754babe18b1afa
Publisher: Name not classified · infobae.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2024-10-24
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
Stored value, not an account: the balance is lost after 300 calendar days without a trip or a top-up, and there is no general refund route beyond replacement of lost or damaged cards. Corroborated by El Heraldo de México (3 Mar 2025), Milenio and El Gráfico (13 May 2025). Conflicting maximum-balance figures in circulation (120 vs 500 pesos) were dropped rather than reconciled.
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Claims linked: clm-04b302313d35697a
clm-23860355f74515ef

ADIP CDMX — virtual MI card in App CDMX v4 (December 2025) adip.cdmx.gob.mx · background

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Stable source ID: src-852cb02f42fabb0d
Publisher: Name not classified · adip.cdmx.gob.mx
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-21
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
City digital agency announcement of the phone-based MI card, presented by Head of Government Clara Brugada: NFC on Android and Huawei only, iOS still pending, minimum 15-peso top-up by bank card or CoDi, login via Llave CDMX. Direct fetch returned HTTP 503 through our proxy; confirmed via Excélsior, Centro Urbano and El Financiero. Xataka had reported a year earlier that the promised virtual card was still in testing, which is why the entry treats it as a slipped rather than a delivered-on-time feature.
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Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

Known limits of this passport

Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
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.