La estación Vasco de Quiroga del Tren El Insurgente.
Does a city really need to be home to 22 million people to be committed to terrific public transportation? That is a rhetorical question. Of course not. It just needs to be smart and dedicated to delivering to its citizens myriad ways to get around car-free.
One of the latest improvements to mobility in greater Mexico City is the completion of the interurban Tren Insurgente from Metro Observatorio in CDMX to the city of Toluca.
Have a seat. Tren Insurgente.
Note to the transit apps, including my go-to, Citymapper: As of yesterday, Tren Insurgente, or at least the Vasco de Quiroga station, was not showing up as a transit option between Vasco de Quiroga and Metro Observatorio! Fix this and help fill these empty seats!
I have previously written about the new train but that was prior to completion of the final leg from Metro Observatorio to Santa Fe. Yesterday, I got back to the new line and it does not disappoint.
Cablebús Línea 3, La estación Cineteca Nacional/Bodega de Arte.
A regular rider of Cablebús Línea 3 from Los Pinos to Vasco de Quiroga in Santa Fe, it was time for me to try the train between the new station at Vasco de Quiroga and Metro Observatorio.
Buses and cable cars and trains, oh my! Vasco de Quiroga in Santa Fe.
It is a short walk between the Vasco de Quiroga Cablebús station and the train.
Tren El Insurgente, Estación Observatorio.
Mexico City residents seems to be living through a golden age of movilidad integrada (integrated mobility).
Llegando. Estación Observatorio.
Don't get me wrong, I am aware of the city’s miserable traffic. Unfortunately, like all of the world’s great cities, CDMX is plagued by terrible congestion that fouls the air and takes years off the lives of too many of its residents. But as I have observed many times, with so many transit options, one need not drive alone to get practically anywhere in CDMX and the neighboring Estado de México.
Tren Insurgente. Metro Observatorio.
Tren Insurgente, which runs every fifteen minutes, is a comfortable way to connect from Santa Fe (which is only served by Tren Insurgente, an extensive bus network and Cablebús Línea 3) to Mexico City’s excellent Metro system.
Movilidad Integrada. Metro Observatorio.
The light, airy Metro Observatorio station.
Metro Línea 1, Metro Observatorio.
What an insane time are living through. While “leaders” are obliterating civilization, others are building community by improving car-free mobility for their citizens.
I hope these fotos give you transit envy. And hopefully the MTA, LA Metro, CTA and countless other north American transit systems are reading and will feel inspired to look to their neighbor to the south for leadership on how to make this happen in their own cities.
Your move.
Yours in transit,
Joel
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