Connecting the megalopolis

Corridors for integrated air and public transport networks in the megalopolis of Mexico.

Carlos Rafael Salinas González

Mentors
Arjan van Timmeren (TUDelft) – Paola Viganò (IUAV) – Diana Garcia Cejudo (TUDelft)

Type of station, integration with transport networks and their urban role along the intermetropolitan transit corridor.

Conceptual section showing the different layers of mobility integration at Chapultepec Station, an inner-city proposed train station.

Structural mobility vision for the megalopolis of Central México linking México City, the airports of the región and the surrounding medium size cities with intermetropolitan transit corridors.

Proposed strategy for integrating local transport networks, intermetropolitan mobility corridors and airports in the region.

Location of proposed stations along the intermetropolitan transport corridor.

The airport of Mexico City is saturated. However, if we consider the scale of the megalopolis of Central Mexico including the neighbouring cities, the region has already 4 operating international airports. Those airports are subutilized due in part to their lack of integration with public transport networks that would make them accessible.

This project states that the development of mobility networks linking existing airports to public transport in the region could be used as a strategic tool not only for enhancing airport accessibility but also for improving the mobility experience for different users of public transport in the region in the inner city and in the periphery.

The challenges and potentials for linking these intermetropolitan corridors with transit oriented urban development in the region are explored in the case study of the intermetropolitan corridor linking Toluca and Mexico City metropolitan areas.

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