Mexico City is huge and chaotic (it's i of the biggest metropoleis in the world), so it's natural to experience overwhelmed by information technology, peculiarly for showtime-time visitors.

This quick guide will aid you chief the art of transportation in CDMX so that y'all'll shortly be able to go around with your eyes closed (almost).

i. Public transportation
2. Uber and Cabify
3. Taxis
4. Ecobici
5. Transportation from the airport

Public transportation

Mexico City has iii main options for public transportation:

1. Subway

This is the best way to move around the metropolis. Its network is large plenty to get you lot to the areas visitors need to explore. Information technology is fast, cheap, well connected and easy to use. You lot can buy single tickets ($5 pesos) in any railroad train station, or a rechargeable card for $10 pesos actress (this card can also be used in the Metrobús).

Subway cars and stations are condom, although you take to exist aware of pickpockets.

Subway stops are regular (cheque out the network map here).

Operation hours:

  • Monday to Fri: 5 AM – 12 AM
  • Sat: 6 AM – 12 AM
  • Sunday and Holidays: 7 AM – 12 AM

For more data, visit the official website of the CDMX metro: metro.cdmx.gob.mx

2. Metrobús

The Metrobús is nothing more than a fast bus (it has its own circulation lane). It is found only in the following areas of the city:

  • The historic eye
  • The trendy neighborhoods of Condesa and Roma
  • The south of the city — including the fascinating area of Ciudad Universitaria, the chief campus of UNAM, the biggest and most important public higher in Mexico.
  • The airport

Get the Metrobús arrangement map here.

This service works exclusively with a rechargeable card that you can buy directly in the stations. It costs $xvi pesos and includes the first ride. Afterward, you can recharge information technology in whatsoever station. A single ride costs $6 pesos. The same card can be used in the Metro.

There are half dozen lines of Metrobús and each one has different operation hours, but all of them run from around five AM to 10 PM. For the complete schedules of all the lines click here.

3. Regular buses

Best-known as "peceros", they are all over the metropolis simply are the last option I recommend for getting around CDMX. They are old, operators drive very poorly, and they change their routes as they delight (this is not that common, but it happens). Even locals get lost, so it's not an advisable mean of transportation if you're a first-fourth dimension visitor. If you still want to give "peceros" a try, download the Citymapper mobile app where you'll go accurate data on which bus to accept, where to become off, etc. Regular buses in United mexican states City just accept cash, and some of them don't give change, and then be sure to have coins with y'all.

Uber and Cabify

Both Uber and Cabify are excellent options for private transportation in the city. In comparing to the rates in the U.s. and Europe, United mexican states'south are super inexpensive and the service is very good.

If yous're a woman and feel unsafe using Uber or Cabify, try Laudrive — it provides service exclusively to women.

Taxis

Unfortunately, taxis circulating on the street are not a safety choice to get effectually CDMX. Instead, use "taxis de sitio" — they are very safe. There are dozens of companies serving unlike areas of the city, if y'all desire to call one of them, yous should ask the hotel or to a local friend for the phone number, or yous can endeavour calling "Global Hire Taxi" (5803 2888).

Ecobici

Ecobici is Mexico City'south wheel loan service. It works very well and has stations (where you can accept or go out bicycles) in the main areas of the metropolis such as:

  • The historic center
  • Polanco
  • Reforma
  • Chapultepec
  • Roma and Condesa neighborhoods

As a company, yous tin can easily register for a temporary service of one, three, or seven days. It has a handy mobile app for iOS and Android where you lot can locate the stations, see if there are available bikes, and report any incident.

See the full map of Ecobici stations here.

Transportation from the airport

Mexico City's airport is located only 20 minutes away by car from the celebrated urban center center. There are several transportation options to move from the airport to other areas of the urban center.

The easiest and most comfortable ones are:

  • Uber
  • Cabify
  • Airport taxis (annotation that they can be quite expensive)

For upkeep travelers, both Metro and Metrobús have stations in the airdrome. "Final Aérea" metro station is located just steps away from Terminal i. Metrobús stations tin can be institute in both Last 1 and ii.

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