Mexico City proposes pet-friendly public transport

A new initiative presented by local deputies of the Green Ecological Party (PVEM) in Mexico City proposes to make all public transportation systems pet-friendly. The proposal, introduced in the Congress of Mexico City, aims to amend the Mobility Law to allow passengers to travel with their companion animals on various transit modes.

Currently, only limited passage with pets is permitted. This new proposal seeks to ensure that drivers of passenger transport allow access and transfer for users accompanied by their pets. The conditions for entry, stay, and travel would need to guarantee the safety of passengers, hygiene, animal welfare, and the proper operation of the service, without generally preventing access.

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The conditions for their entry, permanence and transfer must guarantee the safety of users, hygiene, animal welfare and the proper operation of the service, without these conditions being able to generally prevent their access.

The initiative would apply to systems including the Metro, Metrobús, Cablebús, RTP, Electric Transport, and concessioned transport, such as microbuses. Local deputy Rebeca Peralta explained that the Congress would not dictate the specific rules for animal travel in each modality. Instead, each transport organism would be obligated to establish its own guidelines, recognizing the distinct technical and operational characteristics of each system.

"Metro, Metrobús, RTP or Cablebús have different characteristics and their rules will necessarily have to respond to them. The important thing is that each organism will be obliged to establish how animals can enter and travel, not to decide whether to admit them or not," Peralta stated. The initiative outlines a two-stage implementation process. The Head of Government, through the Ministry of Mobility, will have 180 days to adapt the Mobility Law Regulations. Subsequently, public organisms and service providers will have 90 days to adjust their administrative provisions and protocols.

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Metro, Metrobús, RTP or Cablebús have different characteristics and their rules will necessarily have to respond to them. The important thing is that each organism will be obliged to establish how animals can enter and travel, not to decide whether to admit them or not.