Overview
- The aerial tram, which opens Saturday, will run free all weekend before charging 11 pesos per trip starting Monday.
- Agencies are issuing prepaid transit cards to students, starting with more than 3,100 for Cecytem and ITSU and expanding to roughly 50 schools across the city.
- The reloadable access card costs 19 pesos at kiosks and also works on local public transport, though no student discount is planned at launch.
- Service runs from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. with 91 cabins for up to 10 riders each, a setup officials say can handle more than 118,000 passengers per day against an expected 40,000 trips.
- Cabins allow bicycles and wheelchair access, rides will be free for people with disabilities, and Sedum projects up to a 40% cut in emissions as the line joins 29.4 kilometers of recent bike lanes.