Mexico City has a great tradition of shutting down major streets and boulevards on Sunday for bike riders, joggers, skaters and walkers.  As an example, Reforma is a huge boulevard running through town that has embassies (including US) and skyscrapers all along the way.

It’s just one MetroBus stop away from us at the Casa and we go past it regularly.

What you see in the picture is just the main thoroughfare – there are also lanes under the trees for buses and other public transportation.

A nice part of this is DF’s (Distrito Federal – like Washington DC) big push for bike usage throughout the city.  Ecobici is a system of bike racks all throughout the ctiy where member users check out bikes and can return them to different locations.

I think the first 45 minutes are free and many streets have wide, dedicated bike lanes.  We see a lot of people on the bikes throughout the week, and especially on Sunday when bike racks will be almost empty.

Leslie and I haven’t checked into joining Ecobici but we’ve been told you need to be a legal resident.  We’ve also heard tourists can rent a bike for a day or whatever but it’s much more expensive.  So this is one more thing we need to check out sometime in the future!