Infographic: How Mexico City halved costs and improved its bike share scheme

After operating an environmentally friendly and affordable bike share service for ten years, Mexico City sought to expand the popular program. They wanted to reach more neighborhoods and update the design and technology, all for a reasonable price. In its search for commercial partners, the city needed to promote competition in a concentrated marketplace, learn more about the latest bike share technology and innovations, and provide better and expanded service at the same or lower budget. 

So they turned to open contracting to make the procurement process more inclusive, competitive and outcome-oriented.

The results: the city expanded the service from 6,500 to 9,300 bikes and from 480 to 687 bike stations. The city’s bike share technology and design were upgraded to be more user-friendly. And it runs at about half the operating costs of the old service. 

Download our infographic to learn how they did it.