In January 2023 a long awaited urban project was inagurated in Mexico City. An elevated pedestrian corridor that connects two sections of Chapultepec, one of the biggest urban parks in the world. The inception of this project started 14 years earlier, in 2009. A compact group of students presented a series of ideas to connect the three sections Chapultepec to a group of urban planning authorities in Mexico City.

Among the potential solutions, we proposed a broad and ambitious mobility plan for the biggest and most visited urban park of Mexico City, which receives more than 20 million visitors a year throughout its four sections.

The mobility study contemplated a series of bridges and also the reconfiguration of different routes within the Chapultepec Park. The idea was to connect two metro stations (Auditorio and Constituyentes) by a pedestrian-cyclist bypass route which included bridges treated as elevated gardens. The conceptual proposal was released on mid-2009.

The plan had an enthusiastic reception in the media, specially in the major circulation newspapers. However, at some point, the project was nearly cancelled, partially because different institutions were involved in the decisions and different design teams overtook the task.

The wait was worth it. Our intention in 2009 was to offer a radical and profound change in the mobility pattern of millions of users in Chapultepec. Today it is a reality. This project is a victory in the cultural battle for the welfare of pedestrians and cyclists of Mexico City.