Mexico City will require a driver's license for electric bicycles, scooters, and mopeds.

MEXICO CITY (apro).- In the Mexico City Congress, the Sustainable Mobility and Road Safety Commission approved a ruling proposing modifications to the Mobility Law, with the goal of closing legal loopholes and clarifying vehicle classifications, given the proliferation of electric bicycles, scooters, and mopeds.

The approved ruling included three initiatives, one sponsored by the head of government, Clara Brugada; another by legislators from the Green Ecologist Party of Mexico (PVEM); and another by PAN representative Federico Chávez Semerena.

Specifically, the capital's leader's initiative proposes a reform to Article 64 of the Mexico City Mobility Law so that drivers of personal electric motor vehicles (micromobility) are required to have and carry a driver's license and other mandatory documentation.

It also proposes a modification to Section IX of Article 12 to include users of "non-motorized mobility" within the scope of the law, to guarantee the protection of their right to mobility.

During the approval of the ruling, Morena representative and president of the Commission, Miguel Ángel Macedo, explained that the initiatives aim to harmonize vehicle classification in the Local Mobility Law to address the proliferation of electric bicycles, scooters, and mopeds.

Regarding this type of vehicle, he stated that the proposals are aimed at closing legal loopholes such as speed limits, minimum operating conditions, and driver requirements, among others.

For her part, Citizen Movement representative Patricia Urriza Arellano announced that she will submit a reservation to the local Congress to clarify that human-powered vehicles that exceed speeds of 25 kilometers per hour will not be considered motorized vehicles.

The ruling approved by the Sustainable Mobility and Road Safety Commission may be submitted to a vote in Congress next week, during an extraordinary session scheduled for August 15 and 18, when legislators will consider more than 50 initiatives.