Culiacán, Sinaloa · Mexico
Bixie: student micro-mobility in Culiacán, Sinaloa
Bixie — Tu Baika Culichi — is the shared bicycle system RÁFAGA Mobility implemented in Culiacán to connect the student community with its campuses. It operates with 155 bicycles across 5 stations and cut its users' commute time by 40%.
Measured results
- 155
- bicycles in operation
- 5
- stations deployed
- +200
- students benefited
- −40%
- in commute time
The challenge
Culiacán's student community relied on walking or on irregular-frequency transit to cover the last stretch to their campuses.
The challenge wasn't moving the whole city, but solving a specific corridor with a high concentration of short trips and sharply defined hours.
The solution
- Mobility pattern study to place stations where trips actually begin and end.
- Deployment of 155 bicycles across 5 stations, with docking hardware, an electrical system and management software.
- Training for the local operations and maintenance team before launch.
The result
- Over 200 students directly benefited.
- 40% reduction in commute time compared to the previous mode.
- A system with its own brand — Tu Baika Culichi — embraced by the community that uses it.
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Frequently asked questions about Bixie — Tu Baika Culichi
Who operates Bixie in Culiacán?
The system was implemented by RÁFAGA Mobility on a turnkey basis, including training for the local team that operates and maintains it.
Can Bixie be replicated in another university city?
Yes, and it's one of the cases that replicates best: the pattern of short, recurring trips to a campus is predictable, which allows the fleet to be sized precisely from the initial study.
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