Lead Coverage
Uber began operating in Tulum and Playa del Carmen
Uber in Tulum and Playa del Carmen began taking trips on October 20 with free opening rides. What a fare costs after the promotion is the part nobody has published.
Transportation in Tulum: Taxi, Bus, Transfers, and Mobility
Taxi fares, buses, transfers, road changes, mobility updates, and practical transport guidance for Tulum.
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Society
La Veleta waits for a crosswalk as federal road money falls
Federal road upkeep funding is set to fall by nearly half in 2027, and the requests Tulum has pending on Highway 307 are contingent on a budget that deputies have not yet voted on.
Businesses
Starbucks closes its Tulum hotel zone store after 11 years
Starbucks in Tulum is down to a single store after the Boca Paila branch closed with no notice. The chain’s September closure plan for North America does not cover Mexico.
Politics
New neighborhoods, new roads, and no signs to govern them
Road safety in Tulum hinges on streets the municipality does not yet own. The engineers' association wants them municipalized, starting in the fast-growing south.
Society
Neighbors report repeated crashes where La Veleta meets a highway with no crosswalk
A La Veleta road safety petition filed September 21 asks federal authorities to study the Highway 307 entrance at Avenida Quinta Sur and rule on a traffic light and a protected crossing.
Environment & Nature
Tulum's business council joins the beach cleanups, and the plastic gets a second destination
Environmental groups and the business council behind the Tulum beach cleanup say the recyclables pulled off the sand are headed to a fuel plant. The dates and the money are missing.
Society
The state wants a taximeter in every Tulum taxi, and the union wants Shark
Imoveqroo says the 24-zone fare board Tulum's taxi union published is not authorized, and that taximeters in Tulum are the answer. One La Veleta fare rose from 31 pesos to 100 pesos.
Society
A Minor Dies in a Cobá Motorcycle Crash and the Tulum Ambulance Breaks Down
A minor died, and two people were injured in a Cobá motorcycle crash on Saturday. The ambulance sent from Tulum broke down, and neighbors drove the survivors to Valladolid.
Society
Tulum road closures start Monday on the routes trucks use to skip the center
Tulum road closures began Monday for a CAPA sewer connection at Faisán and La Selva. The notice gives three days, then states that the work will run for an indefinite period.
Society
Tulum charges Madrid prices for a taxi, with one-sixth of Madrid's wages
Tulum taxi fares rose as much as 223 percent on an unsigned union list. The prices match those in Madrid, where workers earn about six times as much as in Quintana Roo.
Society
Rides inside La Veleta jump 223 percent on the new table
A 24-zone table has pushed Tulum taxi fares as high as 100 pesos on rides the state priced at 31 pesos. It shows no agreement number, signature, or stamp.
Society
Will the fare in Tulum's new taxi app match what the driver charges?
Tiburones del Caribe says its Tulum taxi app will launch on the Play Store in about 10 days, featuring fares for cruising cabs and schedules for the colectivos.
Businesses
Tulum business owners ask landlords to cut commercial rents
Some commercial rents in Tulum still pass 40,000 pesos a month in the low season. Business owners want landlords to cut them, and about 70 shops have already closed this year.
Politics
Tulum went from 400 cameras to more than 1,850, and businesses bought the equipment
Tulum security cameras now number more than 1,850, up from 400. The rule governing growth lies in the municipal revenue law, not in a police regulation.
Society
Fewer stops on the avenue, and passengers walk the difference to reach Playa
UNTRAC says two Tulum-to-Playa del Carmen colectivo stops were dropped on the main avenue and accuses the city of clearing curb space for a rival union. The city has not responded.
Riviera Maya Travel
Ninety minutes of Highway 307 is what the cheaper Cancun fare actually buys you
Tulum airport vs Cancun airport, on real numbers. Thirteen scheduled nonstop routes against close to seventy, 118 kilometers of road, and a winter schedule officials count differently.
Society
Passengers now walk over a kilometer to board a colectivo
Two Tulum colectivo stops on Highway 307 went quiet to ease congestion. Untrac says the bays may now be reserved for a single union, and riders are walking farther.
Society
A Canadian citizen is among three held over a Tulum taxi driver's killing
Three people detained in the city center on drug and weapons charges are now linked to the Tulum taxi driver murder, the state attorney general said. No motive has been made public.
Politics
Why Is Calle 7 Always Under Construction in La Veleta?
Calle 7 Tulum is a construction site again. Curbs and sidewalks are going in, the center of the street is still broken, and no completion date has been given.
Society
A Canadian, a Mexico City Man, and a Teenager Detained in Central Tulum
Quintana Roo's prosecutor announced four Tulum homicide arrests, including a Canadian national and a 17-year-old, in cases tied to the killings of a taxi driver and another man.
Art & Culture
Cheaper Jaguar Park entry may be reaching inland communities
Tulum artisan sales are moving again in Macario Gómez and Francisco Uh May. Ilaria Poot puts the increase at 5 to 10 percent and calls it too early to name a recovery.