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How a New Airport Could 'Transform the Future' of Mexico

By Maria del Carmen Landa

When Mexico City shutters its current airport, an area twice the size of New York's Central Park will suddenly be open for development.

Mexico City is stuck. Already overcrowded and sinking, the Mexican capital was named earlier this year as the most traffic-congested city in the world. This dubious distinction isn’t surprising, considering that the number of registered cars in the metro area almost doubled from 2005 to 2013. Smog has gotten so bad that authorities implemented a ...

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