Practical guidance on tags, payment flow, penalties, and what to check before your trip.
Longer reads on how Mexico tolls work, written from official operator publications.
What an autopista de cuota is, who runs it (CAPUFE, FONADIN, private concessions), how the official Tarifas Vigentes table is published and updated, the vehicle classes, why motorcycles pay half, how to pay at a caseta, and what CAPUFE's user insurance covers.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03
Read the guideThe five casetas between Mexico City and Acapulco on highway 95D, with CAPUFE's 2026 tariff for motorcycles and cars at each, the $826 car total, intermediate rates, the Viaducto Elevado Tlalpan, and the user insurance.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03
Read the guideWhat a rental-car driver needs to know about Mexican casetas: cash in the multimodal lanes, how IAVE and PASE work, the interoperability set by CAPUFE's rules, the 90-second double-charge rule, the user insurance, and why to keep the receipt.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03
Read the guideWho runs the Kantunil–Cancún motorway and where its casetas are, which part from Mérida is free, why highway 307 to Playa del Carmen and Tulum is not in CAPUFE's table, the reported 2026 tariffs on the Autopista del Mayab, and the three official casetas on the Tijuana–Ensenada scenic road totalling $152.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03
Read the guideWhat CAPUFE’s TAG IAVE is, how the official portal activates it, prepaid versus postpaid, and that coverage is not nationwide. MexicoTolls does not sell tags.
IAVE for driversSource: CAPUFE and concession operators | Last verified: 2026-02-04