Thinking of driving to CBX and parking? Here's the real cost — daily and long-term parking, the crossing ticket, and the catch — vs. a flat-rate electric ride that drops you at the door.
Flat rate · no surge · named driver · 100% electric
If you drive to CBX you'll pay to park and still pay to cross. CBX parking runs roughly $15–$18 a day (long-term as low as $14/day for 8+ day stays) across its 9,000 spaces — and CBX itself warns against parking on nearby public streets due to vehicle theft and a ~1-mile walk. Add the ~$20 one-way crossing ticket on top, and a multi-day trip in long-term parking adds up fast before you've gone anywhere. A flat EGT round trip drops you at the door and skips the lot entirely. (Ticket and parking prices are seasonal — confirm at crossborderxpress.com.)
Uber to CBX is surge-exposed and one-way. Uber's own CBX page shows no fixed fare — pricing is dynamic by demand, distance, tolls and time of day, and multiplies during surge. The airport-to-CBX run alone averages around $56, and a longer pickup or an UberXL/Black runs materially higher. There's also no guaranteed return for a same-day border trip. EGT is one flat rate, both ways, booked ahead — the rate is the rate, even at 4am or during a holiday rush.
Why CBX: it now carries roughly 4 million passengers a year (13M+ since opening in 2015) — nearly half of all travelers entering California from Mexico arrive through it. TIJ connects to ~40 Mexican destinations (20+ daily flights to Mexico City) plus nonstops as far as China, often at a fraction of San Diego fares.
CBX is only for travelers flying through Tijuana International Airport (TIJ). To use the bridge you need your TIJ boarding pass, a valid passport, and a CBX crossing ticket. Cross southbound within 24 hours of your departure; cross back north within 2 hours of landing. The bridge skips the congested San Ysidro and Otay Mesa land crossings — the whole crossing takes about 15 minutes. We drop you right at the CBX entrance at 2745 Otay Pacific Drive so all you do is walk across.
EGT is the only 100% electric, owner-driven premium operator that publishes flat CBX rates — no meter, no gas surcharge, no surge, the same named driver every time. Because we drive electric and own the car, our cost to run the trip is a fraction of a gas-and-contractor operator's, so the flat rate holds where a metered or surge ride can't. (CBX's own valet even offers free EV charging — the border is going electric too.)
CBX parking runs roughly $15-$18/day (long-term as low as $14/day for 8+ days) across 9,000 spaces. Confirm current rates at crossborderxpress.com.
For multi-day trips, parking plus the crossing ticket often rivals a flat-rate round-trip car - and you skip the drive, the lot, and the theft risk CBX warns about on nearby streets.
CBX advises against it - it cites vehicle theft and a roughly 1-mile walk. Use the lot or a drop-off.
Flat zone rates from $49 (South Bay) to $155 (North County), all-electric, no surge.