Due to poor air quality On the afternoon of this Monday, April 30, the authorities of Mexico City and the State of Mexico They activated phase 1 of the Environmental Contingencywhich it involves the activation of the double program Hoy No Circula, affecting private cars this Wednesday, May 1.
The determination was made after the Megalopolis Environmental Commission said that There was a record of 158 particles per billion of ozone at the Tlalnepantla monitoring station, State of Mexicowhich means that air quality is bad enough to apply the measure.
In addition to the double Hoy No Circula, Environmental Contingency limits outdoor activities between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. with the aim of avoid constant exposure to the outdoors.
What cars do not circulate due to the Environmental Contingency?
Derived from the Phase 1 of the Environmental Contingency, these are the cars that will be affected for double Today It Doesn’t Circulate:
- Private use vehicles with verification hologram 2.
- Private use vehicles with verification hologram 1, whose last numerical digit is 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9.
- Private use vehicles with verification hologram 00 and 0, gummed red, termination of plate 3 and 4.
- Units that do not carry a verification hologram, such as old, demonstration or transfer vehicles, new ones, those with a tourist pass, foreign plates or with plates formed by letters, apply the same restriction as to vehicles that carry hologram 2.
- Restriction on the circulation of 50% of the LP gas distribution units to stationary tanks, which do not have a dry disconnection valve, whose registration termination is NO N
- Local or federal cargo vehicles stop circulating between 6:00 and 10:00, with the exception of those that are in the CDMX or EDOMEX Self-Regulation Program.
- The taxis with verification hologram “00″, “0″, “1″ or “2″” that must stop circulating according to the provisions indicated in the subsections 1 2 and 3)the restriction on circulation will apply from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Remember that with the Environmental Contingency, the double program Hoy No Circula It is activated until the next day. That is to say that this Tuesday you will still be able to circulate.
What cars are exempt from Hoy No Circula on May 1?
The Environmental Commission of the Megalopolis said that the cars that will be able to circulate this Wednesday are:
- Electric and hybrid vehicles, in addition, those that have an ecological license plate or exempt type hologram.
- Vehicles that carry a hologram “00″ either “0″ current, whatever their use, regardless of the federal entity where they are registered, they may circulate, if they have rubber that is different from the color red and plate termination 3 and 4.
- Vehicles for private use intended in manifest and urgent circumstances, to attend to a medical emergency.
- Taxis can circulate from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on days when they are restricted by the Hoy No Circula Program, regardless of the hologram they carry, in order to support the mobility of the population.
- Urban service vehiclesintended to provide emergency services, medical emergencies, health, public safety, firefighters, rescue, civil protection, environmental surveillance and water supply.
- School and staff transportation vehicles that comply with current vehicle verification specifications and have the corresponding hologram and authorization.
- Vehicles intended for funeral processions and transportation of funeral services, which have a current verification hologram.
- Vehicles for people with disabilities that have the Permit to exempt the Today Not Circulating Due to Disability, the Disability Hologram, or license plate for people with disabilities according to the corresponding entity.
- Transportation of waste and hazardous materials that have the corresponding authorization, except vehicles that transport fuels (gasoline, diesel and LP gas).
- Vehicles identified with a public passenger and tourism service circulation card (vans, minibuses and buses) with a federal or local license plate, which comply with current verification provisions.
- Vehicles that transport goods or perishable products in units with refrigeration systems, as well as concrete mixing units.
Do motorcycles circulate during the Environmental Contingency?
Yeah, Motorcycles have permission to circulate during the Environmental Contingencybeing one of the best alternatives to circulate If you have to work this Friday.
Something you should know about this is that motorcycles do circulate only when is phase 1 of the contingencyand when phase 2 is activated, traffic restrictions begin, so if you are a motorcyclist, keep an eye on the provisions of the Megalopolis Environmental Commission.
