Overview
- Restrictions run from 5:00 to 22:00 and cover vehicles with Hologram 1 whose plates end in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9, all Hologram 2 units, and foreign‑plated cars.
- The program applies across Mexico City’s 16 boroughs and 18 conurbated State of Mexico municipalities, with coverage also reported for the Toluca and Santiago Tianguistenco metropolitan areas.
- The city’s air‑quality service reported “poor” conditions at 6:00 due to PM10, advising residents—especially children and older adults—to limit outdoor activity in the afternoon hours.
- Noncompliance can draw fines of 20 to 30 UMAs—reported in the MXN range of roughly $2,075 to $3,394—and authorities may retain vehicles and send them to impound.
- Vehicles with holograms 00 and 0, as well as electric and hybrid cars and public or emergency transport, are exempt, and homologation allows properly verified units from neighboring states to follow the same rules.