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Protests and Cycling Contingents Gridlock Mexico City Traffic

Real-time route updates through C5, SSC, Centro de Orientación Vial channels help direct commuters around scheduled protests, blockages, cycling events.

Sindicatos, colectivos y vecinos realizarán protestas y concentraciones en distintos puntos de la ciudad
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Overview

  • Major arteries were tied up from dawn by at least ten social events with SSC reporting blockages from 07:00 in Cuauhtémoc, Álvaro Obregón, Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juárez and Xochimilco.
  • The lone march led by Unión de Lucha Vecinal del Valle de Anáhuac A.C. departed at 08:30 toward Fray Servando Teresa de Mier No. 42, demanding delivery of a plot at San Antonio Abad No. 39 for housing.
  • Cycling contingents ran from 06:40 until about 21:00 on routes including Monumento a la Revolución to Desierto de los Leones and key thoroughfares like Reforma and Picacho Ajusco.
  • Key concentrations included the FINTRAS health workers protest at the IMSS Bienestar offices at 09:00 in Álvaro Obregón and the Asamblea Ecologista Popular gathering at the Etiopía metro station at 15:00.
  • All events proceeded as scheduled, prompting widespread slowdowns and leading authorities to urge commuters to monitor C5, SSC and Centro de Orientación Vial channels for detours.