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Hoy No Circula (literally in Spanish: "today [your car] does not circulate", known as No-drive days) is the name of an environmental program intended to improve the air quality of Mexico City. A similar coordinated program operates within the State of México , which surrounds Mexico City on three sides.
If the IMECA values reach a critical level, an environmental contingency is declared whereby Hoy No Circula is extended to two days per week, industrial activities are reduced, certain gas power plants shut down, and elementary school entry hours are changed. There has been a decrease in the number of environmental contingencies since the 1990s ...
Naucalpan already participates in the "Hoy No Circula" program, which restricts the use of private automobiles in Mexico City and some adjoining areas during the week and is considering extending restrictions to Saturdays as well. Its subsoil is considered to be gravely polluted, mostly due to the Bordo Poniento landfill and the sinking of the ...
Hoy No Circula (Mexico) In town, without my car! (EU) List of car-free places; Mayor of London's Sky Ride; No Car Day (China) Reclaim the Streets; Road pricing; Road space rationing (traffic restraint by license plate number) Spare the air day (San Francisco Bay Area) Urban vitality; World Carfree Network
There is an environmental program, called Hoy No Circula ("Today Does Not Run", or "One Day without a Car"), whereby vehicles that have not passed emissions testing are restricted from circulating on certain days according to the ending digit of their license plates, in an attempt to cut down on pollution and traffic congestion. [180] [181] [182]
The Hoy No Circula program in Mexico City generated a 200% increase in demand. [31] During that period, Cabify reduced its rates by 25% to motivate people to its services. [ 32 ] It also donated part of its revenues to UNICEF . [ 33 ]
Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo (1958 July 22), is an environmental engineer and a civil servant of México.Since April 2022 he was appointed Special Envoy on Climate Matters to the United Nations as Director for Climate Action and Environment for Latin America at the OECD.
The Mexico City administrative buildings are two buildings on the south side of the Zócalo in Mexico City divided by the avenue Avenida 20 de Noviembre. They house offices of the governing authority of Mexico City. The building to the west of 20 de Noviembre is the older one and has been the site of city administration since the Conquest. The ...