Today No Circulation on Saturday: which cars can circulate and which rest on November 23

Come back on Saturday. Today Not Circulating Saturday is back. Some will say it is automatic, we would say it is periodic. None

Because yes, every seven days the Saturday Hoy No Circula is activated. More than anything because that is the time that passes between Saturday and Saturday. But well, leaving these platitudes aside, what is this program devised by the CDMX Environment Secretariat (SEDEMA)?

We are talking, specifically, about a program to reduce polluting emissions that remain in our atmosphere and, therefore, we breathe. By improving air quality it is assumed that we will also improve our health.

And the way to achieve these changes has been to restrict the circulation of some vehicles. Vehicles that cannot move where these restrictions apply. We are talking, specifically, about the 16 mayoralties in Mexico City and the following suburban municipalities of the State of Mexico:

• Atizapan of Zaragoza
• Coacalco de Berriozábal
• Cuautitlan
• Cuautitlán Izcalli
• Chalco
• Chicoloapan
• Chimalhuacan
• Ecatepec de Morelos
• Huixquilucan
• Ixtapaluca
• Peace
• Naucalpan de Juárez
• Nezahualcoyotl
• Nicolas Romero
• Tecámac
• Tlalnepantla de Baz
• Tultitlan
• Chalco Valley

What cars and license plates does Hoy No Circula Saturday affect?

Taking all this into account, what specific rules apply specifically to Hoy No Circula? The idea, as we say, is to take some vehicles off the road one day a week and, in some cases like Saturday, for the most polluting cars to repeat and have to stay at home.

These restrictions are resolved taking into account the hologram of our car. As you can see in the image above, every day a hologram stays at home. On Saturdays, however, in addition to this rule there is an additional one that leaves some hologram cars at home and others, however, are allowed to drive.

Taking all this into account, we can find the following three possibilities:

• Those that can circulate every Saturday
• Those who have to rest every Saturday
• Those who rest every other Saturday

Of course, we must not forget that all this only applies in the areas previously specified and between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.. That is, if we are driving at dawn, we will not get any fine even if we are driving a car that is not allowed to leave the house that day.

What does this translate into? Basically, any car with a 0 or 00 hologram will have nothing to worry about because it will be free to move wherever it goes. Saturdays are for enjoying hologram oy 00.

Just in the opposite corner are the cars with hologram two. In this case, there is not much to think about: hologram two is synonymous with staying home on a Saturday.

On the contrary, those of hologram one They are those who suffer periodic restrictions, because each week one or the other will have to stay home depending on the last license plate number. If the number is odd, they will have to stay on the first and third Saturday of the month, while the number is even they will be obliged to rest on the second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Here we talk about Saturday, November 23. Yes, we are on the fourth Saturday of the month of November. Therefore, it will be the cars with hologram one and even number that will be affected by the restrictions. On the contrary, those with an odd number will be able to circulate and will have to stay at home next week.

To all of the above we must add one exception. The following cars may circulate every Saturday, regardless of their license plate number or hologram:

• Those that run on electricity, natural gas or are hybrids
• Those who have a disabled license plate
• All those dedicated to urban transportation services (includes funeral homes)
• Those that offer school or passenger transportation
• Those intended for public safety and/or civil protection

If you fail to comply with these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the Unit of Measurement and Update (UMA), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos.

Image | Andras Vas

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