What cars can circulate and which ones rest on May 17

Saturday. We already know what that means. Rest day … And today does not circulate sabbatino. Because if Saturday comes, some cars already know that they have to stay at home.

It is not that I say it, says the program devised by the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema). The same that aims to improve the quality of the air we breathe but that, yes, forces some cars not to leave home.

To be clear who cannot circulate during the Today does not circulate Sabatino and avoid possible fines … You have to be very clear about some peculiarities of this day. To do this, we will review the possible exceptions and everything to take into account.

But first, remember that everything we are going to talk about from now on only applies in the 16 mayors in Mexico City and in the following conurbed municipalities of the State of Mexico:

• Atizapán de Zaragoza
• Coacalco de Berriozábal
• Cuautitlán
• Cuautitlán Izcalli
• Chalco
• Chicoloapan
• Chimalhuacán
• Ecatepec de Morelos
• Huixquilucan
• Ixtapaluca
• La Paz
• Naucalpan de Juárez
• Nezahualcóyotl
• Nicolás Romero
• Tecámac
• Tlalnepantla de Baz
• Tultitlán
• Chalco Valley

What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today

Once we have all this clear and all these clear things … What restrictions will we find? Simply that affected cars cannot circulate. So simple, if you are contemplated in the program of today does not circulate Sabatino is that you will not be able to move.

These restrictions are specified in the upper image. And it is that today’s restrictions do not circulate do not always apply depending on the exclusive function of the hologram. Some days like Saturday you also have to pay close attention to the plate number.

This means that LSO Saturdays you can take the following scenarios:

And this day the following conditions occur:

• Cars that can circulate every Saturday
• Cars that have to rest every Saturday
• Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another

Restrictions, yes, do not apply all day. They are active between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without taking into account any type of restriction.

Once we have all this clear, how do we know that today does not circulate sabbatino this week forces us to leave the car at home or, on the contrary, let us circulate? Simple, looking at the hologram first and then the plate number.

If your hologram carries the number 2 you will not be able to circulate. It doesn’t matter on Saturday, cars with hologram 2 cannot circulate any Saturday. On the contrary, those with hologram 0 and 00 can circulate every Saturday. These drivers do not have to think but because of very different circumstances.

It is those of Hologogram 1 that have to take some things into account. Depending on the plate number they can circulate one or the other and, as is broken every week, next week you will be on the other side of the currency.

This week of the Saturday, May 17, 2025 We are on the third Saturday of May. Therefore, it is the cars with hologram 1 and plaque finished in even number that rest. Next week the cars with hologram 1 and plaque finished in torque will have to leave the car at home.

However, there are some exceptions that must be taken into account because those cars can move with total freedom:

• Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid
• Those who have disabled plate
• All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals)
• Those who offer school or passenger transport
• Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection

In case of breaching 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.

Photo | Mateusz Dach

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