Overview
- CAMe confirmed the Phase I ozone alert remains in effect across the Mexico City metro area on Saturday, keeping emergency restrictions in place after more than 24 hours.
- Doble Hoy No Circula will run from 5:00 to 22:00 on Feb. 14 for all Hologram 2 vehicles, Hologram 1 plates ending 2, 4, 6, 8 and 0, and Hologram 0/00 with blue sticker plates 9 or 0, with non‑verified vehicles treated as Hologram 2.
- Additional rules include taxi limitations from 10:00 to 22:00, a 6:00–10:00 ban for most cargo, and a 50% cut to LP‑gas delivery units without dry‑disconnect valves with PAR plates, while electric and hybrid vehicles and motorcycles are exempt.
- Health guidance urges the public to avoid outdoor activity between 13:00 and 19:00, especially for children, older adults, pregnant people and those with respiratory or cardiac conditions.
- Authorities attribute the episode to a strengthened anticyclonic pattern; activation followed Feb. 12 readings of 155–156 ppb at multiple stations, and industrial measures include a 40% emissions cut in manufacturing, limits at the Tula refinery and the Pérez Ríos power plant, and curtailed solvent‑emitting activities, with the next formal update due at 10:00 Saturday.