The system of ejes viales (singular: eje vial, lit. "road axis") in Mexico City is a large network of wide arterial roads with coordinated traffic signals. They are mainly directed in one-way with a single lane going in the opposite direction used exclusively by public transportation. The network was a project of Mexico City mayor Carlos Hank González and the first part of the network, after extensive construction and demolition of buildings and removal of trees, opened in 1979. [1] With the exception of the Eje Central, a south-to-north eje passing through the historic center of Mexico City, the ejes are numbered with cardinal directions, for example going north from the center: Eje 1 Norte, then Eje 2 Norte, and so forth. In addition to the Eje number and directional, the streets retain their individual names, with one eje thus consisting of multiple sequential individually named streets.
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(Mostly south-to-north with counterflow lane)
(Mostly west-to-east with counterflow)
(East-to-west with counterflow lane)
(Mostly two-way)
(Two-way and west-to-east)
(Mostly east-to-west with counterflow lane, Metrobús line 6 (planned))
(Partially two-way)
(Two-way)
(West-to-east with counterflow lane)
Juan Escutia (From Circuito Interior José Vasconselos to Av. Tamaulipas)
(East-to-west with counterflow lane)
(West-to-east artery with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 2)
(East-to-west with reversible lane)
(West-to-east with reversible lane(s))
(mostly east-to-west with two-way on Zapata)
Municipio Libre' (From Av. Universidad to Circuito Interior Rio Churubusco)
(West-to-east and two-way)
(Fragmented two-way)
(East-to-west artery and two-way)
(Mostly north-to-south)
(Mostly south-to-north)
(Two-way, Metrobús line 5 planned)
Eje 3 Oriente forms part of the “Eje Troncal Metropolitano” connecting Ecatepec with Xochimilco in southeast Mexico City, along:
(Two-way)
(Two-way)
(North-to-south, non-continuous)
(Two-way)
(North-to-south with counterflow lane and Metrobús line 3)
(South-to-north)
(North-to-south)
(Two-way)
El tramo Revolución tiene sentido Norte - Sur de Benjamin Franklin a Circuito Interior Río Mixcoac, and posteriormente two-way.
(Two-way)
(Sur 128 funge como su vialidad auxiliar sentido Norte - Sur)
(Non-continuous two-way)
(Two-way)
Coyoacán is a borough in Mexico City. The former village is now the borough's "historic center". The name comes from Nahuatl and most likely means "place of coyotes", when the Aztecs named a pre-Hispanic village on the southern shore of Lake Texcoco dominated by the Tepanec people. Against Aztec domination, these people allied with the Spanish, who used the area as a headquarters during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and made it the first capital of New Spain between 1521 and 1523.
Benito Juárez, is a borough in Mexico City. It is a largely residential area, located to the south of historic center of Mexico City, although there are pressures for areas to convert to commercial use. It was named after Benito Juárez, president in the 19th century.
Iztacalco is a borough in Mexico City. It is located in the central-eastern area and it is the smallest of the city's boroughs. The area's history began in 1309 when the island of Iztacalco, in what was Lake Texcoco, was settled in 1309 by the Mexica who would later found Tenochtitlan, according to the Codex Xolotl. The island community would remain small and isolated through the colonial period, but drainage projects in the Valley of Mexico dried up the lake around it. The area was transformed into a maze of small communities, artificial islands called chinampas and solid farmland divided by canals up until the first half of the 20th century. Politically, the area has been reorganized several times, being first incorporated in 1862 and the modern borough coming into existence in 1929. Today, all of the canals and farmland are dried out and urbanized as the most densely populated borough and the second most industrialized.
Venustiano Carranza is a borough in Mexico City, Mexico. Venustiano Carranza extends from the far eastern portion of the historic center of Mexico City eastward to the Peñón de los Baños and the border dividing the then Federal District from the State of Mexico. Historically, most of the territory was under Lake Texcoco, but over the colonial period into the 20th century, the lake dried up and today the area is completely urbanized. The borough is home to three of Mexico City's major traditional markets, including La Merced, the National Archives of Mexico, the Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro, the TAPO intercity bus terminal and the Mexico City Airport.
The Mexico City Metrobús, simply known as Metrobús, is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that has served Mexico City since line 1 opened on 19 June 2005. As of February 2018, it consists of seven lines that cross the city and connects with other forms of transit, such as the Mexico City Metro. The most recent line to open was line 7, running for the first time double-decker buses along the city's iconic boulevard, Paseo de la Reforma.
Avenida de los Insurgentes, sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City, with a length of 28.8 km (17.9 mi) on a north-south axis across the city. Insurgentes has its origins in what was during the early 20th century known as the Via del Centenario which ran from city centre to the southern suburbs.
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