Mexico City Bans 1.1 Million Cars in First Smog Alert in 11 Years

Authorities banned more than 1 million cars from the roads and offered free subway and bus rides to coax people from their vehicles as Mexico City's first air pollution alert in 11 years stretched into a third day Wednesday. Officials advised people to limit outdoor activity due to high ozone levels that were nearly double acceptable limits in the sprawling capital, which lies in a high-altitude valley ringed by smog-trapping volcanic mountains. Amid a muddy brown haze, some...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - mercredi 16 mars 2016