Mexico City regulates street vendors in Alameda Central

The Mexico City government is implementing measures to regulate informal commerce and recover public spaces in the Historic Center. In the Alameda Central, authorities have limited the number of street vendor stalls to 70 to prevent overcrowding and ensure pedestrian mobility, a significant reduction from previous levels where nearly 190 vendors were present.

While the government has offered specific numbers of spaces to groups such as Mazahua merchants and the Margarita García Organization, these groups have rejected the proposals, demanding 30 spaces each. This disagreement has led to road blockades on Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and Avenida Juárez. The Secretariat of Government (Secgob) maintains that its policy is not to prohibit commerce but to prevent its overflow and maintain public order.

In other areas, such as Ecatepec, local authorities have transformed former illegal dumping sites into the Alameda México Nuevo linear park, involving the removal of 1,600 tons of waste to create recreational spaces for the community.