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 set up during the presidency of José López Portillo in the 1970s. 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.
(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)