The central lanes of a section of Avenida Lopez Matoes reopened to traffic this week, three days ahead of schedule.  Resurfacing work over the past month on a one-kilometer stretch of the avenue between Copernico and the Periferico has caused long delays, especially at peak times.  Even with the reopening of the lanes overnight on Monday, a long tailback of vehicles traveling into the city still formed the following morning.

In catering to persons with disabilities and reduced mobility, Guadalajara’s Tren Ligero line has stolen a base on subway networks in the likes of New York, London and Paris.
New infrastructure for people with disabilities was unveiled this week at stations on the Linea Dos route running from Tonala to the Parque Revolution.

A bakery in Guadalajara’s upmarket Providencia neighborhood has had its merchandize seized after giving the impression that it was a branch of a well-known business in Washington D.C.

U.S. Internet pioneer Vinton Gray Cerf (left) met with Jalisco Governor Aristotoles Sandoval this week as the 2016 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) got under way at Palcco in Zapopan.  Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” he is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet.  Among his many current roles, Cerf contributes to global policy development and the continued spread of the Internet.

The Monument to the Abandoned Dog was unveiled in the Parque Italia Providencia last weekend during the annual Croquetón Navideño 2016 event to collect food for stray animals.

Taking a leaf out straight out of the Clinton political playbook, former First Lady Margarita Zavala (the wife of ex-President Felipe Calderon) has emerged as the frontrunner for the National Action Party (PAN) presidential nomination in 2018.