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Porto is reducing its e-scooter fleet and transitioning to shared bicycles through negotiations with private operators, presenting a different approach to urban mobility regulation compared to Lisbon's more radical plans.
The Lisbon City Council is scheduled to discuss a proposal to suspend shared electric scooters, following Mayor Carlos Moedas's pledge to tackle risky rider behaviour.
Lisbon City Council plans to ban shared electric scooters citing safety concerns and public space obstruction, while expanding the municipal Gira bicycle network.
Porto has become the first Portuguese city to implement a free public transport system for its residents.
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11 parents' associations, one residents' group, and five collectives focused on mobility and childhood are calling for 'a school street at every school in the city, not just at some.'
Joana Moreira, from the Reforma Association, points out that many people stop leaving their homes because they do not feel safe, and argues that cities must be prepared for all ages.
The Algarve town has been carrying out structural works to improve urban mobility
The event focuses on discussions and decisions regarding the future and impact of mobility solutions.
Carris, which is managed by the Lisbon municipality, indicates that in the current month of October the “upward trend continues, with a daily average of around 500 thousand people transported.”
The new Bajaj Pulsar N125 is now available in the Portuguese market, offering an agile design, integrated connectivity features, and a price point below 2,000 euros.
Vehicles must be removed from the city within 60 days.
It is the first item on the agenda at Wednesday's City Council meeting, one week after Carlos Moedas informed the country and operators, live on television, that he would end shared e-scooters in Lisbon within 60 days. The capital will lose access to shared e-scooters from January, in a move designated by...
The president of the Automobile Club of Portugal (ACP), Carlos Barbosa, expressed his approval of Mayor Carlos Moedas's decision to suspend shared electric scooters in Lisbon, citing safety concerns and pedestrian obstruction. Meanwhile, the ACP has submitted 20,000 signatures to the Municipal Assembly of Lisbon to move forward with a municipal referendum on the issue, though the process may be rendered moot if the permanent ban is enacted.
Proposed contract termination motivated by safety concerns. The mayor accuses operators of breaching the agreement and states that priority will be given to Gira shared bicycles. The PS party calls it a 'failure'.
This week I am not writing about a car. This is the Fiat Topolino. Legally, it’s a quadricycle, but I look at it and the word that comes to mind The post Fiat Topolino – Small but perfectly formed appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The suspension of shared e-scooters in Lisbon is a definitive measure, the municipality clarified to RTP Antena 1. The deputy mayor does not fear that the decision will be challenged by operators, despite the effort made in 2023 to regulate the presence of these vehicles in the city.
The mayor says the system “is not working” and points out the various problems.
The mayor says the system “is not working,” highlighting the need for “everyone to be able to travel safely.”
Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas has announced the suspension of shared electric scooters in the Portuguese capital, citing growing safety concerns, dangerous behaviour by riders and the widespread abandonment of vehicles The post Lisbon mayor suspends shared e-scooter scheme over safety concerns appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Two or three buses on the same route arrive, or depart, at practically the same time after a long wait. A shared bicycle is left outside its designated docking station. Or a bus runs so late, or so early, that the timetable ceases to be a reliable reference for the passenger waiting at the stop. These...
Almost eight out of ten respondents use their car daily, according to the Cities Barometer. The study by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, for which Expresso is a media partner, also shows that there are significant differences in the perception of safety and community between larger and smaller territories.
Lisbon mayor, Carlos Moedas, gave an assurance today that he will take measures to tackle risky behaviour by people using electric scooters, highlighting the “utter chaos” caused by parking and The post Lisbon mayor guarantees steps to tackle “utter chaos” of electric scooters in city appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The local authority clarified that the tender was launched in coordination with the Matosinhos City Council and that the project is applying for funding through the Portugal Ciclável 2030 programme.
A new 9.1-kilometre cycle path will connect the Trindade metro station in Porto to São Mamede de Infesta in Matosinhos, passing by schools and universities, the São João Hospital, metro stations, public transport hubs, sports and cultural facilities, commercial zones, and employment areas. “This proximity to so many destinations...”
The Coimbra City Council made a positive assessment today of the first day of mobility changes in the city centre, with the expansion of the 'metrobus' and the closure of roads to general traffic.
Porto loses at least 100 million euros in potential annual revenue associated with illegal parking, according to the diagnosis made in the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS) consulted today by Lusa. These data also allow for an estimated potential revenue loss of about 100 million euros per year, from a perspective...
The figures are based on towing operations carried out by the Municipal Police, which collects “about 15,000 vehicles annually, an average of five vehicles towed per day”.
The Mayor of Porto, Pedro Duarte, stated this Friday that shared electric scooters “are a problem” in the city and wants stricter enforcement, while also admitting to replacing them with a focus on other soft mobility modes, such as bicycles. “Scooters are a problem in the city nowadays. I do not hide it, it is true, they are a...
The true sign that summer is over is not the calendar, but the abrupt drop in the city's performance. It begins with the chaotic choreography of hazard lights at 8:20 am and, like any bad loop process, the collapse repeats with the same intensity at 5:00 pm during pick-up time. Roads that should flow turn into a gridlock of double-parking, sudden braking, and honking. September brings the return to school and, with it, the predictable crash of our mobility. The temptation for those who design the rules is almost always to blame the end-user—the parents—labeling them as lazy. This is a basic diagnostic error. A child starting primary school lacks the cognitive or motor autonomy to cross complex intersections or manage subway transfers alone. Without scalable and safe alternatives, the private car is not a whim; it is the only safeguard that works in practice. The real structural bug lies in the lack of vision and planning for the daily journey: the vast majority of schools lack drop-off bays, decompression lanes, or monitored quick-rotation spaces. The result is a bottleneck that affects the entire network kilometers away, twice a day. Worse: by forcing kids to zigzag between open doors, buses, and frustrated drivers, the government and local authorities create a critical safety failure. The classic solution of throwing crisis management at the police or planting more bollards is the equivalent of restarting the system without fixing the code. An out-of-the-box response requires attacking the root of the flow: treating school transport not as a private family problem, but as basic urban mobility infrastructure. Instead of subsidizing beautification projects, we perhaps need to structure hyper-local, on-demand electric shuttle micro-networks with certified chaperones. A sustainable route, integrated into social transit passes, removes 20 to 30 cars from the asphalt every fifteen minutes, immediately optimizing the street. The fluidity of a city is not achieved just by widening roads or building mega-roundabouts. It is achieved by optimizing the most obvious daily blockages. Untying the Gordian knot that strangles the school block at eight in the morning and five in the afternoon is the best way to return hours of life, efficiency, and clean air to us all.
