Government: Urban mobility news in Portugal

The end of the shared electric scooter system in Lisbon has been approved

Operators must remove all electric scooters from the Lisbon municipality by the end of the year if they do not respond to the City Council's decision within 10 days. The Livre party considers that the measure raises legal doubts.

Lisbon. Suspension of e-scooters to be discussed this Wednesday

Carlos Moedas' absolute majority in the Lisbon City Council is expected to approve the proposal to suspend shared e-scooters in Lisbon. The mayor points to “a huge safety problem”.

Livre/Lisbon accuses Moedas of wanting to ban scooters to 'hide what he has not done'

In September 2022, the Lisbon City Council unanimously approved the start of the Shared Soft Mobility Regulation, but the document has not been presented so far, Livre recalled.

PCP: Moedas was 'complacent' regarding e-scooters

Following the announcement of the suspension of shared e-scooters, the communists are demanding the regulation promised in 2022 and are proposing a study to integrate the service into the municipal Gira network.

ACP satisfied with suspension of e-scooters in Lisbon

The president of the ACP says the ban is the “only possible measure” and that the referendum will follow normal procedures — but it may be cancelled if Moedas bans e-scooters definitively.

Lisbon mayor wants to suspend shared electric scooters

Mayor of Lisbon promises to focus on bicycles following suspension of electric scooters

The Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, justified the decision to suspend electric scooters on Friday, citing the number of accidents and the abandonment of the equipment, promising to invest in the Gira shared bicycle system.

Shared scooters suspended in Lisbon

Proposal to suspend e-scooters in Lisbon to be discussed at Wednesday's city council meeting

Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas announced that the shared e-scooter system would be suspended in the capital, citing various problems with the circulation of these vehicles.

Carlos Moedas wants to ban e-scooters in Lisbon

The mayor argues that there is a problem with improper parking and another regarding safety.

Carlos Moedas wants to ban e-scooters in Lisbon

The mayor argues that there is a problem with illegal parking and another regarding safety.

The automobile and urban mobility dogmas

A mobility policy should be concerned with how many destinations each person can reach, in how much time, at what cost, and with what reliability.

Moedas guarantees measures to combat problems with e-scooters in Lisbon

The Mayor of Lisbon says he will take action, but does not specify what those measures will be. On Wednesday, electric micromobility will be discussed in Parliament.

CNN Portugal Summit | Thomas Ableman explains the impact of public transport on a city's wealth

The consultant argues that public transport should be the central pillar of urban mobility policies and cites London as a success story.

20,000 signatures on ACP petition against the 6,000 e-scooters in Lisbon

The goal is to take the end of shared e-scooters in the capital to a referendum.

Lisbon wants municipal referendum on electric scooters

ACP collects 20,000 signatures from Lisbon residents to take e-scooters to a municipal referendum

The signature collection began in early August among ACP members and was subsequently extended to the city streets, with collection points in different locations across Lisbon.

Porto mobility 'costs' 1.2 billion over 10 years

The total execution of Porto's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS) has an estimated cost of 1.2 billion euros, distributed among various entities over 10 years, with half of the value corresponding to new metro lines. 'For the global execution of this PMUS action plan, an investment of approximately 1.2 billion will be necessary...'

Porto loses 100 million euros in potential annual revenue due to illegal parking

The data is highlighted by the diagnosis conducted in the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.

Pedro Duarte prefers to promote bicycles in Porto

Porto wants to curb the use of shared electric scooters and strengthen enforcement, with mayor Pedro Duarte admitting to the replacement of these vehicles with bicycles and other soft mobility modes.

Traffic changes in downtown Coimbra move forward amid criticism

The opposition believes that the conditions for such a “radical” change have not been met and that mobility patterns cannot be altered by decree.

Coimbra prepares concession for e-scooters in the municipality

The city council states that the city is not equipped to handle shared e-scooters without regulations. The opposition advocates for regulation rather than the elimination of the service.

E-scooters: ban or govern?

The Automobile Club of Portugal is promoting a proposal for a municipal referendum on the future of shared e-scooter platforms in Lisbon. While the concern is legitimate, the proposed solution warrants deeper reflection. The issue is not the e-scooters themselves, but how they were introduced and are being used. A new form of mobility requires preparation, education, infrastructure adaptation, and enforcement. Prohibition treats everyone as an offender, whereas regulation distinguishes between those who follow the rules and those who do not. I trust the work Gonçalo Reis is developing in Lisbon's mobility sector, as it seeks to integrate all forms of transport rather than pitting them against each other. I voted for Carlos Moedas and his strategic vision for the city, and I prefer a city that governs rather than one that restricts citizens' choices at every difficulty.

Expansion of rail passes in Lisbon and Porto is "populist": there are "supply problems"

Fernando Nunes da Silva, a transport expert and former city councillor, regrets that the expansion of the green rail pass in the Lisbon and Porto metropolitan areas is not accompanied by an increase in supply. He also fears there will be an impact on the Navegante and Andante systems.

Petition calls for ban on shared electric scooters in Portugal