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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.
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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's municipal government has approved the suspension of shared e-scooters, with the PS, BE, and PCP abstaining. The Liberals did not justify their vote against the motion, only acknowledging 'problems' with the use of the vehicles.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The mayor argues that there is a problem with improper parking and another regarding safety.
The mayor argues that there is a problem with illegal parking and another regarding safety.
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.
The goal is to take the end of shared e-scooters in the capital to a 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.
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.
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.
The Automobile Club of Portugal (ACP) is collecting five thousand signatures to bring a simple question to the Municipal Assembly: should Lisbon stop authorizing shared e-scooters in public spaces once current licenses expire? This referendum is essentially a certificate of regulatory incompetence issued to Carlos Moedas. Despite agreements on parking zones and fleet caps, the city remains cluttered with improperly parked scooters, posing significant risks to pedestrians, the elderly, and the visually impaired. With enforcement lacking and accidents rising, the city faces a choice: hold operators accountable for user non-compliance or follow the lead of cities like Paris and Brussels in banning the service.
At issue is the ACP's initiative to try and promote a municipal referendum in Lisbon regarding the future of shared e-scooters.
The club is collecting the five thousand signatures required to initiate the process. ACP cites “increasing risks to the physical integrity of users and third parties” and the impact on public space.
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Right of reply from Carlos Barbosa, president of the Automobile Club of Portugal, to the opinion piece by Susana Peralta titled 'Carlos Barbosa holding back Lisbon since 2004', published on May 8th.
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