In the funicular of Graça, in Lisbon, there will already be distinction between tourists and residents. City Hall wants to extend more public transport from Carris.
Electric 28, the lifts, the funicular and the elevator of Santa Justa are means of transport in the heart of the city of Lisbon where those who travel know how full they are from tourists.
In Lisbon, public transport became a symbol of the city and a tourist attraction point. That’s why those who don’t have a paid sailing pass 6 euros To come and go in a brief minutes in the Santa Justa elevator, or 4.1 euros to circulate in the Bica elevator.
The Lisbon City Council then decided to order Carris to start the implementRings separate for tourists and residents in public transport that constitute “high -pressure equipment”, the one in addition, the plan is also increase the value of individual tickets.
From May, the measure will begin to be applied in the newly created (opened in March 2024) funicular of Graça. One line is for those who have the navigating monthly pass, and another for those who get the punctual ticket. The goal of the House is to extend the measure to other structures of great influx.
“The purpose of this proposal is to find a legal and practical way to ensure the use of public transport by the population. It cannot be harmed by huge tourist search SEED IN SOME EQUIPMENT ”, explains the author of the proposal, Rui Franco, councilor of citizens by Lisbon (CPL).
“It is necessary to distinguish between a lady who comes loaded with the shopping bags, and wants to climb from Mouria to grace, and an outgoing tour of a cruise,” he exemplifies.
However, there are those who believe this plan will complicate the trip to Carris customers who, even if they do not have the monthly pass, use these equipment some frequently.
Carris says, however, that the application of the measure widely to various public transport will be “very complex“. This is because, admits the veted Rui Franco himself, the selection between residents and tourists can constitute a “sensitive matter, for constitutional reasons of non-discrimination.”
This is the case of communist councilman João Ferreira, who voted against the media because he considered that there is a “sultrapassable difficulty, which is to define who is a tourist. There is a great degree of indetermination. Any frequent but not everyday user, will be harmed. How do you do with these people? Are you going to the tourist line? ”
The councilman believes that “if a transport is overloaded,” the solution is “to increase the offer.”
