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Rui Tavares, Free spokesman
Rui Tavares wants national mobility that covers various transport: from trains to boats, passing through the taxis.
The free spokesman on Monday defended the creation of a National mobility pass.
Rui Tavares that this passes covers several transport, such as trains, buses, boats and taxi.
The goal is for people to have more freedom of movement and make use of available services.
In what was the only action of Free Day, at Cais do Sodré, Lisbon, Rui Tavares arrived by bicycleSomething that, he commented, often happens in his travels, namely to the Assembly of the Republic.
“I use multiple transport, from my own car, to buses, trains and, above all, bicycle now having a dock with the Assembly of the Republic, which makes it much easier,” he said.
In order for people to use the various means of transport available, Rui Tavares wants to create a national mobility pass.
“The goal is that the national mobility pass does not cover only rail and road mode, but the various modalities of transport, including boats and, in low density zones, taxis, for example,” he explained.
“Even in the taxis” – and explains
In these zones, often the taxi is the unique means of that people have to go to Health Center or the City Council And therefore, this means of transport can be included in a global solution, he specified.
According to Rui Tavares, who was accompanied by the parliamentary leader, Isabel Mendes Dias, in the distribution of pamphlets in Cais do Sodré, the great purpose of this measure is give freedom of circulation to people.
“To be free a person cannot be closed at home, he has to be able to walk in his country and make use of the services that help him in everyday life,” he said.
In addition to the creation of this pass, Rui Tavares also defended the enlargement existing multimodal passes, namely including the river crossing Setúbal – Troia in the metropolitan navigator pass and promote the existence of multimodal passes in each and between intercity communities.
Rap for Tavares
Upon arrival, and while approaching whom he crossed after a day at work, Rui Tavares found a ‘rapper’ of Brazilian nationality that, improvised, created a support song and left him a request.
“Here Rui Tavares and Isabel, coming to the elections, look only on the 18th in the trap I don’t fall, I’m immigrant, I know that the immigrant to Portugal is very important, so vote if you want to be free, free from all the dictatorship and Also free from André Ventura“The rapper sang that, with this, tore laughing and applause to the Free Entteizer.
While confiding that free, in a while, collected many signatures at Sodré Pier, Rui Tavares, who also had the company of Francisco Pauli, party candidate in the last European elections, found a 22 -year -old who secured his vote.
“The country needs a new left“He said.