NHowever, the area in which it will not be allowed to circulate with these vehicles will not be extended. As measures entersm in force next September.
Residents in the city of Lisbon with navigating public transport will be able, from September, to use the shared troties for free, but it is expected to widen the forbidden circulation zones, the Chamber revealed municipal.
As planned changes result from an addendum, signed on Monday, to the contract between the Lisbon City Council (CML) and the Five shared trotinets in the cityin January 2023, “introducing new rules for the circulation of these vehicles “.
HAS similarity to what is already happening with the bicycle network and with access to some parks of parking, the Lisbon with navigator pass will be able to use the shared troties for freewhich, according to the municipality, represents “another step in the integration of soft mobility into the transport system public “.
“Gratuity, however, will not be immediate. Operators estimate to need ‘up to two months’ to implement the measure, due to the need for technical integration with the Lisbon Metropolitan Transport Systems, the entity that manages the sailing pass,” said CML, thus pointing to the implementation of the measure from September.
O Navigator pass can be purchased monthly and allows the access to all public transport in the city, namely Carris, Metropolitano de Lisboa and CP – Comboios de Portugal.
Where is it prohibited to circulate?
A addendum to the contract between the CML and the five trotinet operators also provides for the widening of the prohibited circulation zones for Trotities.
“A from now on, besides the bus lanes, The circulation of these vehicles in gardens, exclusively pedestrian zones and central roads, such as Avenida da Liberdade “will be prohibited”said CML, explaining that the restriction will be digitally applied, through georeference, preventing the operation of vehicles in the zones defined.
Num A statement published on the CML website, the vice-mayor, Filipe Anacorete Correia (CDS-PP), which has the mobility pelro, said that these changes “improve public space” and make the sailing pass “a fully satisfactory alternative in terms of mobility”, encouraging Lisbon to “do without the car”.
A Since 2023, the autarchy has been applying several measures to sort and regulate the use of troties in the city, highlighting “the creation of” hotspots’ for parking, the limitation of the top speed to 20 km/hea reduction of the number of vehicles available, which fell 73%”. To organize “Chaos” caused by trotintes traffic in the citythe municipality and the operators agreed a maximum contingent of vehicles in circulationwhich will be 1,500 per operator in winter and that can go to the 1,750 in spring and in summer.
“At the momentthere are about six thousand troties in an authorized operation in Lisbon, “said the CML, which in the current term (2021-2025) is chaired by Carlos Cois (PSD), who rules without majority Absolute.
In January 2023, Carlos Coins stressed that the agreement with the operators gives solution to the three main problems detected in the use of these vehicles – the parking lot, the excessive number of three -speed trotintes and the excessive speed – while waiting for the realization of a municipal regulation on trotintes.
