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Porto promotes bicycles over scooters

Porto plans to limit the use of shared electric scooters and strengthen regulation, with Mayor Pedro Duarte proposing bicycles as an alternative.

4 September 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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The municipality of Porto is establishing new guidelines for the use of shared electric scooters. Mayor Pedro Duarte highlighted that scooters pose a problem in the city and that measures should be implemented to limit their use.

Duarte suggested promoting bicycles and other forms of soft transportation as viable alternatives. The strategy includes enhancing regulation on the use of electric scooters, whose presence has generated concerns among citizens.

Duarte's proposal aims not only to improve urban mobility but also to promote more sustainable lifestyles. This approach reflects a growing trend in European cities to prioritize less polluting modes of transport.

The new measures are still under discussion, but the mayor has already expressed a clear preference for bicycles and other soft modes as part of a broader agenda for urban transport in the city.

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