Shared scooters suspended in Lisbon

In a social media video, the mayor says the system "is not working," emphasising the need for "everyone to be able to move around safely."

In a video shared on social media, Moedas says the system "is not working" and emphasises the need for everyone to move around safely in the city. The mayor also says that he considers the situation in Lisbon shameful, mentioning "scooters going the wrong way, dangerous behaviour, more accidents, and scooters abandoned in public spaces."

The mayor also says more than 1200 scooters are collected per month because, as he told the Now channel, improper parking of this mode of transport is a problem.

Carlos Moedas further states that accidents have increased and calls for special attention to the number of minors using this means of transport, underscoring that it poses a "very serious problem of safety and public space."

The President of the CML had already said on 28 September that he intended to take measures to combat risky scooter-user behaviour, but had not given any details.

The Automobile Club of Portugal (ACP) announced that, in a petition, it collected 20,000 signatures from citizens registered in Lisbon for a municipal referendum on whether to continue the city's shared electric scooter system.