The Automobile Club of Portugal (ACP) is promoting a street initiative to collect signatures with a view to presenting, at the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, a proposal for a municipal referendum on the shared electric scooters in the municipality of Lisbon, as disclosed in a press release.
According to the same source, the street action will run until September 13 and will include ACP signature collection points at various points in the city of Lisbon.
The signature collection has been underway since the start of August, having initially begun among ACP members and is exclusively aimed at citizens aged 18 or over registered in the Municipality of Lisbon, since it is a proposal for a municipal referendum directed at Lisbon voters.
The initiative aims to create conditions for Lisbon residents to express their views on the continuation of the operation of shared electric scooter services in the municipal public domain, after the term of the authorizations currently in force.
For the ACP, the growth of shared electric scooters in Lisbon has raised relevant questions related to the use of sidewalks and pedestrian areas, pedestrian safety, urban accessibility, municipal mobility, the use of public space, enforcement and the quality of life of residents. These are topics that affect daily life for those who live, work and move around the city, justifying their consideration by local voters.
In recent years, shared electric scooters have emerged as a flexible and sustainable solution for urban mobility. However, their growing presence in public space has been associated with problems such as disorderly parking, circulation in pedestrian zones, encroachment on sidewalks, enforcement difficulties and risks for users and third parties.
Only in Lisbon, there are around 6,000 shared scooters circulating on public roads, according to information already released by the ACP. The club has warned about the need for greater safety, organization and enforcement, considering that the issue goes beyond mobility and enters the realm of urban management, accessibility and quality of life.
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