The Porto Brief
The Porto Brief, Week of 6 September 2026: Illegal Parking Costs the City 100 Million Euros a Year, One Firm Bids for the Tow-Truck Contract, and Pedro Duarte Turns on the Scooters
Porto's ten-year mobility plan goes to a vote on Tuesday with a diagnosis that puts the cost of illegal parking at 100 million euros a year, the same meeting weighs a 4.98 million euro towing contract with a single bidder, and the mayor says shared scooters are a problem he means to shrink.
