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Public transport, infrastructure, and mobility in Portugal.

A traditional black-and-green Lisbon taxi in a city square

The Transport Regulator Postpones New Taxi Fare Rules Until a Month After the Overhauled Ride-Hailing Law Takes Force

The AMT has delayed its new taxi price-formation rules so they take effect only 30 days after the revised TVDE law's decree enters force, buying time to reconcile the two rulebooks after objections from taxi associations.

The Portugal Brief 04 Aug 2026

A yellow Lisbon tram number 28 on a narrow cobbled city street lined with parked cars and pedestrians

The Mobility and Transport Fund Launches Its First Calls, Worth Nearly €2 Million

Portugal's Mobility and Transport Fund has opened its first funding calls — about €2 million for urban logistics, taxi-fleet decarbonisation and school mobility — the opening tranche of a €14.8 million scheme run by the IMT under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing.

The Portugal Brief 03 Aug 2026

A red Lisbon Metro train arriving at the colourful, tiled platform of Olaias station

Lisbon's Blue Metro Line Trims August Weekend Hours to Trial a New Signalling System

Through August, Lisbon Metro's Blue Line will close at midnight on Fridays and reopen at 07:30 on weekends so engineers can test a new CBTC signalling system that should eventually allow more frequent trains. Carris is laying on replacement buses.

The Portugal Brief 02 Aug 2026

The A1 motorway near Fátima in central Portugal, with blue overhead signs for Lisboa and Torres Novas and a white sign for Fátima and Batalha, cars in both carriageways under a hazy sky

Paying Portugal's Motorway Tolls in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Two Toll Systems, Via Verde, and the Easytoll, TollCard and Visitor Options for a Foreign-Plated Car

Portugal runs two toll systems on the same motorways, and one has no barriers at all — a camera reads your plate and expects payment arranged in advance. A practical 2026 guide to Via Verde, the electronic-only roads, and the Easytoll, TollCard and visitor options for a foreign-plated or rental car.

The Portugal Brief 31 Jul 2026

The yellow domed tower of the Palácio da Pena above Sintra, with visitors gathered on the terrace below and the Portuguese flag flying

A Court Takes Up Tour Operators' Fight Against Sintra's New Coach Limits, Handing the Council Ten Days to Respond

The Sintra Administrative and Fiscal Court has agreed to hear tour operators' injunction against the town's summer curbs on coaches and animation vehicles, giving the council ten days to justify a plan that pushes buses to a car park on the edge of the village.

The Portugal Brief 30 Jul 2026

The interior of a Lisbon Metro station with its distinctive yellow patterned azulejo tiles and a stairway handrail

A Burst Water Main Floods a Tunnel and Empties the Lisbon Metro's Red Line onto the Tracks

A water pipe burst near Encarnação station at around 5.20pm on 28 July, flooding a Red Line tunnel and stranding a train. After a passenger forced a door and walked onto the tracks, the Metro cut power to the whole line. No injuries were reported; EPAL was to repair the pipe that evening.

The Portugal Brief 29 Jul 2026

A yellow Comboios de Portugal locomotive and carriages at a rural station on the Linha do Alentejo in southern Portugal

Infraestruturas de Portugal Awards Zagope a €167 Million Contract to Rebuild the Poceirão–Bombel Line for the Lisbon–Madrid High-Speed Link

Infraestruturas de Portugal has handed Zagope a €167 million contract to rebuild and double the Poceirão–Bombel section of the Alentejo Line, part of the future Lisbon–Madrid high-speed route. The €270 million project, with €97.94 million in EU funding, runs about four years.

The Portugal Brief 28 Jul 2026

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