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Public transport, infrastructure, and mobility in Portugal.
Porto's Assembleia Municipal Approves Free Public Transport for the City's 252,687 Residents — €20.5 Million-a-Year Cartão Porto Will Cover the Whole Andante Network From January 2027, With a Pedro Duarte Push to Pull the Start Forward to This Summer

Porto's Assembleia Municipal Approves Free Public Transport for the City's 252,687 Residents — €20.5 Million-a-Year Cartão Porto Will Cover the Whole Andante Network From January 2027, With a Pedro Duarte Push to Pull the Start Forward to This Summer

Porto's Assembleia Municipal voted Monday night to make public transport free for the city's 252,687 residents — a €20.5 million-a-year Cartão Porto scheme covering the entire Andante network. Legal start: 1 January 2027. Câmara president Pedro Duarte is pushing for a summer 2026 rollout.
The Portugal Brief
Tolls and the Via Verde System in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the SCUT Corridors and the Tolled-Highway Map, the Identifier Devices, the Easy Toll, Toll Card and Visitors Schemes, and the Foreign-Plate Pitfalls

Tolls and the Via Verde System in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the SCUT Corridors and the Tolled-Highway Map, the Identifier Devices, the Easy Toll, Toll Card and Visitors Schemes, and the Foreign-Plate Pitfalls

Portugal's toll system is two networks: the manned-and-Via-Verde tolled highways and the all-electronic SCUT corridors that have no booths at all. A 2026 guide for foreign residents to the devices, prices, the Easy Toll / Toll Card / Visitors options and the foreign-plate pitfalls.
The Portugal Brief
Fundo Ambiental's New €20 Million EV Incentive Round Opens in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per Light Passenger Car, €1,500 Cap on Bicycles, and a December Programme That Sold Out in Hours Sets the Bar

Fundo Ambiental's New €20 Million EV Incentive Round Opens in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per Light Passenger Car, €1,500 Cap on Bicycles, and a December Programme That Sold Out in Hours Sets the Bar

The Government will open a new €20 million Fundo Ambiental incentive round for electric vehicle purchases in May or June 2026 — €4,000 to €5,000 per car at a €38,500 price ceiling, and €500 to €1,500 for bicycles. The December 2025 round sold out the same day.
The Portugal Brief
Metro de Lisboa Cuts the Linha Verde Between Cais do Sodré and Martim Moniz From Saturday 2 May to Tuesday 5 May for Linha Circular Tunnel Works — Carris Reroutes Bus 208, 760, 207 and Tram 15E and 25E to Plug the Gap

Metro de Lisboa Cuts the Linha Verde Between Cais do Sodré and Martim Moniz From Saturday 2 May to Tuesday 5 May for Linha Circular Tunnel Works — Carris Reroutes Bus 208, 760, 207 and Tram 15E and 25E to Plug the Gap

Metro de Lisboa suspends the Linha Verde between Cais do Sodré and Martim Moniz from Saturday 2 May to Tuesday 5 May for Linha Circular tunnel works. Trains run only between Martim Moniz and Telheiras; Carris adds capacity on bus 208, 760, 207 and trams 15E and 25E. Service resumes Wednesday 6 May.
The Portugal Brief
Carris's Tourism Arm Walks Out for Twelve Hours on 2 and 9 May — STRUP Calls Two Saturday Strikes at Carristur Over Pay, the 35-Hour Week and a Stalled Acordo de Empresa, With Hop-on Hop-off Buses, Historic Trams and Tagus Cruises Exposed

Carris's Tourism Arm Walks Out for Twelve Hours on 2 and 9 May — STRUP Calls Two Saturday Strikes at Carristur Over Pay, the 35-Hour Week and a Stalled Acordo de Empresa, With Hop-on Hop-off Buses, Historic Trams and Tagus Cruises Exposed

STRUP/Fectrans has filed twelve-hour strike notices at Carristur — Carris's wholly owned tourism arm — for Saturday 2 May and Saturday 9 May, 07:30-19:30. Hop-on hop-off buses, historic-tram rentals and Tagus cruises are exposed; regular Carris city services are not covered.
The Portugal Brief