The Lisbon mayor believes that it was important to “take the step” in the trend towards free transport and that it is “a pride to say that Lisbon has managed and can really lead in what is the change of the energy transition through free public transport for the younger and older people”, when “very few capitals in Europe have done so”.
The Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas, said this Tuesday that he is trying to solve the problem of displaced students who, because they have no tax address in the city, do not have access to free passes.
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The mayor, who was speaking this Tuesday at the conference “The challenges of mobility in the Metropolitan Area”, organized by the Mobility and Transport Authority (AMT), also said that already 40,000 Lisbon residents have signed up for the free passes, 30,000 of whom are people over 65 years old and 10,000 are students.
Carlos Moedas pointed out that one of the problems detected was precisely that of young people who come to Lisbon to study, as he came from Beja, and are not entitled to free public transport because they do not want to change their address, “especially those who come from the islands, that if they change their home address change the household.
