Like many hilly cities around the world, Lisbon has a serious congestion problem, and its urban planners know that if more people were persuaded to cycle they could reap huge benefits in air quality, health and livability.
Enter the electric bike. In June Lisbon unleashed 100 public hire bikes – two thirds of them electric – on the streets of the leafy Parque das Nações neighbourhood. They are available to beta testers across 10 docking stations, via an app.
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The Project Lisbon Horizontal intends to create viable physical conditions (concept inspired by the Metro lines) which promote the usage of bicycles within the city of Lisbon, from a utilitary and pragmatic point of view, targeting every person from the working class to tourists, in a city where the environmental challenge as a major future priority![/caption]
The Project Lisbon Horizontal intends to create viable physical conditions (concept inspired by the Metro lines) which promote the usage of bicycles within the city of Lisbon, from a utilitary and pragmatic point of view, targeting every person from the working class to tourists, in a city where the environmental challenge as a major future priority![/caption]
