The first 500 bicycles from the 4.3 million package that EMEL signed with the Soltráfego/MEO consortium are already circulating. The first electrified conventional bicycles are also on the streets.
EMEL is, from today until the end of the yearto be put into circulation 500 new electric bikes, reinforcing the existing network. The new cycles are the result of a mega package of 4.3 million eurosThis is an agreement that the municipal mobility company signed with the Soltráfego/MEO consortium, which provides for the supply of bicycles and parts until 2027.
At the same time, EMEL is carrying out the electrification of 400 conventional bicyclesIn this way, 90% of the GIRA offer will be in electric mode.. These two investments will enable the fulfillment of the goal set for this year: add 900 new electric bikes to the GIRA network, 500 new and 400 electrified.
The 500 new bikes can be identified on the street with a white commemorative stamp that reads "+500 GIRA on the net". The 400 conventional bikes that have been electrified can be distinguished by their rounded frame and a new sticker with a black background on which a number 7XX or 8XX.
"We remain committed to implementing good environmental practices and new mobility policies, and GIRA is a fundamental pillar of the city's environmental decarbonization strategy. More than 50% of Lisbon residents live, work or study less than 10 minutes from a GIRA station“Carlos Silva, president of EMEL, said in a statement sent to the media.
Already this year, 13 new GIRA stations have opened and it is expected that by the end of the first half of 2024 the activation of a further 19This brings the total number of active stations to 171. To be opened from the beginning of 2022, four GIRA stations in Belém's residential network - making these stations available to the community has been postponed by the Belém Parish CouncilHe said he would like to see them out of parking spaces (only one of the four stations has been relocated, at the request of the Council).
The new bikes are in line with the objectives set by the Lisbon City Council and EMEL to expand the fleet and at the same time make it more efficient. the GIRA network to reach every parish in the municipality by 2026 (o timing The initial deadline was 2025, which was delayed by a year).
Updated at 16:10 on 3/11/2023: clarification of information on Bethlehem.
