Community projects worth getting to know.
Transport.live seeks to show, in a single space, information in real time about Lisbon's public transports. It integrates data from Metro de Lisboa, Carris and GIRA. The project is developed by programmer José Carneiro.
Intermodal is a web platform developed by volunteers who challenged themselves to map the entire Carris Metropolitana network and present it in a different way. Intermodal is expected to grow and include other operators in the future.
Next Metro is a web application developed by Cláudia Conceição and João Almeida, two young programmers who were looking for an easy place where they could see how long it is until the next Metro.
GeoBus is an iOS/macOS application that allows you to see the location of Carris buses in real time. Just indicate the bus number. You can also search by stop and add buses to favorites.
Perturbações.pt is a site that tracks and analyzes the Lisbon Metro's disturbance data over the last days, weeks and months. It is one of the oldest community projects related to transport in Lisbon.
City community works.
Every Tuesday eveninga group of people, experienced in cycling in the city, get together in Saldanha for a ride around the city. Each LisBORA ride is defined by one of the people in the community, who makes and shares on WhatsApp the route map. O Meeting point is at 8 pm at Saldanha Square (in front of the Atrium)All the rides are about 1h30 long and always end with a social gathering at the end, with food and beer to mingle. Lights on the bike are mandatory and helmet is advised.
Once in a while, it's good to get out of the city. Get some air, another air, and discover new areas. This is the motivation behind LisFORA, a spin-off of the bicycle tour that takes place every Tuesday in Lisbon. There is no regularity for LisFORA: the tours are arranged when people feel like it in a WhatsApp group. The trips are always two days long and also allow you to gain experience and autonomy in cyclotourism. The trips are made by train, boat and bus if necessary. Join the WhatsApp group and find out about the next LisFORA.
If you are just starting to ride and still have some fears, or if you are looking for a more relaxed atmosphere, this is the ride for you. It takes place in second Sunday of every month, in the morning. The meeting point is at 9:30am at Saldanha Square (in front of the Atrium). Getting started in Lisbon gets easier and more enjoyable in the company of other bike riders; these tours seek to help with that. They are also great ways to make friends.
Organized around the world, Critical Masses are bicycle tours that seek to show that there is a "critical mass" in the use of this mode of transportation.
A Lisbon Critical Mass is the most active in all of AML; it takes place in the last Friday of every monthbeing the meeting point at 18h on Marquis of Pombal.
Almada's Critical Mass usually takes place in first Friday of every monthat 18hwith departure from Terminal Fluvial de Cacilhas.
Once a year, in September, women come together on the city's most "fancy" ride. The Fancy Women Bike Ride is an international movement that landed in Lisbon in 2021. This ride is accessible, with a 5 km route and a very relaxed atmosphere from start to finish.
Kidical Mass is a global movement that seeks to respond to and make visible the need and desire of children and adults to use active modes of travel in their daily lives. With the motto "Space for the Next Generation", Kidical Mass takes place twice a year: May and September.
MUBi is an association of urban cyclists working to improve conditions for the use of the bicycle as a utilitarian and recreational means of transport in Portugal. It believes in the recognition of the basic right to negative non-discrimination on a legislative and social level, as well as in the progressive restoration of the natural competitiveness of the bicycle in urban environments vis-à-vis the car.
Founded in November 2014, CICLODA -Associação Oficina da Ciclomobilidade is the result of the growth of the project that was at its genesis, Cicloficina dos Anjos. The purpose of Cicloda is to promote and develop urban mobility by bicycle, and to provide and support the use of bicycle tools.
Lisbon Possible is an activist collective that says it loves Lisbon and acts to build its green present. It believes that Lisbon is possible; in their words: "We want Lisbon to become a green city where we can breathe freely, walk, take public transport and bike safely everywhere."
The plan is simple: every Friday, we take the bicycle with us to the streets. We bike to work, to university, to shopping, to the garden, or to coffee with friends at the end of the day. From those who usually leave their bike at home to those who already bike regularly - everyone is invited. Join Bike Friday, no registration required but you can leave your name here.
The MUBi forum is an open, algorithm-free discussion space for those who commute by bike or on foot.
"The bicycle as a means of transport" and "Urban Cycling in Portugal" are the main cycling communities on Facebook. Very active groups where you can meet other people and keep up with the city's news.
With more than 55.5 thousand subscribers on YouTube, One Cyclist in Lisbon shares funny and curious moments that he comes across in his daily life in commute by bicycle. Without showing his face, Miguel shares Lisbon with the world. The channel started in 2016 and became a real success.
O LPP / Lisbon For People é um jornal local dedicado à cidade e à área metropolitana de Lisboa, editado de forma totalmente independente e sem fins lucrativos. Com uma edição em papel e outra online.