The plan will be introduced for a three-month trial period on April 26. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LISBON - This month, Lisbon will become the latest European city to bar through-traffic from its city centre.
After the zones’ introduction, cars trying to cross town will instead be directed to a semi-circular ring of major roads just beyond Lisbon’s downtown, which will act as a de facto beltway. And the zones are being justified with reasons that even the most avid devotee of private cars might see the sense of.
There is nonetheless a greater sense of change in the air than this short-term pragmatism alone might suggest. As some Portuguese transit experts have pointed out, the plan could also help Lisbon reach the challenging goal of
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