In the consultation period, running until 30 September, interested parties can consult the draft amendments and submit their comments or suggestions, by e-mail to: dm.dipm@cm-lisboa.pt or by post to Rua Alexandre Herculano, n.º 46, 4th floor, postal code 1269-054 - Lisbon.

According to mobility councillor, Miguel Gaspar, the new regulations, first presented to the press on 15 July, aim mainly to "improve the availability of car parking for residents".

Under the proposed changes, if they don’t already possess one, residents will be given a “resident parking disc” free of charge by Lisbon’s Municipal Mobility and Parking Company, EMEL.

Large families, with three or more children, where the youngest is up to 2 years old, "will be able to apply for a parking space at the door of their home".

EMEL will also create two new tariffs for the new brown and black parking zones, which will cost two euros and three euros per hour, respectively, up to a maximum of two hours.

Although these zones have not yet been defined, Miguel Gaspar advanced at the time that they will be in central Lisbon, namely in Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo and Avenida da Liberdade.

There are currently three tariffs, with green costing 80 cents per hour, yellow costing €1.20 and red €1.60 per hour.

Under the new regulations, residents will "be able to park at red zone tariffs (€1.60) in the new black zone (three euros)".

It will also be possible to park vehicles with shared mobility in places intended for residents only.

The Council also intends to simplify access to historic areas of the city in order to support ageing residents, also to carry out night and weekend guard duties in these areas.

As for scooters, "real-time data sharing in the city will be provided for" and "mechanisms will be put into place so that the council can charge for the [improper] parking of scooters".