The study: The CleanBusPT- Urban Public Transport in Portugal: The path to zero emissions was launched this February. Promoted by Fundação Mestre Casais and authored by Mr. José Gomes Mendes, former TDA chair and former Portugal’s Secretary of State for the Environment and Mobility together with Mr. Paulo Ribeiro, Assistant Professor of the University of Minho. This study counted with Portugal‘s Institute of Mobility and Transportation support. It aims to portray a scenario where the total decarbonisation of urban road transport vehicles in Portugal by 2034 is a reality.

Furthermore, this paper work characterises the bus fleet’s purposes for replacement criteria, the projected investment and the percentage of CO2eq reduction. It  explains what it takes to have cleaner air as a result of the use of urban sustainable transport and how this can be beneficial for the environment, people and economy. 

According to Mr. Gomes Mendes and Mr. Ribeiro, this is a critical decarbonisation program for the goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions established in the Climate Law, in the Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality and in the National Energy and Climate Plan (PNEC 2030) and it is an opportunity to present the decarbonisation trajectory of urban public transport in Portugal.