"[The Government] has to look, because we have the targets set for us at European level, [and] 2030 is a very important target, we have to reduce our greenhouse gases by 55%, and the transport sector is a critical sector for achieving these objectives".

Cristina Pinto Dias was responding after being asked whether the new Government (PSD/CDS-PP) would seriously consider active mobility (cycling and walking), and stated that the change in the modal share that she intends to remove from cars to "public transport" includes "a value chain involving all modes".

"We cannot just look at the metro or just look at the bus, we have to look at all modes, and these two modes, cycling, and walking, particularly in large urban centres, are in fact an alternative that we must cherish and encourage", stressed the government official.

When asked whether the Portuguese are still attached to their cars, Cristina Pinto Dias stated that "the studies say exactly that", since the INE data shows that the modal share of individual transport grew from 62% in 2011 to 66% in 2021.

"There is a culture here that we have to change, and we have to change it with proven evidence. Better quality of service provided, shortening distances, promoting good intermodality between the different modes", she considered.

The Government intends to follow a mobility strategy "that is safe, interconnected, intermodal, intelligent and objectively sustainable".