A while ago, on Web Summit 2019, I talked to a start-up (then Ubirider, now Pick by Ubirider) that was ready to revolutionize the public transit system in Lisbon. Their goal was for everyone who lived in one of the 18 municipalities of the Greater Lisbon area to travel to anywhere of these cities using the same travel card. I was excited about the idea but thought I would never see it in my lifetime.
Eventually, the government made it happen before 2020, and now anyone with a monthly pass (called Navegante) or a travel card can hop on a bus, a ferry, a tram, or a train to anywhere in these 18 cities. For families, that also meant reducing the cost of one pass to 40€ instead of the hundreds of euros they had to pay for a monthly pass that combined different fares and transportation.
This app Pick Hub won’t be much helpful if you’re traveling, but for digital nomads or ex-pats planning to move to Lisbon or any other Greater Lisbon cities, it will be handy to renew your monthly pass. It takes less than two minutes to renew and saves you the trouble (and lines) of doing it at the ticket booths.
Cannot find culture Mee app option, available:( are there any others i can use before leaving for Lisbon? Or any other websites or recommendations on the subject matter Please?
Hello Bonnie! Thanks for the heads-up on the app. Their app seems to be unavailable at the moment. Alternatively, I can suggest Atlas Lisboa (https://www.atlaslisboa.com) as the closest best source of information and they also have a mobile app. It’s really a shame that Culture Mee isn’t available. Hope this helps!
This post was super useful! I will definitely be using GoEuro and CultureMee to learn about and navigate the city during my business trip to Lisbon.