Ricardo Nunes (MDB) informed that he has until December to determine the rules of the format and is betting on the PL in Congress to block the transfer in the capital, São Paulo.
the Sao Paulo City Hall It has until December 8 to organize a motorcycle passenger service in the country Capital of Paulista.
In September, the São Paulo Court of Justice (TJ-SP) deemed the municipal decree banning this type of transportation in the city unconstitutional, and set a 90-day deadline for the city council to regulate this activity, which is currently banned on São Paulo’s roads.
City Mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB) has been locked in a legal dispute since 2023 against platforms such as 99 and Uber, which are trying to implement motorcycle passenger services in São Paulo. Nunes claims the risk of accidents increases, while companies defend this method as an alternative to traveling in areas not reached by public transport.
But the mayor accumulated defeats in this struggle. After the 2023 Decree was declared unconstitutional by the TJ-SP, The Federal Supreme Court also ruled that Law No. 18156/2025 was unconstitutional.approved by the São Paulo government in June of this year, which gave municipalities the autonomy to intercept or allow taxis and motorcycles with motorcycle applications.
In both cases, the decisions were motivated by the direct suit of unconstitutionality brought by the National Service Union, which claimed that the state ruling infringed on the union’s jurisdiction to legislate on traffic and transportation.
In suspending the law by judicial order, Rapporteur Minister Alexandre de Moraes noted that the rule created standards and requirements not provided for in federal legislation and would allow municipalities to organize the service in a way that was not consistent with what the Federation had established. All other ministers continued to vote in favor of unconstitutionality.
Nunes refuted the decision and stated that there was no violation of jurisdiction. “If they (STF Ministers) We understand that there is a gap in the federal legislation – from my point of view, there is none -, they could have had the sensitivity to create a system so that we can preserve lives,” the mayor said during the agenda on Monday, 10.
Although STF and TJ realize that the City Council does not have the power to block the service, the type of transportation is not offered because the activity has not yet been organized.
Maneuver through a bill in Congress
When asked how it intends to regulate the service — whether through an ordinance or by holding public hearings — the City Council did not respond.
The press office of the report sent an audio recording to the mayor, recorded in his diary on Tuesday, in which he stated that he expected Approval of the draft law By Federal Representative Mauricio Neves (PP-SP), which could prevent passenger transportation service on motorcycles.
The proposal sets the conditions that enable municipalities to submit the formas long as they have low rates of traffic fatalities and the availability of hospital beds to care for accident victims. Since the capital rate is high, Nunes believes he will be excluded from the license.
Nunes said: “I have already spoken in the Senate with President Davy Alcombre, and in the Council with President Hugo Motta. We have taken all the data and statistics, which shows the importance of approving this law.”
“I have to race against time to approve Mauricio Neves’ bill, and in doing so save lives,” the mayor added, without giving further details about the regulatory process.Collaboration with Malo Mais
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