The automatic parking control announced by Rui Moreira, mayor of Porto, is at issue. Leitão da Silva clarified on 16 January that, for the time being, although the control was already being made, it was still being tested.

Leitão da Silva, when questioned, rejected the idea that the system, which consisted of placing cameras on municipal vehicles to control abusive parking, while registering licence plates, is a “hunt for fines”. The commander states that “what is to be expected is that, in a normal society, we will have a peak in enforcement, and then we will have a decrease in enforcement”, as it is expected that the abusive parking stops after the increase in controlling.

According to Leitão da Silva, the initiative pretends to act in two fields: second-row parking and abusive parking in residential areas. The commander of the municipal police has also highlighted how abusive parking may bring consequences to the citizens, namely the impossibility of ambulances “to get to someone's house, or firemen to get to someone's house.” To the official, the driver’s behaviour is “not only inappropriate but inadmissible in a democratic society.”

When questioned about the possible surprise of receiving a fine at home, the municipal police commander considered the “surprise should start when people park their cars abusively.” “In other words,” continued, “when I park my car badly, that surprise is no longer a surprise because I was the one who put myself in that situation”.

In addition to the municipal police system, on 3 February the Sociedade de Transportes Coletivos do Porto (STCP) will also be able to monitor improper parking in bus lanes and near bus stops, Leitão da Silva also told journalists.

Porto City Council has also acquired mobile radars, which have been operating since 2024, and this year has received 24 new vehicles to help with the control. The mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, said that in the last 10 years, the municipality has invested “more than half a million euros in traffic enforcement in the city”. To increase the traffic control in the city, Porto expects to hire 31 new officers, having available “more than 50 officers specialised in traffic enforcement.”

Rui Moreira also said that the municipality is studying “the installation of fixed speed cameras” to “reduce accidents.”