Via Verde City Planner is your newest best friend to avoiding traffic in Porto

The Via Verde (literally "Green Lane"), which is an electronic toll collection system applied to all toll roads and bridges in Portugal since April 1991, and which is operated by multiple operators, the main being Brisa - Auto-estradas de Portugal, has launched a new app in the city of Porto which offers live traffic reports to help solve congestion problems within the city.

The Via Verde City Planner "is a free app that congregates different partners and mobility services", as explained by Cristina Pimentel, Transport Councillor of Porto City Hall. The app, which does not require registration nor login, enables users to build and use live maps, real-time traffic updates and turn-by-turn navigation for an optimal commute.

Metro do Porto, CP, STCP, Rodonorte, Autoviação Pacense, RadiTáxis, Taxis Invicta, MyTaxi and Cabify are already listed as players and other operators are expect to do so shortly.

Uber is not a partner as it requested exclusivity, according to the official statement by the project developers.

The Via Verde system was the first electronic collection system to be universally applied to all the tolls in a country. It can operate with any bank in the country, as there is a fully integrated cross-bank network (the SIBS network).