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Maceió installs educational speed monitors on its waterfront cycle path
Maceió’s Department of Municipal Transport and Traffic installed speed monitors at four points on the waterfront cycle path.
The devices are intended for people using bicycles, electric bicycles and electric scooters.
They are part of an educational campaign about speed limits and circulation rules, not a system for issuing fines.
The monitors show users how fast they are travelling and help the department collect speed data.
On paths and areas reserved for pedestrians, electric scooters are limited to 6 km/h, while electric bicycles are not allowed; limits in cycle lanes and shared areas range from 20 to 25 km/h.
The aim is to encourage safer sharing of space by riders and pedestrians.
The department has also stepped up guidance and enforcement under a 2026 rule regulating shared bicycles and electric scooters in Maceió.
Maceió’s transport department installed educational speed monitors at four points along the city’s waterfront cycle path.
The devices display speeds and collect data but do not issue fines.
The campaign aims to explain speed limits and circulation rules to bicycle, electric bicycle and electric scooter users.
Officials say the initiative is intended to encourage safer sharing of the waterfront with pedestrians.
- Who
- Maceió’s Department of Municipal Transport and Traffic (DMTT).
- What
- It installed educational speed monitors at four points on the waterfront cycle path. The devices do not issue fines.
- When
- The monitors were reported installed by October 13, 2026.
- Where
- The waterfront cycle path in Maceió, including an area near Nova Orla in the Pajuçara neighborhood.
- Why
- To inform users about speed limits and circulation rules, collect speed data and encourage safer coexistence with pedestrians.
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DMTT held an educational activity near the equipment in the Nova Orla area of Pajuçara.
Reports said speed monitors had been installed at four points on Maceió’s waterfront cycle path.
- Number of locations
- Four points on the waterfront cycle path
- Monitor purpose
- Educational; displays speed and collects data
- Fines
- The devices do not issue fines
- Electric scooters on sidewalks
- Maximum speed of 6 km/h
- Cycle paths and shared areas
- Limits range from 20 km/h to 25 km/h