Moraes Partially Blocks São Paulo’s App‑Motorcycle Rules by Nixing ‘Red Plate’ Demand

Overview

• STF minister Alexandre de Moraes granted a monocratic injunction suspending parts of São Paulo’s new law on app‑based motorcycle passenger services.
• The decision halts the requirement to register bikes with commercial ‘red plates’ and prevents the city from stalling authorization beyond 60 days.
• Provisions that equated app‑based motorcycle transport with the public mototaxi service were suspended for overreaching municipal authority.
• Requests to freeze technical and qualification rules, including engine‑size limits and mandatory training courses, were denied and remain valid.
• Uber and 99 have not broadly resumed the service in the capital, and the city government criticized the ruling as it prepares for plenary review at the Supreme Court.