http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Learning from Barcelona en Tue, 19 May 2026 06:41:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9036#post-220206 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:00:03 +0000 chdot 220206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From Superblocks link</p> <p>"</p> <p>In the latest attempt from a big city to move away from car hegemony, Barcelona has ambitious plans. Currently faced with excessive pollution and noise levels, the city has come up with a new mobility plan to reduce traffic by 21%. And it comes with something extra: freeing up nearly 60% of streets currently used by cars to turn them into so-called “citizen spaces”. The plan is based around the idea of superilles (superblocks) – mini neighbourhoods around which traffic will flow, and in which spaces will be repurposed to “fill our city with life”, as its tagline says.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9036#post-220189 Tue, 17 May 2016 13:09:27 +0000 Charlethepar 220189@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/superblocks-rescue-barcelona-spain-plan-give-streets-back-residents">Superblocks!</a></p> <p>Private vehicles account for just 20% of total movements in the city today and yet they occupy 60% of roads. “We need to win the street back,” says Janet Sanz, city councillor for ecology, urbanism and mobility, who emphasised the need to encourage social cohesion, coexistence and human exchanges. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9036#post-92974 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:32:48 +0000 paolobr 92974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/11/6-ideas-every-city-should-steal-barcelona/3998/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/11/6-ideas-every-city-should-steal-barcelona/3998/</a></p> <p>"</p> <p>1. Don't think like a city planner, architect or engineer. Think like a citizen.</p> <p>...</p> <p>3. Make walking (and biking) irresistible.</p> <p>...</p> <p>Urban biking is growing fast in Barcelona, spurred on by the locals-only bikeshare system, and very simple bike-lane approaches (some separated, some not) to improve bike safety. When the city has incorporated separated bike-lanes, it’s taken from the 50 percent that's for the rest of traffic, not from the walking half.</p> <p>"</p> <p>If only we could :-( </p>