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Learning from Barcelona

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  1. paolobr
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    http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/11/6-ideas-every-city-should-steal-barcelona/3998/

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    1. Don't think like a city planner, architect or engineer. Think like a citizen.

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    3. Make walking (and biking) irresistible.

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    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.

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    If only we could :-(

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. Charlethepar
    Member

    Superblocks!

    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.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  3. chdot
    Admin

    From Superblocks link

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    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.

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    Posted 9 years ago #

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