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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 13 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 10 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 10 years ago #

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