In central Barcelona, one in three streets will soon become “green axes” that prioritize people on foot and bikes instead of cars. On those streets, 21 intersections will be converted to public ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Barcelona, Spain, has set in motion an ambitious Urban Mobility ...

With the aim of cutting noise and pollution in the centre, the German city of Cologne is pinning its hopes on Barcelona's successful 'superblock' concept. So what exactly are superblocks - and what ...

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that all major cities are in search of a way to mitigate traffic. This is why Barcelona’s plan to implement “superblocks” is gaining traction with city planners ...

In Barcelona, “superblocks” closed off interior streets to through-traffic to prioritize pedestrian forms of travel. Now, a candidate for mayor in New York wants to import the concept to Manhattan.

From 2018 to the end of May 2024, Simon Kingham was chief scientist at the NZ Ministry of Transport. Marco Amati was an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, Ōtautahi Christchurch in 2022 ...

Antananarivo, Madagascar. Unlike the centrally planned superblocks of Barcelona, those in the developing world emerge in a more piecemeal, bottom-up manner, responding to the needs of micro locales ...

Barcelona’s innovative Superblocks, perhaps the best urban traffic-reduction plan in recent years, are drawing criticism from regular citizens. Not surprisingly, the whiners are drivers, and their ...

image: Study estimates that the creation of the 503 superblocks called for in the initial plan would reduce annual air pollution by 24%. view more Barcelona, September 9, 2019-. The city of Barcelona ...