The place that car occupies in the cities has an effect on our living space. People that live in big cities such as New York, New Delhi, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid, etc. know that the living space is at the same time a precious and scarce good. That is why it...
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In Barcelona bike lanes are customized to the streets’ characteristics.
Customized bike lanes in Barcelona. Each city has its own strategy to design innovative streets that include bike lanes; in Barcelona, the people in charge of the mobility have decided to adapt each bike lane to each street. Moreover, there are streets where the bike...
Complete streets, livable cities.
Nowadays, we are facing the problem that many of the streets that constitute our cities do not embrace in the same way kids, elderly people, cyclists, people with reduced mobility, public transportation, etc. This is why, Complete Streets policies are gaining...
Cyclists and pedestrians together can get more livable and friendly cities.
The tranquillity of streets in a city and the generation of smoke-free spaces from exhaust fumes is one of the ways to make cities more livable and more friendly. The widespread use of bicycles in the city clearly contributes to the tranquillity but its growing...
New bicycle infraestructure in Barcelona: closer and better connected.
Barcelona has 172 kilometers of cycling infrastructure built or in progress that will operate at 100% by the end of the year. The city of Barcelona aims to deploy a complete bicycle infrastructure, connected and in good condition, so that it is useful for all citizens...
In Barcelona, citizens with disabilities are in charge of the accessibility diagnosis.
The 8.13% of the citizens of Barcelona (132,133 citizens) have some type of disability. 54% of these people are women and 46% are men. 51.3% are people over 5 years old. In both sexes, physical motor disability predominates, but in the case of women, the mental...
Bike lanes would allow preventing premature deaths in Europe.
Preventive Medicine has published a survey in which it is concluded that European cities would be able to avoid around 10.000 premature deaths if their bike lane networks get expanded. This research has been leaded by ISGlobal researchers within the framework of the...
Barcelona is working to become a 100% accessible city.
What do we know about universal accessibility? Universal accessibility means much more than being able to put a wheelchair on the bus or that a vision impaired person can cross a crosswalk because of the beeps that the traffic light emits when it turns green....
Event: Cycling + Walking Innovations 2017 in London.
Cycling + Walking Innovations 2017. Last Tuesday November 11th, it was celebrated the Cycling + Walking Innovations 2017. This event was addresed for transport professionals seeking to boost levels of walking and cycling using new technologies, innovative commercial...
Park & Ride : out-of-town parking to reduce cars in the city center
The Park & Ride concept refers to parking lots in the suburbs of the big cities to encourage people to park their vehicles there and go to the city center using public transport, bicycles or car sharing services. These parking lots are usually next to bus or rail...