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Barcelona Needs Swift Action Against Pollution
The capital of Catalunya is suffering from persistent high pollution due to car density and the largest number of motorcycles of any...
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2.3KBarcelona tackles its traffic, pollution with parking policies and superblocks
Cities of the Future talks to Barcelona’s mobility guru, Mercedes Vidal, about how the high pollution levels that are pushing the city...
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3.4KNo Free Parking — Leave Your Car At Home
Free and cheap parking is expensive for cities. It becomes a pull factor for commuters to bring their cars every day, together...
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Barcelona’s first Superblock, Fighting the Power of Habit and Wavering Political Will
A month ago, after nearly three decades of waiting, Barcelona urban designer Salvador Rueda finally saw the first “Superilla” (Superblock) installed in...
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29.2K1Superblocks, Barcelona Answer to Car-Centric City
Barcelona wants to be the world’s best city for people. To reclaim the public space and community living that residents lost to...
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5.3KBarcelona Facing New Housing Problems, and Airbnb
Barcelona is facing increasing pressure on its housing market, primarily in rental prices. The Mediterranean city, which last year became the third...
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Barcelona Ready for Mobile World Congress
How does a city handle the world’s biggest technology conference? Barcelona will answer that question this coming week when it hosts the...
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4.6KBarcelona’s Illegal Street Vendors Form Union to Defend Their Rights
Illegal street vendors across Barcelona’s tourist districts last week created their own union to negotiate with city officials. New leftist Mayor Ada...
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2.4KBarcelona wins five more years of MWC despite new mayor wobble
There’s nothing like continuity. Today, the GSMA announced that the Mobile World Congress — the world’s largest gathering of all things mobile — had extended its...
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Barcelona, Not Pedestrian Smart
Every day I take a walk to our favorite bakery to buy fresh bread, and every day I have to side-step dozens...
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