Participating towns and cities

SpainBarcelona, Spain

Population:
1.636.732 inhabitants
Department:
Gerència de l'Àrea d'Ecologia Urbana, Departament de Comunicació
Contact:
Anna Sánchez Jiménez
Avinguda Diagonal, 240, 08018 Barcelona
(++34) 667691268

Participation 2016

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Barcelona organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016, taking into account the annual theme.

All week
Activitats vinculades amb les entitats del Pacte per la Mobilitat de Barcelona. Cicle de xerrades sobre la Mobilitat a Europa. Expoelèctric. Bicicletada popular

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Barcelona implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
Develop public bicycle hiring and sharing systems
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Create or enlarge pedestrian streets
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Improvement and extension of the public transport services (express services, increase frequency etc)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets
Development of new technologies to improve public transport
The development of accessible transport services for all
Traffic calming and access control scheme
Speed reduction programmes in zones near schools
Elaboration of new residential areas
Accessibilities
Removal of architectonic barriers
Create useful tool for people with reduced mobility
New forms of vehicle use and ownership
Launch of online car-pooling and car-sharing schemes
Responsible car-use (eco-driving etc)
Use of clean vehicles
Freight distribution
New regulations for freight distribution
Use of clean vehicles
Create new platforms for freight transfer
Mobility management
Adoption of school travel plans
Create/establish mobility centers and on-line information services (eg travel planner)
Launch of awareness-raising campaigns
Create systems for buses and walking trains
Organisation of regular fora or surveys on public opinions and ideas

Car-free day Car-free day

Barcelona carries out a Car-Free Day 2016 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
Els equipaments (biblioteques, escoles, poliesportius, centres cívics, casals de barri i casals de gent gran treuran l'activitat habitual del centre al carrer. Talls de carrer vinculats a les demandes dels equipaments.