The potential of implementing superblocks for multifunctional …
Mar 3, 2022 · Superblock design reduces space assigned to cars to enable alternative uses for improving liveability and sustainability. Here, the potential for superblock transformation is systematically...
Opinion | How superblocks can help your neighborhood feel less …
Aug 13, 2024 · This graphic shows how traffic could be diverted in a superblock to create pedestrian-first areas. Cars can still access the area, but through-traffic is blocked.
How Barcelona's "Superblocks" Pedestrian Plan Hopes to …
Oct 1, 2016 · As shown in the video, a Superblock closes off traffic within a square of nine city blocks, with main traffic only allowed around the perimeter. A "one-way system inside the Superblock makes it...
Barcelona's car-free smart city experiment - BBC
Superblocks is a radical plan to reclaim the streets from the noise and pollution of traffic, one that could save hundreds of lives that might otherwise be lost because of heavily polluted air. It...
How Barcelona’s ‘superblocks’ could work in other cities
Mar 21, 2022 · When the city of Barcelona started rolling out new “superblocks” in 2016—nine-block grids that reclaim streets from cars and turn them into pedestrian-first zones—the idea was controversial.
Redesigning the Grid: Barcelona’s Experiment with Superblocks
Dec 18, 2017 · The superblock strategy moves the focus away from private cars and toward public systems, which can mean anything from buses to autonomous cars, supporters say. “The future of mobility is not having your private car,” Guallart says.
Barcelona's experience with, and plans for, superblocks
Nov 14, 2022 · Superblocks help our journey towards carbon neutrality, reducing the entry of cars into the city and promoting public transport. Superblocks are part of an all-encompassing strategy to transform the main thoroughfares of Barcelona, which today are urban highways.
Barcelona’s radical plan to take back streets from cars - Vox
Apr 9, 2019 · Now Barcelona is implementing an urban plan that would decisively change that, pushing cars off most streets and turning the land over to citizens for mixed-use public spaces, or “superblocks.”
Barcelona Superblocks: Reclaiming Streets For People
Oct 9, 2024 · Barcelona Superblocks are a new and exciting way of organizing city streets. They’re designed to make urban areas better for people to live in, rather than just being spaces for cars to drive through. A Superblock is typically made up …
Superblocks, green hubs ans squares | Barcelona Superblock
The Superblock programme is taking a step forward and becoming Superblock Barcelona, the street transformation model for the entire city, helping citizens to reclaim part of the space currently occupied by private vehicles.