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Cristina Junyent Barcelona Geographical situation Egalitarian City design BCN : 1.604.555 hab (16.716 hab /km 2 ) AMB : 5.029.181 hab (15.267 hab /km 2 TRAFFIC 200,000 people come daily 78% by car + 22% by bus Get rid one of five cars What’s going on, in Barcelona? Tourism Hotel: 2015 8,3M people Cruisers: 1,8M people yearly important in economy Equilibrium with personality And sustainability of the city

Orthogonal Bus Network October 1, 2012: 28 new lines, 8 horizontal, 17 vertical and 3 diagonal, allow 95% of the population of Barcelona commitment can move to any point of the city with only one change Conventional Retbus people capacity 90.000 60.000 km/h 11,9 15 buses 890 280 Bicing (March 2007) stop distance 300 650/430 Strengths frequency (min) 13 3 sharing 6.000 bicycles for 1,3M Response to a citizen need success with complaints: walking distances monthly short trips (< 15 min). Reduce carbon emissions and air pollution + 116 km bike lane Energy efficiency Sustainable mobility Integrate new bicycle and bus networks in Initiatives TOP-DOWN accordance with the Urban Mobility Plan of Weaknesses Barcelona, ​encourage traveling by bicycle and on foot, improve the distribution of goods, and reduce Difficulties for convince and engaging neighbours = Superblock noise and emissions. Revitalization of public space Pacify the streets, increasing spaces of stay and Different responses promote new uses for public space. Promotion of biodiversity and urban green spaces 1. Last one: public consultant sessions: high controversy Improving street trees, favored microhabitats to attract birds and increase green spaces through new 2. In a 10 year old superblock high satisfaction of neighbours community. Integration of the processes of governance Involving citizens in defining projects and development actions.

From professional entities Public financing Consensus conferences => Deliberative Conferences Doubts Deliberative DOCUMENT Acknowledgment Citizens table session concerns session PARLIAMENT experts experts Weaknesses Strengths public awareness and engagement All stakeholders MUST be engaged

Bottom up initiatives A contribution of the citizens of Barcelona make to improve our city. And a tool for community recognition , communication and awareness . Strengths Bottom up => many local leaders contribute Weaknesses help from the Town Hall => Rejection in some neighbourhoods http://www.bcnsostenible.cat

Strengths strong network highly committed and active Weaknesses sometimes you can see same faces some problems are not known or assumed

Strengths TOP-DOWN: Response to a citizen need • BOTTOM-UP => many local leaders contribute • BOTTOM-UP => strong network highly committed and active • Weaknesses TOP-DOWN: Difficulties for convince and engaging neighbors (loose some “comfort”) • TOP-DOWN: Rejection in some neighborhoods • All stakeholders MUST be engaged • Transfer knowledge to uncommitted citizens and, worse, to tourists • Difficulties to increase number of participants • There WILL be a change « We are doomed to understand one each other » Long view to adapt: 2050 Suggestions – Follow the way, call back participants in workshops – may be more people/groups? – Does it work? Risks, problems? Mend the line

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