Barcelona Geographical situation Egalitarian City design BCN : - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Cristina Junyent

Barcelona

Geographical situation Egalitarian City design

BCN: 1.604.555 hab

(16.716 hab /km2)

AMB: 5.029.181 hab

(15.267 hab /km2

TRAFFIC

200,000 people come daily 78% by car + 22% by bus Get rid one of five cars

Tourism

Hotel: 2015 8,3M people Cruisers: 1,8M people yearly important in economy Equilibrium with personality And sustainability of the city

What’s going on, in Barcelona?

Orthogonal Bus Network

October 1, 2012: 28 new lines, 8 horizontal, 17 vertical and 3 diagonal, allow 95% of the population of Barcelona can move to any point of the city with only

• ne change

Initiatives TOP-DOWN

Bicing (March 2007)

sharing 6.000 bicycles for 1,3M monthly short trips (< 15 min). + 116 km bike lane

Conventional Retbus people capacity 90.000 60.000 km/h 11,9 15 buses 890 280 stop distance 300 650/430 frequency (min) 13 3

= Superblock

Sustainable mobility

Integrate new bicycle and bus networks in accordance with the Urban Mobility Plan of Barcelona, ​encourage traveling by bicycle and on foot, improve the distribution of goods, and reduce noise and emissions.

Revitalization of public space

Pacify the streets, increasing spaces of stay and promote new uses for public space.

Promotion of biodiversity and urban green spaces

Improving street trees, favored microhabitats to attract birds and increase green spaces through new community.

Integration of the processes of governance

Involving citizens in defining projects and development actions.

commitment

success with complaints: walking distances

Different responses

• 1. Last one: public consultant sessions: high controversy
• 2. In a 10 year old superblock high satisfaction of neighbours

Strengths

Response to a citizen need Reduce carbon emissions and air pollution Energy efficiency

Weaknesses

Difficulties for convince and engaging neighbours

Weaknesses

All stakeholders MUST be engaged

From professional entities Public financing Strengths

public awareness and engagement Deliberative session

Consensus conferences => Deliberative Conferences

Citizens table

Acknowledgment

session

Doubts concerns DOCUMENT

PARLIAMENT

experts experts

http://www.bcnsostenible.cat

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

Bottom up initiatives

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

Suggestions

– Follow the way, call back participants in workshops – may be more people/groups? – Does it work? Risks, problems? Mend the line There WILL be a change «We are doomed to understand one each other» Long view to adapt: 2050

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