Did You Know About This Hidden Design In Barcelona?

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Did You Know About This Hidden Design In Barcelona?

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Lower #Manhattan in a period of transformation â â â â â â â â â There's so much going on in this incredible aerial photo of Lower Manhattan from 1951... â â â â â â â â â -Five years later the first modernist slab #skyscraper downtown, Chase Manhattan Plaza (28 Liberty) would be built. -Years later, more of these skyscrapers on #superblocks would replace all the historic buildings along #SouthStreet, seen in the bottom right of this photo. -South Street is still uncovered and hasn't gotten its viaduct (or tunnel under #BatteryPark) but the new #BatteryTunnel (without the Battery Garage) is visible on the left. -So many piers along the #HudsonRiver! -The #SingerBuilding and Produce Exchange have yet to be demolished. đ€What else do you notice in this photo? (at Lower Manhattan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpXkmijl3ib/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=memyt11fkrnj
In America, we canât even agree on the idea that cities are for people. We still decry bike lanes as a "war on cars," even in our allegedly progressive West Coast cities. So from where Iâm sitting, the Barcelona plan is pretty fantastic: 186 miles of new bike lanes, a revamped bus system with better access and more frequency, more green space, and on and on.
But the coolest idea in it is "superblocks" (superilles in Catalan), a concept developed by Salvador Rueda, director of the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona. (Cities of the Future has a great interview with Rueda and a history of the superblocks concept â highly recommended. The Guardian also has nice piece.)
The idea is pretty simple. Take nine square blocks of city. (It doesnât have to be nine, but thatâs the ideal.) Rather than all traffic being permitted on all the streets between and among those blocks, cordon off a perimeter and keep through traffic, freight, and city buses on that.
In the interior, allow only local vehicles, traveling at very low speeds, under 10 mph. And make all the interior streets one-way loops (see the arrows on the green streets below), so none of them serve through streets.
An equatorial Karl-Marx Allee: the East German-built Plattenbau apartment blocks of the Michenzani district, Ngâambo, Zanzibar. Photo ©September 2009 by Panaramio user Kolvi.Â
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/superblocks-barcelona-cities-congestion/
Superblocks donât aim to eliminate cars; they just make them less important. The space is designed primarily for pedestrians; vehicles are secondary. Why? Because city streets are terrible for residentsâ health, and the chief culprit is often cars.
Air pollution, much of which comes from vehicle exhaust, contributes to numerous conditions, including asthma, heart disease, lung cancer and strokes. The noise is bad for us, too. Additionally, most streets lack any kind of nature. This has a significant impact on depression and anxiety, and can make âheat islandsâ worse in warm months.
Good urban design can help. âAt the end of the day, what kind of city do you want?â asks Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, who studies the health impacts of superblocks and is the director of multiple programs at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health. âDo you want to have a city for cars? Or do you want to have a city for people? I believe cities are there for people.â
Taking space away from cars â even just a little bit â can be a hard sell. But if we care about the well-being of our communities, our children, and the planet, we canât stick with the status quo. Pilot programs, collaboration with local business and community organizations, and policy incentives can go a long way in convincing a skeptical group. Even using AI-generated images to show a streetâs transformation can improve support. And it doesnât have to just be up to politicians like Soto-Martinez. In Los Angeles, the clear benefits of healthier streets are driving public action, too. In March, a citizen-sponsored ballot measure that requires the city to add hundreds of miles of bike and bus lanes passed with 65.5 percent in favor.
Change is coming whether we like it or not: The problems with unhealthy streets are exacerbated by climate change, and as calls to reduce emissions continue to ramp up, cars are in the line of fire. But we can do something now â maybe a little less parking and a little more park â to make that change a positive one

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RETOUR SUR LES SUPERBLOCKS BARCELONAISÂ : LA QUESTION DE LA SANTĂ ET PLUS ENCORE
On vous a déjà parlé des superblocks. Aujourd'hui , on va bous expliquer quelques conséquences de cette stratégie de réduction du nombre de véhicules dans un quartier. #moinsdevoitures #meilleuresanté
Temps de lecture : 15 minutes (avec la vidĂ©o)mots-clĂ©s : Barcelona, superblocks, urban planning, santĂ©, qualitĂ© de vie Chers lecteurs, En juin 2019, nous avions commencĂ© Ă vous parler des superblocks de Barcelone (Avez-vous dĂ©jĂ entendu parler des superblocks de Barcelone ?). Il avait fait un carton plein de lecture avec plus de 550 lectures en 2021 et sur moins de 6 mois. Cet article proposeâŠ
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RETOUR SUR LES SUPERBLOCKS BARCELONAISÂ : QUESTION SUR LA SANTĂ ET BIEN PLUS
une étude montre l'impact direct et indirect de la création des superblocks à Barcelone.
c Temps de lecture : 1 minutemots-clĂ©s : Barcelona, superblocks, urban planning, santĂ©, qualitĂ© de vie Chers lecteurs, En juin 2019, nous avions commencĂ© Ă vous parler des superblocks de Barcelone (Avez-vous dĂ©jĂ entendu parler des superblocks de Barcelone ?). Il avait fait un carton plein de lecture avec plus de 550 lectures en 2021 et sur moins de 6 mois. Cet article propose uneâŠ
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