Barcelona Superblocks: Change the Grid, Change your Neighborhood

[@JustClaude13]

When you do something that improves the area and the prices go up, that doesn't mean you did something wrong; it means you need to do it more so there's enough like that to keep the prices from being bid up.

[@AdlerMow]

Exactly! Gentrification would not be a problem if every where there were places like this!

[@paxundpeace9970]

The issue is that this kind of intervention is often done in places were people do not own the flats or houses were they are living. Any middelclass neighborhood with occupants owning the building would say regulation troughtraffic, great street get's more quiet.

[@paxundpeace9970]

@@AdlerMow Yes. And no. The issues are cities can't always change at the same pace. Some places are a bit fuck up. So students and young people move in and particularly in pre -WW2 Neighborhoods demand passes supply, owners are able to get higher rents because meny people want to live in young vibrant neighborhoods

[@PlaystationMasterPS3]

@@paxundpeace9970 you can pair streep improvements with 5 years of rent control for the people living directly adjacent to it to smooth out the cost of rent. really what needs to happen is we need more dense housing and some of it being non-market housing

[@2001lextalionis]

cars are the problem, thanks for sharing

[@peterslegers6121]

Cars are great in the garage, but not in the living room. Policy makers should stop treating every street as a garage.

[@ReasonableRadio]

They've helped us along the way and enabled a lot over the decades, but their time is over at least within major cities.

[@alvin3758]

cars is not really the problem it is a dead object, but people behind the wheele is

[@HF7-AD]

Cars are good, we use them way too much

[@jinsory5582]

Car have their place, but that place isn't supposed to be within city streets where destinations could be walked to. Cars are efficient when on roads. Within cities, they're taking up space that could've been used for extra housing, public spaces, more establishments, alternative transport modes, etc... And if you build those places for cars, you create more of a reason for more people to buy and use cars due to the lack of other equivalent ways to go around, creating even less space that isn't used for cars, creating an infinite loop of further self-destruction.

[@timthesquirrel]

Glad it worked out so well - it´s a great model for other cities!

[@DougGrinbergs]

Yay to reclaiming the soundscape from the internal combustion engine!

[@karikling8812]

Barcelona looks so beautiful. I want to travel there someday.

[@pamela97015]

This is wonderful. Let's bring this to Portland, Oregon and the surrounding cities!!!

[@NitishYadav-lb7zc]

World should learn from them ❤

[@jukio02]

We need some superblocks in AMerican too!

[@hithere5553]

This kind of zoning is super illegal in the us. We’d have to change over a dozen laws just to have a walkable street.

[@LeonardLuzon]

San Francisco city supervisors, please take note! Yours truly, the East Bay resident #sfbayarea #siliconvalleyliving #sanfranciscoliving #sanfrancisco

[@raaaaaaaaaam496]

Leonard Luzon vote to remove massive construction regulation and end your protests of “gentrification”and your city will improve greatly.

[@AdlerMow]

@@raaaaaaaaaam496 The irony is that the mentality in favor of regulation and protesting gentrification is exactly what is creating more gentrification and more problems! "Socialist" action against poverty creates more poverty to take action against!

[@heersingh6075]

Beautiful city

[@paxundpeace9970]

Check out city beautiful for more planning content.

[@cw424]

A great example

[@유영봉-c7d]

Beautiful street.. I was impressed in the container planted trees. What is the tree species.

[@pappy9473]

So happy for Barcelona. I have great affection for the city and its people after living there for several years. It doesn't surprise me that they have taken such courageous steps to improve thier urban landscape.

[@KelvinWKiger]

This is just amazing.

[@CharlesM236]

Barcelona::)) this is So beautiful How to Reclaim Peace and Quiet in a Noisy World | Real Simple

[@jzk2020]

Its even better in real life. 🤩😍

[@mayankojha991]

Great city... Inspirational

[@ThreeRunHomer]

Superilla!

[@GoPieman]

i like this a lot, though i would not say to anyone "good morning" nor "good afternoon" and especially not "oh your kids are growing up!"

[@PlaystationMasterPS3]

why not?

[@GoPieman]

@@PlaystationMasterPS3 i think this was a bad joke about being introverted idk

[@tuiputui]

this is a test.. still today the pollition is one of the highest in EU.. as it is the noisiest city ... why not take all carrs out of a certain area or district.. the concept sounds cool, the reallity is you have the same cars making more traffic in the nearby streets. traffic is like water..

[@AlecSchwengler]

tuiputui not necessarily. When there are alternative forms of transportation (walking, biking, scooters, bus, rail) removing space for cars does not increase traffic elsewhere.

[@gryffin638]

Exactly what the other person said, but we also can’t draw conclusions yet because the conversion of 9 blocks is not the same as the conversion of the whole city. And, yes, there should be a difference between roads, which take you between places, and streets, which provide the place itself. Moreover, an environment built around pedestrian centers with avenues connecting them is far better designed for public transit to use, as any given line will be service if the same spots that people would be driving to anyway, and it would artificially increase the “density” necessary for public transit by limiting through traffic to the main avenues. All and all, a far better method of urban planning.

[@jinsory5582]

I would say that given your point, I think there also must be an emphasis (not sure if they also have equivalent plans for this in Barcelona) on making alternative modes of transport between cities and further away - better and more reliable. You could remove cars from city streets and remove the 3% of those who just used their cars to go 3km one way every week. But, if you pair these cities up with the accessibility of public transport, you're going to remove much more cars, giving much more space to efficient modes of transport, which in turn gives even more space to more housing, more spaces for establishments, public areas, etc... All of which we've realized (in the western world) were things we might want to have more of, or at least have the space for.

[@PeterAuto1]

do you know about induced demand? If you build better roads, more people want to drive. But it works also the other way around. People will drive if it's the most convenient method to reach their goal. But if walking, biking, taking public transit ... becomes more convenient they will start doing that. Also by making neighborhoods more interesting places, people don't have to travel so far anymore in order to get to some place worth while

[@gwho]

Funny thing about planning super blocks and how they impact traffic is it's just like playing Bomberman.

[@mymt03]

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[@SterianAlinaNicoleta]

Frumoase grids

[@SilverWave64]

The idea is great, but these black plastic pots for the trees are super ugly.

[@nitishmallick9159]

very good concept..but if we see from economic aspect ,does it hamper it like business,etc

[@cule189911]

no it doesnt, actually the opposite

[@MarickThompson]

It increases foot traffic so it actually increases business.

[@jinsory5582]

I'm sure it puts a slight strain on Barcelona to have to rebuild infrastructure, but I imagine that the increased on-foot traffic, lessened car usage (because this along with Barcelona's plans for public transport, is able to convince a significant amount of people that they actually don't need cars), better citizen health due to said less car traffic, etc... End up recouping the costs in a relatively sensible amount of time. As compared to trying to widen roads, just further making these problems worse.

[@karikling8812]

It benefits local businesses when more people walk or cycle because you're more likely to notice small businesses when you're travelling at a slower pace and don't have to worry about finding a parking spot and paying for parking. Plus, it makes the area more attractive, which then of course attracts people.

[@PlaystationMasterPS3]

general busniesses get more foot traffic, since there aren't cars passing buy and not stopping in but still causing noise and making people feel less comfortable being there

[@bruceli9094]

I live in Alaska. My backyard is bigger than a Superblock.

[@TheNinetySecond]

You're welcome to stay put.

[@ericashleigh920]

funny indeed not a single homeless person? do they not have homeless people in Barcelona?

[@marcsoler7115]

They didn't shown them. But there are a lot specially in touristic areas. However in Barcelona i've seen a lot of places where the goverment take care of them and provide them with food and other basic services.

[@paxundpeace9970]

This is about superblocks not about homelessness.

[@PeterAuto1]

where you live, are there so many homeless people that everywhere you look you see some?

[@sergi5816]

Tell me you are from US without telling me you are from US.