By Qin Xie For Mailonline. Whether you enjoy strolling along the beachfront or sauntering up La Rambla, if on foot is your favourite way to explore Barcelona then you're in luck as the city is set to become even more walkable.
Barcelona plans to turn 50 per cent of the roads used by cars into pedestrian-friendly zones by in a bid to make the city more green. Part of this plan, which is currently in the process of being implemented, is the creation of super-blocks, measuring around m 1,ft by m. Motorised vehicles will be forced to drive around these mini neighbourhoods, which in turn will cut down the amount of road traffic.
Whether you enjoy strolling along the beachfront or sauntering up La Rambla, if on foot is your favourite way to explore Barcelona then you're in luck as the Spanish city is set to become even more walkable. Urban Mobility Plan of Barcelona showing what superblocks will look like in the city once they're completed. Currently, any motorised vehicle can use any of the roads.
Under the city's Urban Mobility Plan for to , only residents' vehicles and emergency services will be able to use the roads within the blocks, which are also known as superilles. These vehicles will need to pass through checkpoints, and once inside the superilles, they will need to give way to pedestrians, who have priority on the road. Buses are also banished from inside the superilles. The number of roads for vehicles and pedestrian streets will change dramatically. In the current model, only 27 per cent of the roads are allocated to pedestrians.
Once superilles are fully implemented, this will be increased to 77 per cent. Pedestrian areas will increase from Above, how road access changes in the new superblocks model.
