Brooklyn ‘Shared Streets’ Are the Start of Something Bigger
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An application of "Tactical Urbanism" that could expand elsewhere in the city.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Barcelona
Barcelona’s Superblocks: Change the Grid, Change Your Neighborhood
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Without dangerous, noisy car traffic overrunning the streets, superblocks are full of life.
New York City Sidewalks Don’t Have to Be Garbage Dumps
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New York has room to get trash off sidewalks. What it needs is the political will to use curb space for something other than parking.
Barcelona’s Superblocks: A “New Urban Model” to Reclaim Streets for People
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In the U.S., the term “superblock” conjures up the excess of urban renewal and the breakdown of walkable street grids. But in Barcelona, a different type of superblock is making streets more hospitable and humane.
Get a Glimpse of Barcelona’s “Superblocks” in Action
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Barcelona is making headway on its "superblocks," clusters of nine city blocks where car traffic is restricted and public space is expanded. This BBC video shows how a superblock functions: Most of the street space is reserved for walking and biking, while motor vehicles are limited to narrow, indirect rights-of-way.
Will Barcelona’s “Superblocks” Proposal Work Well for Transit?
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Barcelona is making waves with plans to test a concept it’s calling “superblocks.” The idea is to create nine-block squares of “citizen spaces” — about 400 meters on each side — where cars would be limited. Unlike the widely derided superblocks of the urban renewal era, Barcelona’s would be explicitly designed to preserve the street grid for walking and biking — only motor vehicle […]