Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Barcelona

European Parking Policies Leave New York Behind

By Noah Kazis | Jan 19, 2011 | 15 Comments

Flashback to Europe, sixty years ago. Just emerging from the ruin of total war, the continent was in the midst of a nearly unprecedented reconstruction. Over the next decade, industry finally was able to turn toward consumer products, from stockings to refrigerators and, of course, the automobile. Italians owned only 342,000 cars in 1950, but […]

Theft and Vandalism Just Not a Problem For American Bike-Sharing

By Noah Kazis | Nov 29, 2010 | 12 Comments

Even as bike-sharing spreads across the United States, it remains dogged by one persistent doubt. Critics, and even some boosters, fear that the bikes will be routinely stolen and vandalized. It’s time to stop worrying about crime, however. In America’s new bike-sharing systems, there have been essentially no such problems. Fears that public bikes will […]

Barcelona, 100 Years Ago: A Model for Streets Today?

By Alex Marshall | Apr 3, 2009 | 23 Comments

This film, as featured on YouTube via Infrastructurist, shows the streets of Barcelona a century ago, taken from the front window of a tram going down the street. It’s an amazing film. The central avenues of this Catalan city are so vital, so alive, a mix of every activity. Then the film compares the old […]