The plan to largely eliminate car traffic from nine-block squares of the Spanish city means more pleasant local streets, but makes some car trips take longer. Not everyone is happy. Barcelona’s ...

Many cars are no longer welcome in Barcelona. In September, the city began implementing a plan to create a set of new "superblocks," car-free areas that are designed to maximize public space. Each ...

The world’s biggest cities have larger populations and higher economic outputs than some countries. But as they grow in size and complexity, cities are also facing thorny challenges that threaten the ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Antananarivo, Madagascar. Unlike the centrally planned superblocks of Barcelona, those in the developing world emerge in a more piecemeal, bottom-up manner, responding to the needs of micro locales ...

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The daily life and work of Gabrielle Green, a language teacher in the Spanish city of Barcelona, just got that little bit easier - but not all her neighbors ...

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Barcelona’s innovative Superblocks, perhaps the best urban traffic-reduction plan in recent years, are drawing criticism from regular citizens. Not surprisingly, the whiners are drivers, and their ...

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