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Bike friendly?

Via el blog del grup de treball de Richard Florida arribo a aquest ranking de ciutats “amigues” de les bicis i em sorprèn veure que Barcelona hi figura el número 10, just després de Berlín. Està clar que tot depèn dels ulls com es miri, sobretot quan la visió del ranking és completament occidental. Jo diria que els onze primers llocs del món els haurien d’ocupar les ciutats de l’Àsia on per necessitat la bicicleta és un dels transports més habituals.

Barcelona està de moda, això si que ho hem de reconèixer, pertant no pot faltar a cap top ten, i el Bicing es veu que fa patxoca. Esperem que això no faci adormir la política municipal de pacificació del trànsit, perquè encara hi ha molta feina a fer

On March 22, 2007, Barcelona’s City Council started the Bicing service, a bicycle service for public transport. Once the user has their card, they can take a bicycle from any of the 100 stations spread around the city and use it anywhere the urban area of the city, and then leave it at another station.

Barcelona City Council is working day and night to expand, rationalize and improve the network of routes and cycle paths in the city. The city has created a ‘green ring’ that surrounds the metropolitan area of Barcelona with a bike path. There are currently 3,250 parking spaces for bikes at street level. Barcelona City Council is constructing a new underground car park for bicycles; this forms part of a pilot program to prevent theft and provide security for bicycle users.

In September, deliberately aimed to coincide with Car Free Day, the Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week takes place, in which a whole day is dedicated to the bicycle. Bike Week was held for the first time between May 21 and 26 in 2002. It’s another step forward along the same path that was started by the Festival of the Bicycle , which is integrated into Bike Week. Apart from the festive and leisure activities or the presentation of various projects that are centered around the bicycle, it is a call to use pedal power to get around.

Highlights: Designated street lanes, independent bike paths, traffic signals and bike maps. Activities and events that raise awareness and education for bike safety. Ample bike parking.

To Do!

On my way to my office this morning, I came across a H-U-G-E wall of post-its saying ‘TO DO’. I stopped and started watching peoples reactions. I can not even tell you how many smiles this art installation (?) created. People stopped, pulled out a pen and started scribbling on the post-its. This type of unexpected sighting is one of the reasons why I am so in love with New York. I could not have had a better start in the day. A big thank you to the creators.

Tina Roth a Swissmiss.

Es tracta d’una instal·lació de Illegalart.org feta amb 2050 post-it que convida a tothom a escriure-hi les seves tasques per tal de generar una consciència col·lectiva sobre els compromisos personals.

Podeu veure’n les fotos a la web d’Illegalart o al set de flickr de la Swissmiss.

Flâneurs a la catosfera

(…)La ciutat ha canviat; ja no és el que era. Jo també he canviat; ja no sóc el que era. No em sap greu. Les ciutats canvien, malgrat tot. Tot canvia. Tots canviem. Malament, si no. I tot continua igual. La ciutat és ara un batibull de gent diversa; però ja ho era, un batibull de gent diversa, i sempre ho serà. El canvi; la ciutat dels canvis.(…)

La ciutat a l’Efecte Jauss.

Un bon flâneur l’Emgiro!