CAR AND MOTORCYCLE
The car and, even more, motorcycle are the most popular means of transport
in Barcelona. However, due to the air and noise pollution as well as lack of parking
space and increasing amount of traffic jams, the city is developing plan to reduce an
amount of private vehicles in the metropolitan area. The project takes into account the
need of private vehicles, however, considers public rail transport the main means of
sustainable transportation.
In the closest proximity to the site B-10 motorway well known as Ronda Li-
toral is located. It was opened in 1992 being part of the area redevelopment for Olym-
pic games. The intervention area takes into consideration an open part of the highway
parallel to the train lines as it creates one of the strongest borders on the site and tears
apart the urban fabric into ill-connected parts.
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capacity
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Figure 30
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Speed and capacity of road network
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vehicles
10 km/h
30 km/h
60 km/h
80 km/h
train
40 km/h
Ronda Litoral
Figure 31
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Speed limit of transport infrastructure
TRANSPORT & DOMICILE:
an architectural intervention to integrate transport infrastructure with housing for Barcelona.
Efimovich Alina