Green Axes Eixample
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Four Eixample streets — Consell de Cent, Rocafort, Comte Borrell and Girona — were rebuilt into car-light green axes with four new squares by 2023, part of a plan to eventually convert one in three district streets. The Collboni administration has since ruled out further expansion, citing cost, and a court has ordered part of the Consell de Cent axis reverted; the city is appealing.
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The superblock, four times, and what happened after the ribbon
One idea — push through-traffic to the perimeter and give the inside back to people — built four times over a decade. Read in order, the set is less about design than about what survives a change of administration and a court.
| Project | Since | Status | Outcome | Evidence | Run by | Cost | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superblock PoblenouBarcelona, 🇪🇸 | 2016 | Live | Succeeded | Official | City government | not public | The pilot that set the method: cheap tactical materials first, concrete later. Traffic on the inner streets fell by well over half, and the perimeter barely moved. |
| Superblock Sant AntoniBarcelona, 🇪🇸 | 2018 | Live | Succeeded | Media | City government | not public | The version that got an independent health verdict — the city's public health agency measured a quarter less nitrogen dioxide inside the pedestrianised area. |
| Green Axes EixampleBarcelona, 🇪🇸 | 2022 | Live | Scaled back | Official | City government | not public | The scale-up that stopped. Four streets were rebuilt, further expansion has been ruled out on cost, and a court has ordered part of one axis reverted. |
| Viennese Supergrätzl (Superblocks)Vienna, 🇦🇹 | 2022 | Live | Ongoing | Official | City government | not public | The copy abroad, with the evaluation built in from the start: traffic counts, microclimate modelling and a resident survey, and no outcome data claimed until they report. |
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📎 Cite this project
1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Green Axes Eixample” — Barcelona, Spain. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/green-axes-eixample/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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