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Superblock Sant Antoni

Revision 2026-08-27-editorial-review · effective 2026-07-16

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Lower the evidence grade: every impact figure here is carried by trade press reporting the health agency, not by the agency report itself.

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source dossiers
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publication dates recorded
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archives linked
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content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-fdc8ba976f83ef86 quantitative
opened 2018 after a participatory process with local people in 2017
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Info Barcelona's page on the superblock refers to the participatory process with local people in 2017.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Barcelona City Council — Info Barcelona (authority)
Claim 2 clm-ba0fe36113dacfd7 quantitative
the city reports street-calming here having cut traffic by an average of 17%
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Info Barcelona: 'Street-calming measures here have meant an average reduction in traffic of 17%.'
Caveat
A traffic count, not an air measurement — not to be confused with the 17% fall in PM10 the health agency measured.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Barcelona City Council — Info Barcelona (authority)
Claim 3 clm-86b19c3b0600c655 quantitative
Since 2023 the Collboni administration has kept it while reworking the temporary tactical layout into a permanent redesign
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Info Barcelona's February 2023 page reports the works replacing the tactical materials with a permanent layout, updating benches, seats, traffic lights, streetlights, water springs and garden tubs.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Barcelona City Council — Info Barcelona (authority)
Claim 4 clm-9135f1119be96e10 quantitative
Barcelona's public health agency measured a 25% drop in NO2 and a 17% drop in PM10 inside the Sant Antoni superblock
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Cities Today: 'Despite the 25 percent drop in NO2 levels and a 17 percent decrease in PM10 particle levels in the Sant Antoni superblock, no significant changes were recorded in Horta, while data could not be collected on Poblenou.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Cities Today (trade)
Claim 5 clm-d256a1b873abb6dc descriptive
the strongest result of the three it assessed over three years, since Horta showed no significant change and no data could be collected for Poblenou
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Cities Today: 'The assessment, carried out over the past three years in three of the city's four superblocks – Poblenou, Sant Antoni and Horta – included surveys with residents … no significant changes were recorded in Horta, while data could not be collected on Poblenou.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Cities Today (trade)
Claim 6 clm-4e758649d0afc00d descriptive
residents perceived pollution rising on the surrounding streets, and the agency's own technician said a count of cars or pollution outside the superblocks was not available
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Cities Today: 'Interviews with residents also revealed a perceived rise in pollution in the streets surrounding the superblocks', and quotes ASPB's Laia Palència that 'a count on cars or pollution [outside the superblocks] was not available'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Cities Today (trade)
Claim 7 clm-7104288688a33e35 descriptive
Families in Sant Antoni said the superblock let them move around more freely but created a false sense of security, because the main corridors still carried too much traffic
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Cities Today: 'In Sant Antoni, families with children said the superblock allows them to move around more freely, but that this also created a false sense of security as there was still too much traffic on main corridors.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Cities Today (trade)
Claim 8 clm-d0db4adb45857652 descriptive
a quarter less nitrogen dioxide on the health agency's own numbers — and the same agency reported that nobody counted the cars or the air on the streets the traffic was pushed onto
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The 25% NO2 figure and the absence of any count outside the superblocks both come from the same ASPB report as relayed by Cities Today.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Cities Today (trade)
Claim 9 clm-9951e68ce83b09c9 descriptive
Of the three superblocks assessed, one showed no significant change and one could not be measured at all
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Cities Today reports no significant changes in Horta and that data could not be collected on Poblenou.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Cities Today (trade)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Ajuntament de Barcelona
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
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Cost
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Ownership
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Decision rights
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Exit conditions
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3 source dossiers

Ajuntament de Barcelona (authority) ajuntament.barcelona.cat · background

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Stable source ID
src-ac9b2e90f3480d45
Publisher
Name not classified · ajuntament.barcelona.cat
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-16
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Official superblocks programme page; carries no publication date.

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Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
Barcelona City Council — Info Barcelona (authority) barcelona.cat · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-62dfc6664480cf35
Publisher
Name not classified · barcelona.cat
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-02-15
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-07-16
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

City news page, 15 February 2023: the participatory process with local people in 2017, an average 17% reduction in traffic from street-calming measures, and the works updating benches, seats, traffic lights, streetlights, water springs and garden tubs.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Cities Today (trade) cities-today.com · 6 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-d2de93fc6662cbfc
Publisher
Name not classified · cities-today.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2021-10-18
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-16
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
Open archived copy ↗ · 2026-04-21
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

18 October 2021: a report by Barcelona's Public Health Agency (ASPB), 'Salut als Carrers', assessing three of the four superblocks over three years — a 25% drop in NO2 and a 17% decrease in PM10 in Sant Antoni, no significant change in Horta, no data for Poblenou, residents perceiving pollution rising on surrounding streets, and the agency's co-author stating a count of cars or pollution outside the superblocks was not available.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
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  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
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