News Archives - City Lab Barcelona

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Advances in Bicycle Ridership Modeling

Our research team at City Lab Barcelona is using the BiciZen platform to crowdsource data…

Jordi Honey-RosésJune 13, 2025

Bici Bús Events News

Worcester welcomes cycling leaders at Global Bike Bus Summit

On April 10th and 11th, Worcester will be host city for the World Bike Bus…

Jordi Honey-RosésApril 5, 2025

Events News Presentations

Bike Bus Lightning Talk at the National Planning Conference and Urban Change in Denver

This week I attended the National Planning Conference organized by the American Planning Association (APA)…

Jordi Honey-RosésApril 1, 2025

BiciZen News Research

Stop Bike Theft – Where are we at?

Last week we published a video on our “Stop Bike Theft” campaign – recapping what…

Eduard FolchDecember 5, 2024

Events News Research Workshops

What is the future of Barcelona’s Superblocks?

Barcelona’s acclaimed Superblocks are at a crossroad. Now, just a year since the new Mayor…

Jordi Honey-RosésJune 24, 2024

Events News Presentations

Mobility Debate at COAC: What is Barcelona missing?

Last night the Professional Association of Architects in Catalonia (COAC - Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya)…

Jordi Honey-RosésApril 4, 2024

BiciZen News

BiciZen Awarded the BiciImpuls Prize by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area

The collaborative platform for cyclists, BiciZen, was awarded the BiciImpuls Prize in the category of…

Jordi Honey-RosésMarch 19, 2024

BiciZen News Publications

Results of ‘Pedala i Reporta’

We would like to share the results of 'Pedala i Reporta' a citizen science campaign…

Luca LiebschtDecember 13, 2023

News Publications School Streets

School Streets create healthy, playful and more social environments

Barcelona’s School Streets program "Protegim Les Escoles" has promoted the transformation and improvement of the…

Jordi Honey-RosésNovember 27, 2023

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Bike-Action Via Augusta

At least 500 people came out to show their support for the recently innagurated bicycle…

Jordi Honey-RosésOctober 24, 2023

BiciZen News

Introducing ‘Pedala i Reporta’: A Collaborative Campaign to Improve Cycling Infrastructure in Barcelona

BiciZen collaborates in the new citizen science campaign 'Pedala i Reporta' led by the Bicycle…

Lorena VelázquezSeptember 29, 2023

BiciZen Events News

#ParkingDayBCN23

For #ParkingDayBCN23, we moved our offices to the street. Literally. We set up our workspace…

Jordi Honey-RosésSeptember 15, 2023

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The Collboni Surprise

Imagine wining an election, and being on your way to City Hall to be sworn…

Jordi Honey-RosésJune 19, 2023

BiciZen Events News

BiciZen at SIG Libre

The 14th and 15th of June I had the pleasure to attend the SIG Libre…

Luca LiebschtJune 19, 2023

BiciZen News

BiciZen: Creant comunitat i millorant el ciclisme urbà

BiciZen no és una simple aplicació per a mòbils. És una innovadora eina que permet…

Eduard FolchJune 15, 2023

BiciZen News Research

BiciZen: New innovative mobile app to transform urban cycling

Innovative mobile app to make cities more bikeable An international group of researchers led by…

Jordi Honey-RosésJune 5, 2023

News

Post-Colau Barcelona: Implications, ‘bikelash’ and opportunities

This morning Barcelona awakes to the first day of a post-Colau city. In this blog…

Jordi Honey-RosésMay 29, 2023

BiciZen News

BiciZen is out! Join the beta testing

Dear all, we are happy to announce that the BiciZen app is available on Google…

Luca LiebschtFebruary 23, 2023

BiciZen Bicycle parking News Research

Bicycle Parking Project, StoryMap

We have produced a StoryMap where we narrate the history of the Bicycle Parking Project.

Luca LiebschtFebruary 7, 2023

Bicycle parking Events News Workshops

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2023

This was my first year at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB),…

Jordi Honey-RosésJanuary 12, 2023

News Publications

Bouncing Back: Public Life in Post Pandemic Poblenou, Barcelona

Last June we went to Poblenou to recollect data on public life patterns in four…

Luca LiebschtSeptember 28, 2022

Bici Bús Events News

Ciutadans de segona: els infants més petits no podrien participar al Bicibús

El dimarts passat es va reunir el grup de treball del pacte per la mobilitat…

Gemma Simon i MasSeptember 12, 2022

Bici Bús News

How might (should) cities regulate Bicibus?

Under which circumstances should city police accompany and protect Bicibus riders when going to school?…

Jordi Honey-RosésSeptember 7, 2022

News Publications

Bicycle Theft Barcelona 2021

Bicycle theft is often dismissed as a minor crime, an inconvenience, or an accepted risk…

Luca LiebschtJuly 29, 2022

Events News

Life in Poblenou 2022

Life in Poblenou is a research project studying long-term changes in use and behaviours at four…

Luca LiebschtJune 9, 2022

BiciZen News Workshops

Stakeholder Workshop for a new Citizen Science project with urban cyclists

On Friday 13 of May we held a workshop at ICTA-UAB, focused on the development…

Luca LiebschtJune 8, 2022

Events News

Kidical Barcelona

Over 2,000 children and parents rode bikes through the streets of Barcelona this weekend, as…

Jordi Honey-RosésMay 16, 2022

News Workshops

Bicycle parking workshop, 2022

In the first session on Bike Parking Practices, we heard Matthew Callow from the City…

Jordi Honey-RosésApril 25, 2022

News

Judicial ruling on the Low Emissions Ordinance (ZBE) of Barcelona

This is a bad week to be a city planner in Barcelona. A judge has…

Jordi Honey-RosésMarch 22, 2022

Bici Bús News

Bicibus, BikeBus, BikeTrains: Where are they going?

This week parents and bike activists in Barcelona added two new #BiciBus (also known as…

Jordi Honey-RosésMarch 5, 2022

Events News

Bike Parking Workshop

Bicycle parking policy, design and practices remain in the shadows of urban planning and city…

Jordi Honey-RosésMarch 1, 2022

Events News

Rebecca Mayers presents “Beyond Bike Lanes”

Rebecca Mayers presented her dissertation on the politics of cycling infrastructure and the decision-making process…

Gemma Simon i MasFebruary 11, 2022

News

Mobility and Equity: The Bike as a Tool for Improving Health

We participated in the second results dissemination table of the En Bici Sin Distancias project.…

Gemma Simon i MasNovember 16, 2021

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Is On-Street Bike Parking in Barcelona on the Verge of Collapse?

Research from City Lab Barcelona was featured in the Barcelona newspaper El Periodico on October…

Jordi Honey-RosésOctober 13, 2021

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Data on Bike Parking in Barcelona

Urban on-street bike parking might have been an afterthought in the past, but increasingly cities…

Jordi Honey-RosésOctober 13, 2021

News

CICLOBCN21

The CICLOBCN21 Conference brought together cycling organizations, activists, city policy makers, transportation wonks, academics, and…

Jordi Honey-RosésOctober 11, 2021

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Roundtable on Children Riding their Bikes to School and Bicibus Projects

How do we make cities more friendly to children and families who want to ride…

Gemma Simon i MasOctober 9, 2021

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Kids on Bikes: Bicibus in Barcelona’s Eixample

Photo credit: Patricia Alvarez @patalgar The image of kids riding…

Jordi Honey-RosésSeptember 18, 2021

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New Beginnings for City Lab Barcelona

In September 2021 I began a new research position at the Institute for Environmental Science…

Jordi Honey-RosésSeptember 14, 2021

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Mirades sobre la ciudad – Manuel de Solà-Morales

What are the elements of a research laboratory that studies urban questions? How might one…

Jordi Honey-RosésJune 9, 2021

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The Gender Gap in Urban Cycling

What is the gender gap in urban cycling and why is it a key indicator for…

Jordi Honey-RosésMarch 25, 2021

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Superilla Barcelona

The city of Barcelona has made an important step in their journey to become a…

Jordi Honey-RosésMarch 4, 2021

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Barcelona’s School Streets Initiative: Protegim les Escoles

If there is a place in the city that we need to be safe, healthy…

Jordi Honey-RosésFebruary 21, 2021

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City Lab Barcelona

City Lab Barcelona is a blog about experiments in urban planning. The word 'experiments' can…

Jordi Honey-RosésFebruary 21, 2021

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The Case for Formal Urban Experiments

This article was originally published on The City Fix. In response to the massive challenges…

Jordi Honey-RosésFebruary 17, 2021