Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Spain

Madrid Moves Toward a Car-Free Center City

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 29, 2014 | 9 Comments

Beginning in January, Madrid will enact new policies to keep cars out of almost 500 acres in the core of the city, part of a long-term plan to entirely pedestrianize the center city. El Pais in Spain is reporting that, unless they live there, drivers will no longer be allowed to enter the city’s four […]

Can California HSR Learn From Spain’s Fatal Train Crash?

By Tanya Snyder | Jul 31, 2013 | 10 Comments

The Spanish train crash in Santiago de Compostela that killed 79 people last week has sparked questions about whether high-speed rail is safe. In fact, it’s among the safest ways to travel, and technology that already exists can make the type of human error that led to tragedy in Spain nearly a non-issue. Future high-speed […]

¡Arriba Sevilla!

By Sarah Goodyear | Jun 30, 2008 | 9 Comments

I was in Seville last week for the first time since February 2007, and in the intervening year there’s been something of a transportation revolution in the city. It’s most visibly evident in the Sevici bike-share bikes (bicis in Spanish) that are everywhere. The system launched in April 2007, and ultimately there will be 250 […]