Barcelona City Council is pushing ahead with its ambitious 2013/ 2018 Urban Mobility Plan. It is a large 5 year framework which focuses on smart, healthy and fair transportation in Barcelona. It is also, according to the City Council, very important for the quality of life of Barcelona's residents. So what does the Urban Mobility Plan (UMP) mean exactly? That Barcelona is forgetting cars and focusing on cyclists.
Ever wake up in spring when it's still grey outside and walk quietly through the house trying to adjust a thousand belts and straps so they would not get in the way? And yet you're not annoyed in the slightest, you're very happy in fact, because you love your daily bicycle commute to school. You wonder though...