Barcelona
When the newspaper El País timed the same 8km journey across Barcelona by car, motorcycle, bicycle and public transport, the motorbike won, followed 2.5 minutes later by public transport, with the bicycle third and the car last.
And yet the association of cars with personal freedom is proving a hard one to break, as Jaume Collboni discovered when he won the Barcelona mayoral race last May – after unashamedly presenting himself as the “pro-car” candidate.
Ada Colau, the outgoing mayor, was acclaimed for her administration’s policies on restricting car use and improving air quality, including a €50m
