Action by the City Council
for 2019-2023
Four years marked by the pandemic...
... and the
war in Ukraine (17,000 people assisted)
Boost for public services
First participatory
budgets
with €30million
earmarked for 76 project
chosen by ordinary citizens
for neighbourhood improvements
Pioneering
regulations for activities with a high social,
nvironmental and economic impact
95% of the Municipal Action
Programme
implemented
In line with the
17 United Nations goals
that make up the 2030 Agenda
for Sustainable Development
A plan for economic revival Barcelona
Green Deal
€10 million
earmarked for creating over
1,212 permanent and quality job contracts
(56% women).
86,779 people assisted in job promotion programmes (59% women).
32,000 entrepreneurs assisted (58% women)
12,500 business projects assisted
850 shops supported by Barcelona Activa via the “Comerç a Punt” programme
Improvements to the municipal markets
€100 million
invested in market network maintenance
11 major renovations
€17 million
to revive the retail trade and
35 officially protected premises purchased
€20 million
in local economy subsidies
Extraordinary permits for bar/restaurant terraces during the pandemic to support the catering sector
More than 3,600 new extraordinary licenses and extensions
Digital skills training for 66,000 people
20,000 people attended to by ICT Officers
Boost to strategic digital projects (IT Academy, Escola 42, Welcome desk)
New economic activity hubs
Tourist tax
€6 million
from the tourist tax to fund
40 projects and investments in different neighbourhoods
World Sustainable Food Capital
and future cooperative hub atCan Batlló (Bloc 4)
€307 million/year
for cleaning and waste management
400 more workers
870 electric vehicles
Playable city with
over 900 public spaces for children’s play making
play areas more varied with opportunities for everyone to play
200 play areas
being renovated
26 infant and
primary schools
now have
greener coeducational, more playable, community playgrounds
Protecting
schools
by calming traffic round 200 of them
Opening up streets
Car-free weekends on Gran de Gràcia and at the Creu Coberta - C/Sants hub
50 greener hectares
in the city
9,500 new trees planted
Promoting the construction of the new Barcelona Pet Shelter
103 shared-use recreational areasfor dogs, amounting to more than
900,000 m2
157 solar installations
doubling energy production
Barcelona Energia now the top public energy trading company in Spain
Mercabarna, the largest photovoltaic installation for self-consumption in Spain
The price of frequent user public transport passes has been reduced by half
Investment in
€475 million on public transport
50 new underground trains have been acquired
423 new buses
(80% hybrid or electric)
60km new bus lanes
4 city bus-on-demand lines in operation
New express bus service
Taxi
New public app and
190 micro taxi ranks in the city
Streets with a 30 km speed limit
now make up 70 % of the road network
Pavements for pedestrians, freeing them of bike lanes and creating
12,000roadside parking places for motorbikes
Public works underway to connect the tramlines along Av Diagonal
272 KM
of bike lanes by the end of 2023
Bicing bike hire with
104 new stations
and more than
4,000 e-bikes
Expansion of the municipal housing stock
11,500 dwellings
(there were 7,500 in 2015)
+2.500 dwellings under construction
Thanks to 32,208 rent subsidies (€51 million)
80,000 people able to stay in their homes (in 2021)
In the last four years
€142 million
have been mobilised in grants to pay for housing.
We have ceded
35 plots
to cooperatives, foundations and metropolitan operators
to build
1,689 dwellings
Superblock Barcelona a new way to build the city: priority given to people, more greenery, sustainable materials and spaces for relaxation and play
Major transformations
Major infrastructures
€71 million
to rehabilitate buildings and regenerate the Besòs neighbourhoods