News
City Police campaign under way to improve the safety of school transport
Safety and prevention. The campaign will prioritise areas around schools, but also apply around the city’s roads and ring roads, focusing on times when children arrive and leave schools.
Approval for the update to the LEZ with social improvements
Low Emission Zone. New measures are added to provide cover for the most vulnerable part of the population and temporary authorisations for professionals.
Cold weather operation activated to provide support for the homeless
Social Services. The preventive stage of the cold weather operation had been in place since 1 December.
Preventive warning for PM10 pollution deactivated
The stations belonging to the Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring and Forecast Network have recorded a drop in levels of particulate matter (PM10), allowing the warning to be deactivated.
Helmets to become obligatory for riders of electric scooters
Mobility and transport. The regulation will now be changed in line with the new state law.
Challenge to find solutions to reduce motorbike accidents
The projects chosen will be applied in the city, with an overall budget of 200,000 euros.
Gale and rough seas alert deactivated
Safety and prevention. The Barcelona Fire Service was called out on 128 occasions to attend to gale-related incidents.
Ten new electric vans added to the City Police vehicle fleet
Safety and prevention. The corps currently has 584 motor vehicles, 249 of which are electric or non-plug-in hybrids.
Gale alert activated
Safety and prevention. Citizens are recommended to keep away from places exposed to the wind and to take extra care outside.
Speeding fines now apply from the seventeen new fixed-point cameras to reduce accidents
Following a three-month information stage, speeding infringements in these sections will now lead to fines.