NEW: When the residents of Barcelona came out of the coronavirus lockdown they were greeted with miles of shiny yellow new bike lanes. Meet the man who's rethinking transit in a car-centric city https://trib.al/dg2W400 

Adria Gomila, the chief of mobility services in Barcelona, and his team of 30 have turned Spain’s second-largest city into one of the most bike-friendly metropolises in southern Europe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/an-urban-planner-s-trick-to-making-bike-able-cities

“Everyone is coming out of this with a bigger sense of responsibility and more environmental awareness,” Gomila says https://trib.al/8LLEbdb 

Barcelona was never an obvious candidate to be a bike-friendly city.

As one of Spain’s most dense cities, it’s filled with factories and warehouses standing side by side with apartment buildings https://trib.al/8LLEbdb 

Barcelona is not the only city to undergo this dramatic change during the pandemic.

Lisbon and Paris, have also added miles of bike lanes to the streets to encourage more commuters to cycle https://trib.al/8LLEbdb 

Even for cities that didn’t previously have long term plans for cycling infrastructure, it’s fairly easy to repurpose roads for cyclists.

Read the full story about Barcelona’s transformation here https://trib.al/8LLEbdb