23 Sep, 2016 @ 10:59
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‘Car-free Day’ backfires in Spain after closing of streets leads to traffic jams

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A tweeted pic from one of the traffic jams

THE closing of roads for World Car-Free Day backfired in Spain when it led to more traffic jams.

Cities across Spain closed their busy streets yesterday to encourage walking and the use of public transport.

The move, an attempt to raise awareness of rising air pollution, instead packed the open city streets with cars, leading to lengthy traffic jams.

Scores of drivers complained that they were late to work, while many said they did not know of the initiative until they were trapped in traffic.

Barcelona said the efforts led to a 4.3% decrease in the amount of cars on the road.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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