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HOW MUCH POLLUTED
ARE OUR CITIES?

PARTICLE MATTERS

(PM10, PM2.5, UFP)

DIOXIDE OF
NITROGEN

(NO₂)

DIOXIDE OF

NITROGEN

affects the

HEALTH
OF PEOPLE

😷

DIOXIDE OF

CARBON

affects the

HEALTH OF
THE PLANET

🌍

no₂ ≠ co₂

IS POLLUTION REALLY
BAD FOR US?

https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/air/health-impacts-of-air-pollution​

dr. jordi sunyer, isglobal

if in barcelona we had the

world health organization (who) recomended air quality levels,
it will cease to occur:

1 in 3 strokes,
2 IN 10 heart attacks AND
 2 IN 10 LUNG CANCER. ”

WHERE DOES ALL THAT POLLUTION COME FROM?

🚗 🛵 🚚

🚢

🏭

https://contaminacionet.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/anuari-contaminacic3b3-bcn_2019.pdf

🚗 🛵 🚚

🚢

🏭

https://contaminacionet.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/anuari-contaminacic3b3-bcn_2019.pdf

how do people
move in cities?

Barcelona's modal
share in 2018:

🚗 🚚 🚐 🏍

26%

🚶‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️

34%

🚌 🚊 🚕

37%

🚲 🛴

2%

https://www.barcelona.cat/mobilitat/sites/default/files/documentacio/pmu_bcn_2024_per_ceuim_20201214_compressed.pdf​

inside the city:

🚗 🚚 🚐 🏍

16%

🚶‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️

50%

🚌 🚊 🚕

30%

🚲 🛴

3%

https://www.barcelona.cat/mobilitat/sites/default/files/documentacio/pmu_bcn_2024_per_ceuim_20201214_compressed.pdf​

in & out of the city:

🚗 🚚 🚐 🏍

46%

🚶‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️

2%

🚌 🚊 🚕

51%

🚲 🛴

1%

https://www.barcelona.cat/mobilitat/sites/default/files/documentacio/pmu_bcn_2024_per_ceuim_20201214_compressed.pdf​

what can be done
to change it?

AVENIDA DE GASTEIZ, VITORIA

carrer aragó, barcelona

what are we doing
to change it?

street protests

revoltaescolar.cat/en

#schoolrebellion

recuperemlaciutat.com

open streets on weekends

barcelona, VIC, olot, San FRancisco,...

twitter.com/bicibuseixample

#BICIBus 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-02-10/kids-board-bike-trains-from-barcelona-to-san-francisco

Next:

#BIKE FRIDAYS

DO YOU WANT TO JOIN US?

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