The Zurich Barcelona Marathon 2026 The race will take place on Sunday, March 15th, starting at 8:30 a.m. on Passeig de Gràcia, and will pass through several iconic locations in the city center. Now in its 47th edition, the event is expected to attract more than 30,000 runners and will cause significant disruptions to traffic and public transport, especially on Sunday morning.

The GI-531 road is one of the most congested in the Girona region. It crosses the Llémena Valley, a river basin dotted with small villages surrounded by nature, from Sant Gregori – west of Girona – to Les Planes d'Hostoles in La Garrotxa. The road is narrow, with significant changes in gradient, a single lane in each direction, very sharp curves, and a virtually nonexistent shoulder. Private vehicles share this route with other traffic. groups of cyclists who do sportHeavy goods vehicles from companies working in the area and school buses also use this road.

The AP-7 motorway southbound, between Martorell and Sant Sadurní, has reopened completely open to traffic The line reopened at 3:00 AM this morning, according to the director of the Catalan Traffic Service, Ramon Lamiel. It reopened after being closed to traffic for three weeks. The line was closed in this section on January 21st, the day after the fatal commuter train accident in Gelida that killed a young trainee driver. upon colliding with a retaining wall under the AP-7

13,276 fines. This is the staggering number of fines issued between September and November by the four new fixed speed cameras installed in the center of Girona. This represents an average of 4,425 fines per month, almost 150 per day. The City Council installed the cameras last August at locations considered problematic, with a high concentration of accidents, near sensitive areas such as schools, where residents had complained about noise and speeding. The aim is to improve road safety, calm traffic, and reduce noise and air pollution, coinciding with the city's implementation of a new traffic management system. the new low-emission zoneHowever, although the signs are visible, many drivers still haven't gotten used to slowing down and have had to pay the price in the form of fines. Of the four speed cameras, two have a maximum speed limit of 30 km/h. These are the one on Pedret Street, near number 146, on the road that runs alongside the Ter River at the entrance to and exit from Girona. Pont Major neighborhoodThe first speed camera is located on Josep Tarradellas Avenue, opposite the Maristes school, a straight stretch where vehicles often only slowed down because of the traffic lights. The other two cameras, with a 40 km/h speed limit, are located on Río Güell Street, opposite the Bèlit sports field, in the Sant Narcís neighborhood, and at the intersection of Barcelona Street and Creu Street, two busy thoroughfares. In all cases, these are streets where, historically, vehicles traveled at 50 km/h—or even higher, illegally—but where, after the pandemic, traffic regulations were adapted to the new urban limits of 30 and 40 km/h. These speed limits are safer and less polluting, but many drivers did not respect them. That is why the City Council has decided to launch this enforcement campaign.

The first Three Kings' Day gift arrived early this year in the form of snowfall in Catalonia, and many children took to the streets to play in anticipation of the parade on Monday afternoon. The first snowflakes began to fall on Sunday night in the western regions and on the Segarra plateau, but it was during the early hours of Monday morning that the snow spread and intensified, reaching Central Catalonia and accumulating in the areas where it snowed most heavily. The forecast indicates that this picture-postcard landscape will continue for the next few hours thanks to the low temperatures, which will keep the snow on the ground.

The Three Kings' Day parade in the city of Lleida will affect, albeit in different ways, the three central bridges that cross the Segre River during the five hours the event lasts on January 5th. Although the parade doesn't officially start until 6:00 PM, the three central bridges will be closed to traffic from 4:00 PM. The parade on the eve of Three Kings' Day will cover a two-kilometer route. The Three Kings, who as always will arrive by train at the Lleida-Pirineus station, will set foot in the city at 5:30 PM. However, the parade itself won't begin until 6:00 PM, and will proceed along Plaça Ramon Berenguer IV; Rambla Ferran; Avinguda Francesc Macià, Avinguda Blondel, and Avinguda Madrid; Plaça Espanya; and again Avinguda Blondel, until reaching the Paeria building around 8:00 PM.

The Christmas holidays are a good time for awareness campaigns. For weeks now, we've been bombarded, day in and day out, with advertisements for The news you don't want to hear From the Catalan Traffic Service, family members of real victims and officers of the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) recount the tragic moment when someone is informed that a loved one has died in an accident. There are several similar stories, narrating the events from the moment the doorbell rings to the shock of learning the tragedy. Recently, another video was added in which a mother says goodbye to her daughter, asking if she'll be waiting for her for lunch. Foreshadowing what will happen, instead of giving a predictable answer, her absence is revealed: "No, Mom. I'm sorry. On my way to work, I'm going to overtake someone, and a car won't see me. I'll die on the way to the hospital." Then we hear the sound of the vehicles colliding and see the mother's devastated face.

This year, the Three Kings will make some minor changes to their route to improve traffic flow in the city center. The parade will begin, as usual, at the royal encampment in Devesa Park at 6 p.m., from where the floats will depart towards the Eixample district. This year, however, instead of passing through the Poet Marquina Square From Ronda Sant Antoni Maria Claret, next to the train station, the procession will turn onto Carrer Santa Eugenia towards Plaça Marquès de Camps and Gran Via. There, it will resume its previous route along Avinguda de Sant Francesc, Carrer Santa Clara, and finally arrive around 8 p.m. in Plaça 1 d'Octubre, which, since the pandemic, has replaced the much narrower final reception in Plaça de l'Ajuntament (City Hall Square).

Since 2019, the Rabassada, the road that connects Barcelona and Sant Cugat del Vallès through the Collserola mountain, was the most dangerous road in CataloniaEdition after edition, it repeated its first-place ranking. compiled by the RACC. But this has changed. According to the 24th iRAP study, covering the three-year period 2022-2024, the T-314, which connects Cambrils and Reus, has become the road with the highest accident rate in the Catalan road network. It is a straight, two-lane road that is less than 10 kilometers long. La Rabassada has moved into second place. The director of the Catalan Traffic Service, Ramon Lamiel, explained that there have been two fatalities and one serious injury on the T-314—a young person who is brain dead—events that "have caused the numbers to skyrocket."

A reckless overtaking maneuver, speeding, or even a slight lapse in concentration behind the wheel can end a motorcyclist's life. Under the slogan "To avoid accidents, anticipate," the Catalan government is launching a new campaign to reduce accidents involving motorcyclists. The initiative aims to raise awareness among motorcyclists and drivers about the importance of protection, prevention, and caution—three key elements for improving road safety. In Catalonia, one in three traffic fatalities is a motorcyclist. The campaign uses fictionalized stories to foreshadow the real-life consequences of common driving imprudence. It focuses on the risky behaviors of motorcyclists, "one of the most vulnerable groups on our roads," according to the Minister of the Interior and Public Safety, Núria Parlon. At the same time, it promotes awareness among all other drivers. The goal is "to reduce accidents and reinforce safe and respectful driving," Parlon emphasizes.

With most of the vehicles expected for Monday's return journey already back to Barcelona, ​​traffic remains heavy in some parts of the road network. While the roads coming from the Pyrenees saw the worst traffic jams at midday and in the afternoon on the last day of the Immaculate Conception long weekend, with queues on the C-16—which connects to the Pyrenees via the Cadí Tunnel—, the C-14 near Organyà (Alt Urgell), and on the Al-N (Ripollès), the queues shifted, as usual, to the AP-7 at night. On this motorway, which typically experiences heavy traffic on holidays and weekends, queues of at least 9 kilometers were reported northbound towards Barcelona, ​​between Granada del Penedès and Olèrdola, and intermittent traffic jams were also reported between Sant Celoni and La Roca del Vallès, also heading towards the Catalan capital. And in the Penedès region, two accidents complicated not only traffic on the highway but also the opening of the additional lane. A collision between a car and a van caused an oil spill, forcing its closure. There were also 14 kilometers of congestion on the N-260 between Ribes de Freser and Ripoll, and 11 kilometers on the C-14 between Ponts and Oliola. Later that night, an accident between Bruc (Anoia) and Collbató (Baix Llobregat) forced the closure of this highway southbound, towards Barcelona. Although detours were in place, there were at least 8 kilometers of traffic jams. According to Trànsit estimates, approximately 460,000 vehicles left Barcelona and its metropolitan area for the long weekend, and 250,000 of them are expected to return today between midnight and 12:00.

The AP-7 motorway experienced another chaotic day of queues and traffic jams this Tuesday. The weekend was already particularly difficult, with a tanker truck overturning and causing road closures near Baix Ebre. This Tuesday, the epicenter was also in the same southern region, and it was again a truck that, for reasons under investigation, crossed the median of the motorway, colliding head-on with another heavy vehicle traveling in the opposite direction and also affecting a third truck that tried to avoid them. The driver of the first truck died in the accident. The accident caused closures in both directions that lasted for hours, with traffic jams exceeding ten kilometers. Around midday, one lane in each direction was reopened, improving traffic flow.

There are 131 fixed, posted speed cameras on the Catalan road network, in addition to other devices, ranging from Mossos d'Esquadra patrols to mobile radars, including road radars and even helicopters. And with these devices, a significant number of drivers in Catalonia are caught committing a speeding violation every day. Counting drivers who are going too fast—the vast majority of those fined—and those who are going too slowly, up to 2,600 drivers are fined every day, according to data from the Catalan Traffic Service for 2024 and 2025, to which ARA has had access.

When the doorbell rang, Mar Capdevila thought it was her son, who had left his keys. It was two Mossos d'Esquadra officers, accompanied by three other people. She was surprised, but she hadn't imagined the worst. They entered, sat down, and after a brief silence, broke the bad news: her partner, the father of her children, had died in a motorcycle accident. "I tuned out. They were talking, but I wasn't there. He had left," Mar describes. "I told them to leave, that I wanted to be alone, that I wanted to cry alone. I was in shock, in a daze," she continues. They didn't leave her alone.

William Vickrey, Nobel Prize winner in economics in 1996, proposed tolling to control traffic congestion in the 1960s. He was a professor at Columbia University in New York and thought about easing access to Manhattan, with the bottlenecks represented by bridges and tunnels8. Between Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania (where I was a professor), the speaker was taking a long time to arrive and Vickrey stood up and, to entertain the audience, told us a story

With the arrival of summer, the roads are busier than ever. From short domestic trips to tourists who believe us without stopping. The inevitable result is lost hours spent stuck in traffic on the country's main roads. Given this situation, the debate has reopened: who pays for the roads?

Traffic signs will be modernized starting in July 2025. And some changes are coming that may affect both drivers and pedestrians. The current road sign system has been in place since 2003, meaning it hasn't been updated in over 20 years. Below, we explain the changes to the General Traffic Regulations so you don't miss out.

Catalunya Ràdio reports that the DGT will update some traffic sign pictograms. For example, the deer symbol representing "wild animals" will be replaced by a wild boar. This is bad news. It means their presence will continue. They'll also replace the symbol for a train engine with a chimney, which indicates a nearby level crossing or track (I just took my theory test and I can't remember), with a more modern train without a smoke vent. They'll also replace the symbol for "schoolchildren nearby," which is a boy running while holding the hand of a smaller girl.

Catalonia faces the first phase of the operation to exit the Sant Joan bridge this Friday afternoon. The Catalan Traffic Service predicts that 470,000 vehicles will leave the metropolitan area and that the return will affect 260,000 more. At this time of the afternoon, the first queues are already being recorded, especially on the AP-7 and at the entrances to Barcelona.

Friday, November 19, 2021. 10:00 p.m. A Peugeot 206 leaves the road on a sharp curve and falls down a nine-meter drop. Two days later, the police locate the car, overturned and with the body of a 21-year-old man, David Pérez Sempere, inside. When the family reported the young man missing, the police went directly to the place where the car disappeared, kilometer 23.1 of the C-59, near Sant Feliu de Codines, in Vallès. They knew exactly where the accident could have occurred.