1. Last Wednesday in August, shortly after 8 p.m., when it was still light, a 29-year-old man died on the Rabassada road. The young motorcyclist was involved in an accident with a car between the turnoff to the Sant Medir road and the Font Groga viewpoint. The investigation will determine the causes of a tragedy that also left three people injured. The figures are grim, but they don't lie. The Rabassada road, the eleven kilometers that separate Barcelona from Sant Cugat, is the most dangerous road in the country. This is what the RACC (Spanish Autonomous Community of Catalonia) reports year after year. The average is more than three deaths each year on this stretch. The shocking fact is that in 100% of the accidents with fatalities and serious injuries, a motorcycle was included in the police report. The immediate consequence is that, this week, the Font Groga viewpoint has already been closed, preventing any vehicles from parking. This prevents risky movements, entrances and exits, and prevents competitive motorcyclists from making it their goal. So, goodbye to one of the best views of the Vallès and a picnic area with shade and tables for family enjoyment. Closed.

Today, Wakayama is one of the most important cities in the Kansai region of Japan. It is home to nearly 400,000 people. If you climb to the top of Iwagami-yama, a small hill about 240 meters high, you can see its entire expanse. In the foreground, traditional Japanese houses blend with new skyscrapers; on the horizon, the smoking chimneys of the metallurgical industry; embracing everything, the Gulf of Osaka. It was here that, on April 20, 1851, a samurai family from the Kishu Tokugawa clan had a son, Torakusu Yamaha. As a child, he ran around the town with one obsession: watches. At that time, they were just beginning to become popular in Osaka. When he grew up, he ended up behind the counter of a watchmaker, a job he combined with his business studies. In class, no one knew they were sharing a classroom with the man who would later give his name to a true empire: Yamaha.

It will become increasingly difficult to park a motorcycle on the pavement in Barcelona. This, at least, is the aim of the City Council, which hopes that in the future the vast majority of vehicles of this type will park on the road. The objective, explained this Monday the first deputy mayor, Laia Bonet, is that the pavements "are mainly pedestrianised". To achieve this, the councillor has admitted that it is necessary to "impress a change of culture" among motorcyclists and that little by little the idea that a motorcycle can be used to go from door to door is abandoned. "One stage of the journey will necessarily have to be on foot", she stressed.

"For the locals it's great, but for businesses it's a load of rubbish. We are a tourist town, whether we like it or not, and if we don't let people come... I don't know what they will live on!" This is how Cisco, a resident of Cadaqués, sums up the new restrictions on access to Cap de Creus by car or motorbike. Since 11 June, you can only enter on foot, by bike or with the shuttle bus, about which there have already been many complaints about the service: the timetables are not clear and it costs 8 euros per adult. The town council admits that there are aspects that need to be improved, such as signposting, but they believe that the measure is essential to preserve the natural park and avoid images like those of last year, with peaks of 1,500 cars parked in every corner of the area.

The Guardia Urbana has identified a taxi driver who intentionally rammed a motorcycle with two occupants in Barcelona on Wednesday afternoon. Municipal sources have confirmed that it is a worker of the taxi license holder and has reported the case to the Prosecutor's Office, which has to finish determining the crimes for which he will be investigated. The incident took place in the Travessera de Dalt with Granja street and the notice was received at 20.30 pm. A number of officers were sent to the scene of the incident, according to Barcelona City Council. The images recorded by other drivers show how the taxi driver causes the collision with the motorcycle and then flees.