Imatge
Imatge
This deterrent, daytime-use, low-cost car park now has over 400 places, following completion of work to adapt the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital’s old heliport
This is a pioneer model for all car parks run by Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (B:SM) to help reduce traffic in the city centre by providing connections between car parks and public transport or other means of sustainable transport
Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (B:SM) is increasing the number of deterrent parking places on offer in the city. Located in Pg Vall d’Hebron, B:SM Basic Park Vall d’Hebron has just doubled its parking capacity and now has 413 places. The increase in number of places follows completion of work to adapt the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital’s old heliport.
This pioneering B:SM car park is designed to dissuade drivers from accessing the city centre by car and encourage more sustainable mobility. One the one hand, because of its proximity to metro lines L3 and L5, TMB buses, Bicing public bike hire stations and also shared scooter or bicycle services, and, on the other, its parking charges.
B:SM Basic Park Vall d’Hebron is open Mondays to Sundays, from 7 am to 10 pm, with entry allowed up to 8 pm. The maximum permitted stay, and only during daytime, is 12 hours, at a costs of 9 euros. Drivers can pay by using the SMOU mobility services app or a bank card in the validating machine located at the exit. Unlike B:SM’s other car parks, this one has no cash points and does not allow cash payments. Monthly subscriptions for daytime parking are also available for people from outside Barcelona working or studying close to the car park.
B:SM, promoting new urban mobility
One of B:SM’s main aims is to help to improve mobility in the city, making it more sustainable, healthier, more efficient, better connected and with more sharing. Which is why B:SM has been running several digitalisation and innovation projects to transform the concept of parking in the city and meet the city’s key challenges: reducing environmental pollution, saving time and optimising public space.
B:SM is currently working on a new concept of car parks to turn them into mobility services centres providing much more than vehicle parking and making them friendlier, more functional environments for people accessing them by car, moped or on foot. Notable features include advances such as providing 3G and 4G coverage in all car parks, which have now also been prepared as for the arrival of 5G; expanding the Endolla Barcelona network, which now has 490 car park charging points; incorporating Biciparks; or equipping 30 car parks with Click&Collect points and a further eight with micro urban goods distribution centres.
