https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/ Barcelona is World Capital of Architecture for 2026, is preparing to join its two tram networks along the Diagonal, and is funding housing renovation and new public rental homes. en https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/ai-traffic-light-pilots/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/ai-traffic-light-pilots/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona has selected Kapsch and Acisa to pilot AI-based traffic light management at city intersections, each receiving 100,000 euros for a pilot of at least four months that the city treats as phase 0 of wider AI deployment. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/diagonal-tram-link-works-tender/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/diagonal-tram-link-works-tender/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona and the Metropolitan Transport Authority have put the second phase of the Diagonal tram link, between Verdaguer and Francesc Macià, out to tender in five lots, with 120 million euros of City Council investment and service expected in 2031. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/interurban-bus-stops-meridiana-interchanges/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/interurban-bus-stops-meridiana-interchanges/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTA new layout of interurban bus stops around Avinguda Meridiana in Barcelona started on 2 November, with two interchange areas at Sagrera-Meridiana and Clot linking buses to metro and Rodalies; around 650 outbound departures pass Sagrera on weekdays. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/mobile-recycling-points-old-town/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/mobile-recycling-points-old-town/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona's Ciutat Vella district started nine mobile recycling points on 2 November in the Gòtic and in Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera, part of a cleaning plan whose pilot cut abandoned rubbish bags by 30% to 42%. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/electric-bicycle-purchase-subsidy-rules/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/electric-bicycle-purchase-subsidy-rules/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona's Government Commission has initially approved rules for grants of 400 euros for pedal-assisted electric bicycles and 800 euros for cargo bikes, capped at 40% of the price, with the rules expected to take effect on 1 December 2026. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/affordable-rental-flats-for-young-people/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/affordable-rental-flats-for-young-people/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona has handed over keys to 11 affordable rental flats for people under 35 at Carrer de la Diputació, 354, in a building bought in 2024 through pre-emption rights, with monthly rents between 350.39 and 459 euros. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/housing-renovation-grants/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/housing-renovation-grants/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona has opened two grant calls worth €10.5 million: €6 million for energy-efficiency and adaptation works inside homes, with up to €6,000 per applicant, and €4.5 million for lifts and barrier removal in residential buildings. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/felip-ii-market-renovation-contract/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/felip-ii-market-renovation-contract/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona's Municipal Markets Institute awarded Taller Sau SLP a contract worth more than 159,000 euros to design and supervise the renovation of the Felip II market in Sant Andreu, with works due to start at the end of 2027. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/council-buys-espalter-building-preemption/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/council-buys-espalter-building-preemption/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona has approved buying the eight-home building at Carrer d’Espalter 6 in the Raval through its right of pre-emption, paying 1.3 million euros, or 2 million euros including planned refurbishment, at 3,408.80 euros per square metre. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/first-electric-neighbourhood-bus/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/first-electric-neighbourhood-bus/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTTMB has put Barcelona's first fully electric neighbourhood minibus into service on line 185 between Canyelles and Vall d'Hebron, the first of 5 Yutong minibuses in a 23-bus tender with a base budget of €19,239,000 including VAT. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/world-capital-of-architecture-midpoint/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/world-capital-of-architecture-midpoint/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona's year as World Capital of Architecture held 910 activities in 295 venues between February and June, with 80,000 participants and, counting the UIA World Congress, more than 100,000 people reached; Barcelona hands the title to Beijing on 13 December. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/diagonal-tram-agreement/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/diagonal-tram-agreement/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona City Council and the ATM approved the agreement for the 2.2 km Diagonal tram link between Verdaguer and Francesc Macià, the last step before tendering after the summer; the city will invest €99 million excluding VAT over 40 months of works. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/trinitat-nova-public-homes/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/barcelona/news/trinitat-nova-public-homes/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 GMTBarcelona has handed over 64 public rental homes in Trinitat Nova, Nou Barris: 20 social and 44 affordable rentals. The city says this brings public homes delivered during the current term to 2,201.