With two motorcycle patrols and another by car circulating up and down the walk of gracethe Urban Guard has limited itself this Sunday to warn people who stopped in the middle of pedestrian crossings to make themselves photos with the successful Christmas lights that decorate Barcelona’s great avenue.
With fewer walkers than the Saturdaybut with businesses equally open, the Urban Police have not had to go to the extreme this time to cordon off the trees on the sides of Paseo de Gràcia with plastic tape to prevent them from crossing the avenue at points that are not marked, and intervening with uniformed agents at those pedestrian crossings to prevent pedestrians they stopped in the middle of the road to take pictures with the Christmas lights.
The success of the Christmas lighting on Passeig de Gràcia has had as a secondary effect a dangerous situation for pedestrians and annoying for car and bus drivers. With pedestrian traffic lights turning green, the road becomes occupied by pedestrians eager to post the image on social networks: and some of them are still there when their traffic light turns red and the vehicles try to resume their journey.
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As quoted on 3/24, according to the City Council “the situation is under control at the moment and with these measures”, but “citizens are asked for caution.” The same sources remind that it is necessary to respect the signs, especially the traffic lights.
The Barcelona Oberta association, for its part, has proposed that next year the luminous motifs be replicated on the sides of the promenade so that visitors can enjoy them and can be photographed without creating dangerous situations when standing on the central traffic lanes. .