Xavier Trias’ campaign van gets lost in Plaça de les Glòries and drives in the opposite direction

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circular by Barcelona has become a Way of the Cross for many citizens, even more so in recent times with average upside down city by works of different depth with a derivative in common: the mobility and the traffic calmingprotagonists of the second legislature of Ada Colau and now a key player in the campaign of the municipal elections on May 28. The Junts candidate for mayor, Xavier Trias, opposes reducing the use of private vehicle. This Tuesday, in an interview with EL PERIÓDICO, he assured that “building the tram affects climate change more than cars.” These declarations have not gone unnoticed by the rest of the formations that aspire to take control of the city council, especially when a campaign van of the former mayor has been caught circulating in counter direction in the square of them glories.

In a video shared this Wednesday in Twitter by the ERC councilor in the consistory Pink Surinachit looks like the van runs into a bus from TMB line H12 after getting confused by the signage from the square. Therefore, the driver is forced to reverse.

The scene occurred in one of the most controversial points in the city as far as mobility is concerned from the Olympic Gameswhen it was built road drum. The controversial infrastructure was dismantled in 2008 and the third great urban reform in a century in one of the main circulatory axes. After more than a decade of works, in November 2021 the long-awaited tunnel that moves traffic under the square opened. In addition, the city council began in January the final works of the great park of Glòries.

“With the tram it would not have happened”

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Hence the slip of the van happened there is one of the most curious and humorous moments of the electoral campaign. Suriñach has taken advantage of it to charge against the position of the Junts candidate, who in April stated that cars “have nothing to do” with climate change, words that brought controversy. “He public transport advances when Trias goes backwards”, the councilor has tweeted.

“With the tram it would not have happened to him,” joked the account of the Polònia television program.



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