What Barcelona Teaches Us about Transit Design

The Barcelona Metro is home to Line 9 and 10, one of the world's most infamous transit lines. I took it for a ride to find out what makes it unique, why it was designed that way, and what we can take away from it. All map data is copyright OpenStreetMap contributors. Sources: https://www.railwaygazette.com/bcnrai... https://www.ce.washington.edu/news/ar... https://www.vta.org/blog/advancing-vt... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Vinals) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Javierito92) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Vinals) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (GovernoSP) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Mattsjc) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Han Zheng) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (SounderBruce) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (SounderBruce) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Han Zheng) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (Andrew Nash) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... (John Robert McPherson) Music Used: Lena Raine - Resurrections (from "Celeste") Yasuhisa Baba, Chika Sekigawa, Naoko Mitome - Flipside (from "Super Paper Mario") Amie Waters - SN-1054 In Love With a Ghost - for you Home - Resonance Support the artists directly! https://radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/ https://amiewaters.bandcamp.com/ https://inlovewithaghost.bandcamp.com/ https://home96.bandcamp.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:42 Background 1:53 Riding L9 3:04 9000 Series trains 4:05 A clean line split 5:46 Exhibit at Foc 6:34 Riding L10 6:58 Camp Nou 7:30 Future 8:02 Concluding thoughts 10:47 End