Barcelona de Serveis Municipals (BSM) has been regulating admission to Park Güell since 2013 the goal being to preserve this iconic city space and ensure it is used properly and in harmony with the uses that locals people and schools make of it access was only regulated for the monumental part of the park but in 2020 this was extended to the cover the whole site reducing the overall capacity from 9 million visitors to 4.5 million Park Güell has adopted various actions and campaigns to promote the purchase of tickets in advance via internet and help towards the orderly access and flow of people at the park the park provides information on ticket availability in real time to avoid unnecessary journeys to the site improving the visitor experience and striving to look after the surroundings Local people and schools as two priority users Since regulated access to the park was introduced local people in the six surrounding neighbourhoods (La Salut as well as pupils at the schools in and around the park (Baldiri Reixac Turó del Cargol and Escola Montseny) make everyday use of the site as a space for recreation Local people have access to exclusive use during specific time bands as well as a card that provides access during general opening hours Visits from schools have practically doubled compared to the previous year Nearly 60,000 students from more than 2,600 school groups took part in the education programme “Park Güell and Schools” which is aimed at bringing Gaudí’s work closer to the various education stages and is open to schools in the European Union Some 85% of visits adopted the free and open-access model last year was the first time that Park Güell was one of the sites to host the STEAM meetings organised by BSM and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia – BarcelonaTech to promote scientific vocations Over 600 children in their fifth or sixth year at ten primary schools took part including three schools from the neighbourhoods surrounding Park Güell In parallel, during the course of the year, over 9,000 people took part in different cultural activities based around the historical and heritage value of Gaudí’s work, organised with the collaboration of the MUHBA Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984 Park Güell is one of Gaudí’s works that attracts the most visitors A quarter of visitors go to the park as they regard it as one of Barcelona’s iconic spaces; a further 22% do so as they want to discover Gaudí’s architecture The most common visitor profile is of somebody between the ages of 25 and 24 Urban Planning and Mobility Area is responsible for providing municipal services linked to the public areas and city services which make life easier for people who live and work in the city.  The City Council seeks to ensure a quality public space a green and biodiverse city that is productive and resilient a city committed to active and sustainable mobility with public involvement and commitment Urban Planning and Mobility Area has different instruments as well as advisory and participatory bodies for effective involvement and collaboration in municipal projects with the general public The Council sees to the smooth running of the city services to ensure the daily wellbeing of the public and contribute towards the city's development The improvement to the Gaudir Més register makes it easy to obtain free daily tickets for Park Güell for anybody registered as living in Barcelona Nearly 60,000 citizens visit the park free of charge every month City residents can register in person at Citizen Help and Information Offices with an appointment users can download a ticket giving free admission to the park without booking The ticket must be downloaded the same day as the visit The service is available 365 days a year and is compatible with offers from other participating public and private facilities Citizens can also access Park Güell for free with the local resident card for those living in the neighbourhoods of La Salut and with the card for schools in the vicinity sportspeople and dog-walkers account for 87% of daily visits The morning and evening time bands set aside exclusively for local people and regular users are being kept: ‘Bon dia Park Güell opens at 7 am and from then until 9.30 am the morning time band means exclusive access for local people schools and anybody on the Gaudir Més register which is when the evening time band starts for exclusive use of these same groups until 10 pm a series of measures has been designed to reduce the volume of tourists to be borne by the park to a maximum of 4.5 million a year as well as the parking capacity for coaches The regulation of access points (some exclusive to local people) has also been increased revenue reinvested in the surrounding area such as the recovery of the La Sarva spring and support given to culture and local education through specific activities and programmes Work on the transformation starts this month and will be divided into three stages The goal is to turn this important street into a major green axis and creating a large corridor running from the Parc de la Ciutadella to Collserola a tenfold increase in surface space for parterres and vegetation and other improvements promoting the increase and conservation of green space and biodiversity the work will completely revamp spatial distribution: while 20 metres of the 30-metre-wide street are currently used as a road surface once the project is completed some 70% of the entire space will be for pedestrians and greenery This means surface space for vegetation and parterres will almost be multiplied by ten with more space for pedestrians to spend time in more pedestrian crossings and pavements at least 5 metres wide and up to 12 metres at certain points between them providing more than 2,800 square metres of space and at the junctions between C/ Sant Lluís and C/ Ca l’Alegre de Dalt and between C/ Sardenya and C/ Providència the width of the road surface will be reduced and priority given to the circulation of local vehicles Heading upwards there will be a traffic lane for buses and local vehicles while heading downhill there will be a lane shared by buses The project includes a service lane along both pavements combined with parterres and including loading and unloading areas parking for bicycles and the rest of services along the entire length of the street The existing number of bus-stops will be maintained and relocated along the new green street Developed through a participatory process with local people the project has a budget of 13.6 million euros Work gets under way on 7 June and will take 17 months making for a harmonious connection between the neighbourhoods in the districts of Gràcia and Horta-Guinardó; El Camp d’en Grassot i Gràcia Nova Preliminary work will be carried out from 7 to 20 June removing trees and other tasks for the work to begin One traffic lane will be operational in each direction at all times with pedestrian routes also available throughout During this period there will be no disruptions to bus-stops either Work on the first stage starts from 20 June: on the side nearest the Besòs in the section between C/ Ca l’Alegre de Dalt and Ronda Guinardó Joanic (included) and C/ Ca l’Alegre de Dalt Work on this stage will last until December 2022 the road surface on the side nearest the Besòs will be occupied between C/ Ca l’Alegre de Dalt and Ronda Guinardó leaving one traffic lane in each direction No pedestrian crossings will be affected during this stage The second stage of the work will take from December 2022 to May 2023 work will be carried out on the sides of the street opposite those already completed One traffic lane in each direction will be guaranteed at all times except in the section between C/ Sant Lluís and Pl where the definitive layout on the downhill side will be completed and uphill traffic will be diverted into C/ Escorial and C/ Sant Lluís The third stage of work starts in May 2023 and will last until October the same year The remaining sections will be completed during this period.