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The unthinkable — regulating pedestrian traffic on sidewalks — was first considered by councilman Javier Barbero Gutiérrez a few months before Christmas 2017. For years, Madrid’s city center had been overflowing with people on some weekends. And on long weekends, it was literally packed. The level of congestion on the most popular streets resembled that of a concert, only instead of staying in one place, people moved in different directions. The narrower areas were a potential death trap. Barbero, head of the Health and Safety department, met with the police and a decision was made: on the peak days of December, Preciados Street would be used for going up from Sol, and Carmen Street for going down.
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