1.6 million people with 540,000 new cars registered each year, and 12000 cars retired. This looks very much like people retiring cars anyway (getting too old to

1.6 million people with 540,000 new cars registered each year, and 12000 cars retired. This looks very much like people retiring cars anyway (getting too old to drive, etc) and getting a free transit pass as a bonus. It’s nice but with no measurable impact on car ownership. If Barcelona is truly worried about congestion, then there are options like congestion taxes that London has used in its most touristy areas in order to try to decrease vehicle traffic there. But if you want people to give up car ownership entirely, a lot more than some free tickets for public transport in a select number of zones will be needed, as people already have the option of using public transport, and it is not so expensive relative to the cost of car ownership that reducing the costs a bit will change the equation for a lot of people.