Recent Streetsblog LA posts about CicLAvia

CicLAvia in Boyle Heights: Mariachi Plaza is a Party, Soto Street is a Snooze, Cars Get Towed on Boyle Avenue

By Kristopher Fortin | | 2 Comments
Passersby on the CicLAvia Eastside route on Sunday could have gone away seeing either a vibrant party, a vacant corridor, or both. But what passersby wouldn’t have seen were the automobiles towed during the road closures for the car-free event. Fourteen cars were towed between First and Fourth Streets on Boyle Avenue, said Jonathan Hui, […]

Why, oh, Why Doesn’t Long Beach Have a Ciclovía?

By Brian Addison | | 6 Comments
Following the success of this past weekend’s CicLAvia, with some 100,000 bikers, skaters, and walkers invading the streets of Los Angeles, the only question down south became: why, oh, why doesn’t Long Beach have a ciclovía? The answer was astoundingly succinct – and not much surprising: it wasn’t a matter of discussion, which has been […]

CicLAvia Successfully Rides Again

By Sahra Sulaiman | | 12 Comments
They don’t look like they’re on their way to church, I thought as I eyed up the handful of serious-looking young men lined up outside a corner liquor store. I was headed to Watts to meet up with the feeder ride led by the East Side Riders. But I was running a little behind because […]

A Really Big Guide to CicLAvia on the Eastside

By Kristopher Fortin | | 4 Comments
Updated: 10/06/2012, 1:10 p.m. CicLAvia got a makeover this fall, and cyclists and pedestrians will definitely notice on the Eastside. While the Hollenbeck Park hub was cut, participants heading to the Eastside will come across restaurants, arts, and plenty of activities on the First Street Arts Corridor. Here are a few notable events, feeder rides, […]
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