Recent Streetsblog LA posts about CicLAvia

CicLAvia Announces Expanded Route for October Heading North and South off Original Spur

By Damien Newton | Aug 16, 2011 | 7 Comments

By the early afternoon of April 10, it was clear that CicLAvia had outgrown its original seven and a half mile route. In the urban core of Downtown Los Angeles, bikes were packed so thick on the road that entire groups wouldn’t make it through traffic signals and other road users were intimidated from using […]

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Streetfilms: CicLAvia Is…

By Damien Newton | Apr 18, 2011 | No Comments

In a city that has defined itself by both cars and status symbols, CicLAvia is more than a seven and a half mile street party with a funny name, it’s one of the many signs that Los Angeles is changing and one’s status is not represented by the car that one owns. But for the […]

Come Out and Play: Let’s Help CicLAvia Become More Friendly to Kids and Walkers

By Damien Newton | Apr 14, 2011 | 32 Comments

CicLAvia was amazing last Sunday. When you think that less than a year ago it wasn’t certain Los Angeles would every have an open street festival and now we’re having over 100,000 people take to the streets, it’s double-amazing. But if there’s one thing that kept the day from being perfect, it’s that some people […]

5 CicLAvia Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

By Damien Newton | Apr 12, 2011 | 9 Comments

In the comments section yesterday, our friend Jessica Meaney joked that we should all get the day after CicLAvia off to read all the stories and check out all the pictures that people post. Since we haven’t even gotten a resolution authored to that effect at City Hall, Streetsblog decided to scour the web for […]

CicLAvia: When it’s OK to Play in the Street

By Antonio Villaraigosa | Apr 11, 2011 | 25 Comments

Yesterday, over a hundred thousand Los Angeles residents turned out for the second-ever cicLAvia. Envisioned as a way to get busy Angelenos out of their cars and into the streets together, cicLAvia opens up a 7.5 mile route along our city streets, allowing cyclists, skaters, and pedestrians to enjoy a car-free LA. Ciclovías originated in […]

CicLAvia II – Bigger and Cooler Than Last Time

By Damien Newton | Apr 11, 2011 | 23 Comments

Yesterday, with more fanfare and riders than the maiden ride in October of last year, CicLAvia rolled back to the streets of Los Angeles. The route for what is fast becoming the largest car-free party in the country was the same as the 10/10/10 CicLAvia, stretching from the East Hollywood Bike District to East L.A.’s […]

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