Recent Streetsblog LA posts about CicLAvia

CicLAvia Film Week: Come Out and Play

By Damien Newton | Oct 5, 2010 | No Comments

Today’s CicLAvia video comes not from Streetfilms, but from the CicLAvia team itself. For those reading at work, the video follows a cyclist from her bedroom riding all the way to the living area of her apartment. There, people are playing games, engaging in debate, and bascally having a good time doing the kinds of […]

Ride with Streetsblog to MidDay Ridazz!

By Damien Newton | Oct 5, 2010 | 12 Comments

Please note this is for the 2010 CicLAvia. For information on riding to the 04/10/2011 CicLAvia event please go to http://www.bikerowave.org. One of the highlights of this Sunday’s CicLAvia is the “MidDay Ridazz” family ride starting at the Bicycle Kitchen in East Hollywood and Hollenbeck Park on the Eastside. What better way for Westsiders to […]

CicLAvia Film Week: Remembering the Original Ciclovia

By Damien Newton | Oct 4, 2010 | 6 Comments

This week, as we prepare for Los Angeles’ first Ciclovia-styled event next Sunday, we’re going to take some time to celebrate some of the great open-street festivals from around the world. Streetfilms has done yeoman’s work putting together a pretty amazing series on these festivals throughout the Americas. Today we focus on the Grand Daddy […]

Mayor Villaraigosa Invites Angelenos to CicLAvia

By Damien Newton | Sep 22, 2010 | 7 Comments

This morning, mayor Antonio Villaraigosa held a press conference to invite the city to participate in CicLAvia, L.A.’s first open streets festival, on October 10th 2010. The mayor spoke fondly of his trips to Copenhagen and Mexico City and contrasted their bike-populated streets to those of Los Angeles. The mayor related the story that he had returned from Mexico […]

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Thousands Play in Oakland’s Streets at the First-Ever ‘Oaklavia’

By John Hamilton | Jul 7, 2010 | No Comments

(editor’s note – If people enjoy the Streetfilms’ on the Ciclovia’s happening across the country and the world, you can find a gallery with all of them here.- DN) On Sunday, June 27th, Downtown Oakland opened two miles of its streets to fun and activities—zumba dancing, circus arts, BMX bike competitions and performances from local […]

Lessons from Mexico City: Ciclovia

By Ron Milam | Jun 30, 2010 | 2 Comments

When I woke up on Sunday Morning here in Mexico City and looked out my window down at the giant Reforma Blvd., it was full of hundreds of cyclists. Without knowing it, I had stumbled into one of Mexico City’s weekly Ciclovia events where miles of major Boulevards are closed off to automobile traffic and […]

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