Recent Streetsblog LA posts about CicLAvia

CicLAvia Announces Route, Asks for Help

By Damien Newton | Jun 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

September 12 is going to rock. The "M’s" are Metro rail stops along the CicLAvia. How long do you think it would take to bike from the Bicycle Kitchen in East Hollywood to Hollenback Park on the other side of the I-5 on East 4th Street? What if the streets were closed to cars and […]

Metro “Leaks” the Date for CicLAvia

By Damien Newton | May 10, 2010 | 2 Comments

Hopefully CicLAvia will look something like this… For about a month and a half, rumors have been circulating that September 12 would be the date of Los Angeles’ "Ciclovia style" open street festival. The CicLAvia team has been working hard to bring this sort of game changing event to Los Angeles, but the Mayor’s office […]

Ciclavia Is Just One GOOD Idea

By Ron Milam | Dec 7, 2009 | 19 Comments

A GOOD presentation. Image: Ron Milam On December 5th, GOOD Magazine hosted an event called L.A. 2.0: Refresh, Reinvent and Re-imagine that assembled 25 leading urban practitioners for an afternoon to identify five key urban strategies to improve the physical environment in Los Angeles. I participated in this event and am pleased to report the […]

Will L.A. Have Its Ciclovia? Signs Are Pointing to Yes

By Damien Newton | Nov 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

Imagine Wilshire Boulevard without cars. Rendering: CicLAvia For months, a hard-core group of volunteers have been working on a shoe-string budget to bring a series of car-free festivals to Los Angeles based on the weekly Ciclovias of Bogota, Colombia. Thanks to a series of high profile news stories in the Times and ABC News highlighting […]