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Were you at CicLAvia? Did you like the route? Do you think it's worth its estimated $250000 price tag? Should LA reserve some lanes for bikes on a full-time [...]

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About 100000 biked, walked, and played at CicLAvia yesterday — an event so sunny and surreal that it has everyone asking when the next CicLAvia will happen [...]

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Because CicLAvia's happening on Sunday I've got bikes on my mind — and was delightfully surprised when I found out about a knitted bike parked on Third [...]

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More than seven miles of streets will be liberated from cars for CicLAvia — a car-free streetfest of sorts — on Oct. 10 from 10 am to 3 pm, clearing the [...]

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This Sunday, 7.5 miles of Los Angeles streets will be closed to traffic for the city's first ever CicLAvia, where bikers and walkers will take to the [...]

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Back in February, when I first wrote about CicLAvia in Public Space = Public Health my hope was that the piece would help call attention to a terrific civic [...]

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Based on Ciclovia in Bogota, Colubmia (and later in US cities like San Francisco and New York City), CicLAvia was an open streets festival that let [...]

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Missed CicLAvia yesterday? LA Times estimates 100000 people turned out for the inaugural Ciclavia.You missed out! KPCC's Corey Moore covered the event, [...]

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CicLAvia happens tomorrow — so get ready to party on the car-free streets! Here's a shortlist of the fun you can have: Blogdowntown's put together a list [...]

Where: South Lawn at City Hall, on First Ave between Main St and N. Spring St. (The street will be closed off for access as part of the CicLaVia closure [...]

8 Oct 2010 CicLAvia runs along seven and a half miles of Los Angeles streets from Melrose and the 101 to the west and 4th Street near Hollenbeck Park [...]

11 Oct 2010 For more CicLAvia media, check out the photo set from Streetsblog LA. Celebrate a car-free Los Angeles on 10/10/10 at CicLAvia. [...]

If you did not go, you cannot know how beautiful it was…CicLAvia, six hours of freedom of street for human beings moving under their own power, untrammeled by sheet metal and speed…. Cyclists of every sort, walkers, skaters, stroller pushers, wheelchair pushers, fast and slow, slim and stout, freak [...]

CicLAvia is raising funds for CicLAvia on Kickstarter! CicLAvia is the temporary opening of LA streets to pedestrians, cyclists, families, and anyone who can imagine a new way [...]

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Thanks to all the businesses now sporting CicLAvia posters! Pictured at the left is Mai Mexican Kitchen – on Spring Street between 6th and 7th Street. To get your own poster, especially for posting at businesses on or near the route, [...]

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Two great museums on the 10/10/10 CicLAvia route are offering half-price promotions to CicLAvia participants: the Japanese American National Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art - better known by their 4-letter acronyms: JANM and [...]

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¡Viva Ciclavia! October 11, 2010. by Drew. What is a street? Is it simply an asphalt slab, carrying bulky cars to their destinations? Or is it a potential destination in itself? After decades of experiencing nothing but the former, [...]

Streets of LA are closed for CicLAvia. Saw my friend Joel on his Surly. Saw people crash on a tandem bike. Lots of people taking photos and videos and just generally enjoying the day. [...]

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Sunday was CicLAvia, Los Angeles first attempt at the car free city events begun in Bogota, Colombia and replicated in many other major cities around the world. Still feeling the effects of a cold, and facing some very warm temperatures [...]

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I may have more to say later about yesterday's marvelous and monumental CicLAvia (or I may not) but in the meantime, here's a timelapse I made of the 7.5-mile route from Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights coming back to Bicycle Square at [...]

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CicLAvia touched hundreds of thousands of people, even if it were just that they heard laughing on their streets instead of cars honking their horns. LAist. While a majority of participants used the chance to cycle between East [...]

In case you have somehow missed the news, 7.5 miles of streets in Los Angeles will be closed today for the benefit of cyclists and pedestrians. The event is called CicLAvia and it starts at 10 a.m. The above map shows the street closures. As part of the event, there will be many Metro bus detours in [...]

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CicLAvia participants will notice sharrows on this stretch of roadway – one of only 6 streets in Los Angeles to receive sharrow markings so far. Sharrows are a somewhat new road-marking which show where it's safe for bicycles and cars [...]

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There will be a lot of bus detours in effect on Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm as part of the first CicLAvia event that will close about 7.5 miles of streets for cyclists and pedestrians. Several intersections along the route will allow cross [...]

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cicLAvia is happening today in LA and I could not be more excited! Some friends and I are headed up there for a full day of cycling and socializing. I've heard that there will be some amazing food along the 7.5 mile route! [...]