Free the Streets

TRUST South LA and its partners in the CicLAvia South LA host Committee will be hosting “FREE THE STREETS,” an eco-visionary experiential art/music fest celebrating the bourgeoning bicycle culture of South Los Angeles. This fundraiser for CicLAvia’s expansion to South LA will be fueled by live sets curated by Azul213 & KCRW’s Garth Trinidad. 21+. $10 entry, cash bar. More info (Facebook link)

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CicLAvia South LA Community Meeting

By Damien Newton |
On December 7th, CicLAvia will open certain streets in South LA to pedestrians, strollers, bikes and more from 9am–3pm for a car-free day. Join us for a community meeting on Wednesday, July 16th to learn about family activities, business opportunities, street closures, volunteer positions and more as we connect our city to your neighborhoods during […]

Active Streets LA: Walk. Bike. Live.

By Damien Newton |
GENERAL INFORMATION: Active Streets LA empowers communities to create safe walking and bicycling routes to parks, schools, and local businesses along their neighborhood streets. This event will feature FREE raffle, FREE Family activities, FREE snacks and beverages, and a bike safety skills training and a walk throughout the community. Active Streets LA is a partnership […]

The Week in Livable Streets Events

By Damien Newton |
A somewhat ho-hum week really picks up on Saturday. Monday – It’s Halloween.  Be safe out their kids. Tuesday, Thursday – To continue to keep the communities informed of the project, the City and LADOT are hosting four public meetings for the Westside Mobility Plan project in November, which would create a multimodal transportation blueprint, including […]

Being Pedestrian: A South Park Picnic

By Damien Newton |
Saturday, March 12, 2 – 5 PM Grand Hope Park,  Downtown Los Angeles Free and open to the public On Saturday, March 12, join us for A South Park Picnic,  a celebratory event that concludes the inaugural series of BEING PEDESTRIAN @ HABEAS LOUNGE, a program of walking and awareness about the ever changing neighborhood […]

Advocates Gather in Leimert Park to Hear about CicLAvia Route through South L.A. Planned for December

By Sahra Sulaiman |
South L.A. residents and advocates gathered at the KAOS Network in Leimert Park last night to learn more about CicLAvia and how the 6-mile route planned through the area on December 7th, 2014, would affect the community. Staff from CicLAvia gave presentations explaining “ciclovias” and describing how the car-free, open streets events had first originated in […]