CicLAvia Heart of L.A. 2019 – Open Thread

11:36 AM PDT on October 7, 2019

Yesterday’s Heart of L.A. CicLAvia returned to the historic 4th Street bridge. All photos by Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

LongBeachize_Ad_Concepts — This article supported by Los Angeles Bicycle Attorney as part of a general sponsorship package. All opinions in the article are that of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of LABA. Click on the ad for more information.

Yesterday, CicLAvia returned to its popular Heart of Los Angeles route, this time celebrating the 100th birthday of UCLA. The open streets festival centered on downtown Los Angeles, including adjacent communities: Arts District, Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, and MacArthur Park.

The route included many familiar sites, some popular since the very first CicLAvia in October 2010: the historic 4th Street Bridge over the L.A. River, MacArthur Park, the downtown Civic Center, and Little Tokyo's pedestrian-friendly shopping and dining areas.

It did not appear to be the most crowded Heart of L.A. CicLAvia ever, but the Metro-rail-friendly central L.A. route always draws plenty of participants. Tens of thousands of cyclists, pedestrians, scooterists, skaters, runners, wheelchair-users, and others enjoyed the pleasant car-free streets.

CicLAvia appeals to all ages - young riders on the 4th Street Bridge

xxx — CicLAvia cyclists near L.A. City Hall

xxx — CicLAvia draws many tricked-out bikes like this patriotic bubble-blowing one

xxx — CicLAvia on 7th Street in Central City West

xxx — Long line for Metro Bike Share during CicLAvia

xxx — The intersection of 7th and Alvarado Streets has a recently installed diagonal crossing. During CicLAvia, the pedestrian-only scramble phase remained intact - cyclists were held while pedestrians cleared the intersection.

xxx — CicLAvia on historic Broadway in downtown Los Angeles

Readers - how was your experience at yesterday's Heart of Los Angeles CicLAvia?

Joe Linton

Joe Linton is an editor at Streetsblog Los Angeles

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog Los Angeles

Santa Monica

Why Cities Need More “Agile” Streets

When projects are routed through a full capital-improvement workflow, solutions tend toward expensive, permanent interventions - not alternatives that might achieve 80 percent of the benefit at 10 percent of the cost

Juan Matute

March 25, 2026