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Your Friday Video of Zen: DTLA Street Futures (Featuring CicLAvia)
What will the future streets of Los Angeles look like? And what sorts of innovations, interventions, infrastructure, interconnections, and events will help us get there? And can we get there in a way that is sustainable, grounded in community experiences, and does not displace residents of communities that have experienced historical disinvestment?
December 18, 2015
CicLAvia XV Open Thread: 5 Years, 15 Events, And A Little Rain
CicLAvia hosted its 15th Open Streets festival yesterday. The Heart of L.A. route was similar to the now-familiar and always-a-hit initial October 10, 2010, route, with hubs at MacArthur Park, City Hall, and Hollenbeck Park, plus an added spur up into Chinatown. The route included plenty of great architecture, excellent transit connections, and of course tens of thousands of smiling faces.
October 19, 2015
This Week’s L.A. Transportation Committee: Vision Zero, Parking, CicLAvia
Yesterday's Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee touched on a number of items related to Los Angeles livability. Below is a brief recap of highlights. All these committee actions still need to be approved by the full city council before going into effect.
September 10, 2015
CicLAvia Culver City Venice Open Thread
CicLAvia - Culver City meets Venice was another massive CicLAvia. Despite the usual fears from some businesses, the event was attended by huge numbers of cyclists, plus plenty of people on foot, skates, blades, skateboards, and more.
August 10, 2015
Tito’s Tacos Comes Around, Welcomes Culver City CicLAvia Participants
Today, Tito's Tacos posted on Twitter and Facebook that they will be open during this Sunday's CicLAvia - Culver City meets Venice. Tito's emphasized that many of their employees take public transit and ride bikes to work every day. CicLAvia tweeted that they'll be helping Tito's out with bike and car parking that day.
August 7, 2015
Activist Profile: Tafarai Bayne
South L.A. community organizer and streets advocate extraordinaire Tafarai Bayne was often seen exploring the vast landscape of Los Angeles on “The Flash,” his recently retired bicycle.
June 9, 2015
Long Beach’s First Ever Beach Streets Ciclovía – Open Thread
How was your Beach Streets? Long Beach, the aspirational most bike-friendly city in America and demonstrably the most bike-friendly city in L.A. County, has joined the ranks of cities hosting open streets festivals or ciclovías. Long Beach's first ever Beach Streets was full of camaraderie, chillness, and community.
June 8, 2015
10 Beach Streets Tips for Those Experiencing Open Streets for the First Time Tomorrow
I still remember the feeling in the air right before the 10/10/10 CicLAvia: a mix of anticipation, nervous energy and curiosity. Twelve CicLAvia's later, including CicLAvia XIII in Pasadena last week, the event brings the same excitement and wonder it ever does. But, as an experienced Open Streets participant, humor me while I share some of my views on the best ways to enjoy Beach Streets. Long Beach's very first Beach Streets takes place tomorrow - Saturday June 6 from .
June 5, 2015
CicLAvia XIII: Pasadena Open Streets Open Thread
CicLAvia touched down in the City of Pasadena for the first time yesterday. The route, centered on Colorado Boulevard, showcased the city's great walkable historic core, preserved because the City of Pasadena stopped the destructive and costly practice of street widening and reformed parking, but that's a whole 'nother story. Yesterday, Pasadena saw plenty of smiles, music, dogs, families, long lines at eateries, crowded Gold Line cars, and - yes - tens of thousands of bikes.
June 1, 2015
CicLAvia XII Open Thread: Viva the Valley!
With a winning formula that attracts tens of thousands of participants, spurred on by funding from Metro, Southern California open streets programs are not just for central and Downtown L.A. any more. Coming soon, inaugural ciclovías will take Long Beach and Pasadena. But we're getting ahead of ourselves.
March 23, 2015