Riding for healthy self, environment
Ciclovía in Bogotá, English-speaking countries translate to “bike path”: permanently or temporarily designated bicycle routes, closing city streets to automobiles for the enjoyment of both cyclists
and the public.
Excerpting, editing by Carolyn Bennett
CicLAvia in Los Angeles was inspired by Bogota. Streets open
to all Angelenos, interconnect diverse portions of the city, and create a web
of temporary public spaces, free of car traffic.
Nineteen seventy-six forward, the cities of Bogotá, Cali,
Medellín, and other Colombia (South America) municipalities have held Ciclovías:
blocking cars from main streets, opening them exclusively to runners, skaters,
and bicyclists. On stages and platforms in city parks are aerobics instructors,
yoga teachers and musicians leading people through a variety of performances.
Two million people (30 percent of citizens) use Bogotá’s
weekly ciclovías over a distance of 120 kilometers (74 miles) of car-free
streets. Permanently designated bikeways in Bogota are called ciclorutas; streets
temporarily closed for that purpose are called ciclovías.
Ciclovías beyond Colombia (Wikipedia ref.)
Australia (Melbourne and Sydney)
Argentina (Rosario)
Belgium (Brussels)
Brazil (Copacabana sector of Rio De Janeiro)
Canada (Winnipeg, Vancouver, Calgary-Alberta, Hamilton, Ottawa)
Ecuador (Quito)
Mexico (Mexico City)
New Zealand (Auckland area: Island of Waiheke)
Peru (Lima)
South Africa (Johannesburg)
United States: (Arizona Tucson, California San Francisco-San
Mateo County-Los Angeles, Florida Miami-Clearwater, Georgia Atlanta, Illinois Chicago,
Maryland Baltimore, Massachusetts Cambridge, Michigan Wayne County, Minnesota Minneapolis,
New Mexico Las Cruces, New York New York City, North Carolina Durham, Ohio Cleveland,
Oregon Portland, Texas El Paso-San Antonio-Fort Worth-Austin, Virginia Roanoke,
Washington Spokane)
CicLAvia LA
CicLAvia in Los Angeles has the mission, according to its
website, of encouraging safe, vibrant public spaces, sustainable
transportation, and public health through a program of car-free street events. CicLAvia
“seeks to improve not only the communities along the route, but the entire Los
Angeles region.
“Through its four core areas of advocacy ─ improved public
health, increased public space, enhanced community and economic development,
and the promotion of bicycle and pedestrian advocacy ─ CicLAvia seeks to
positively affect local and regional policy while building a sustainable,
recurring program that is fully integrated into the complex city bureaucracy
and interwoven into the fabric of the city itself.”
Sunday, October 7, 2012 ─ The CicLAvia route includes parts of Little
Tokyo, Downtown, and MacArthur Park, Exposition Park, Chinatown, and Mariachi
Plaza and Soto Station in Boyle Heights. The CicLAvia is slated to spread and
interconnect the entire region: from Long Beach to the San Fernando Valley, and
to Santa Monica via Culver City.
Sources and notes
Spanish to English ‘bike way’ also describes a permanently
designated bicycle route or a temporary event that closes streets to automobiles
for use by others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciclov%C3%ADa
LA Sunday, October 7th, 2012: CicLAvia, http://www.ciclavia.org/next-event/
CicLAvia introduction http://www.ciclavia.org/intro/
CicLAvia frequently asked questions, http://www.ciclavia.org/faq/
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