Tag: ciclovia

September 25, 2018

Mayor Durkan’s budget boosts curb cuts, but eliminates open streets and pavement-to-parks

Streets are not just for transportation, they are also places where city life happens. But Mayor Jenny Durkan’s proposed budget apparently doesn’t see them that way, because it eliminates the city’s modest open streets and pavement-to-parks budgets. But the budget is not all bad news. It does include significant increases in sidewalk repair and new…
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tagged: ciclovia, jenny durkan, pavement to parks, summer parkways
May 7, 2012

Families attend sunny Bicycle Sunday in droves + Let’s add more activites

The first Bicycle Sunday on Lake Washington Boulevard was packed with families enjoying the chance to bike together comfortably on the mostly car-free roadway. So many kids were learning to bike, it made me wonder how many people learned to bike during Bicycle Sunday since they started in 70s. But perhaps even more telling of…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, biking bis, ciclovia
March 27, 2012

City announces dates for 2012 Summer Streets and Bicycle Sundays

The first Bicycle Sunday on Lake Washington Blvd is May 6. The mostly car-free event has been giving people the chance to cruise on a beautiful stretch of the historic lakeside roadway north of Seward Park since 1971. Seattle’s Bicycle Sunday may be one of the oldest ciclovia-stytle events in the world, and served as…
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tagged: bicycle sunday, biking bis, ciclovia, sdot, summer streets
April 25, 2011

Biking Bis: Fewer Bicycle Sundays scheduled this year

The first Bicycle Sunday of 2011 is May 8, kicking off a series of car-free Sundays on Lake Washington Boulevard this summer. The event stretches from Mt. Baker Beach to Seward Park, creating a long, temporary lakeside park. This year, there will be a couple fewer Bicycle Sundays compared to the past two years, according…
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tagged: bicycle sundays, biking bis, ciclovia, events, parks and recreation
October 13, 2010

Morning Matinee: 100,000 people take to the ‘opened’ streets of LA for CicLAvia

CicLAvia, Let’s Go! from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Sunday, LA opened up some of its busiest streets to people, and the result sounds astounding. The video above is by the hardworking folks at Streetfilms.
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tagged: aurora, bicycle sundays, cicLAvia, ciclovia, streetfilms, video