Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ciclovía

Beyond Ciclovia: Five Lessons on Sustainable Transportation from Colombia

By Kea Wilson | Dec 11, 2022 | No Comments

Here's a deeply non-exhaustive list of five lessons about sustainable transportation I took home with me from a recent trip to Colombia, and why I can't wait to go back.

Kidical Mass NYC and Summer Streets Bring Out the Tykes on Bikes

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2014 | 1 Comment

Mission accomplished for the first Kidical Mass NYC ride: The all-ages Saturday morning bike convoy from Brooklyn Borough Hall to Summer Streets was a ton of fun. Moms, dads, and kids — about two dozen people all told — made the trip with an assortment of box bikes, child seats, trailers, and kiddie cycles. The […]

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The Rise of Open Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jan 7, 2014 | No Comments

Streetfilms has been documenting the open streets movement for over seven years, beginning with our landmark film in 2007 on Bogota’s Ciclovia, currently the most viewed Streetfilm of all time. The next year, Mike Lydon of The Street Plans Collaborative decided to get an open streets event going in Miami, which led to his research for The Open Streets […]

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Enrique Peñalosa: Democracy Is Bus-Only Lanes and Protected Bikeways

By Tanya Snyder | Dec 9, 2013 | No Comments

I lived in Bogotá, Colombia, for about half of 2002. While I was there, a political party headquarters near my house was car-bombed, guerrillas attacked the presidential inauguration, and thousands of people were killed in routine violence. It was a stressful place to live. Adding to that stress was the speed and chaos of traffic. […]

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¡Viva CicLAvia!

By Damien Newton | Feb 3, 2012 | No Comments

Watch here without subtitles. After sponsoring Streetfilms of the first two CicLAvias, the open streets festival in Los Angeles based on Bogota’s Ciclovia, Streetsblog LA faced a dilemma: How can we continue to cover this event that draws over a hundred thousand Angelenos to the streets? The answer: Make a Streetfilm that was accessible to […]

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