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Eyes on the Street: Octavia for People
SFMTA just wrapped up a week-long "Open Streets" event, closing off part of Octavia Blvd. to cars.
April 10, 2017
15,000+ Bicyclists, Pedestrians Come Out to Garden Grove’s 3rd Open Streets Event
More than 15,000 people came out to bike and walk in Garden Grove's Open Streets event on Saturday. The 2.5-mile route stretched from Main Street to West Street and had some streets closed to cars, streets with mixed traffic, and a one-mile pop-up protected bike lane.
April 6, 2017
CicLAvia 20: Culver City Meets Venice, Open Thread
Woo! Hoooo! Another popular CicLAvia open streets event opened streets from Venice to Mar Vista yesterday!
March 27, 2017
Garden Grove Open Streets Event Returns for Third Year on April 1
Garden Grove's third Open Streets route on April 1 will have a mix of car-free streets, pop-up protected bike lanes, designated walking paths and a pop-up neighborhood greenway.
March 20, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Sunshine for First San Francisco Sunday Streets of 2017
After a long, wet winter, it was good to get out and enjoy a sunny, warm day in San Francisco. Thousands of people strolled, biked, skate boarded, and just generally had a good time on Valencia Street in the Mission during the first Sunday Streets of 2017.
March 14, 2017
DamienTalksSGV 29 – Sunday’s 626 Golden Streets Was 17 Miles of Car-Free Heaven
To call the 626, the San Gabriel Valley's mammoth open streets event, a success would be an understatement. Even with the rain, the event attracted roughly 100,000 participants. They biked, jogged, walked, or rolled the seventeen miles of car-free streets along a route that was roughly parallel to the Gold Line Foothill Extension that opened last year.
March 8, 2017
Santa Ana 5k/Ciclovia Recap: “It’s the Apocalypse Over There.”
I dreaded writing this story.
September 1, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Sunday Streets in the Mission
Normally, Valencia Street in the Mission is dominated by traffic, double-parked cars blocking bike lanes, close calls, and the occasional injury. But not yesterday; yesterday, Valencia Street was all about games, fun and dancing--and a bit of politics and social advocacy--thanks to Sunday Streets.
August 23, 2016
Open Thread: Share Your Open Streets Posters
With the end of the summer around the corner, LAUSD school's re-open two weeks from Monday, there's going to be a splash of Open Streets events throughout the state over the next couple of months.
July 29, 2016