Archive for the 'Ciclovia' Category

Pic o’ The Day: Bringing Back Park Ave

Published
by
Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on June 17, 2008
in Ciclovia
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From 7 am to 1 pm on August 9, 16, and 23, New York’s Park Avenue will partially resemble it’s earlier form when a municipal park actually occupied the right of way.  A nod to the successful Ciclovia events in Bogota, Colombia, “Summer Streets” will ban all vehicular and bus traffic on the bustling thoroughfare from the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street into central Park, giving way to pedestrians and cyclists only.

Park Avenue Before 1922

Image Via: Aaron Naparstek…

Today:

Park Avenue Traffic

Image Via: MikeyNYC’s Flickr…

Metro Monday: Ciclovia

Published
by
Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on February 11, 2008
in Bicycle Boulevard, Bicycles, Bogota, Ciclovia, Metro Monday, Pedestrians, Roller Blades and Streetsfilms
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Our friends over at Streetsfilms put this film together on the recent Ciclovia events in Bogota, Colombia.


Every Sunday and holiday, every week, the City of Bogotá, Colombia closes down over 70 miles of roadways to cars and let people bike, walk, talk, exercise, picnic, sunbathe, I could go on and on. Just watch the video, it’s amazing. This video comes to you via Streetfilms from the Open Planning Project in NYC.