Ciclovia is a regular event in several Latin American cities where cars and trucks are banned on weekends and the streets are given back to bicycles and pedestrians.
The largest is in Bogota, Colombia, where 70 miles of streets are blocked every Sunday and holiday. Among other cities, the regular car-free streets idea has been picked up by Guadalajara, Mexico (picture at left), where 7 miles of major thoroughfares are closed every Sunday to all but bicyclists, walkers, joggers, and skaters.
El Paso, Texas, was the first city to adopt the event in the US. Chicago, under the guidance of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, held a few car-free events called Sunday Parkways the past couple of years and is planning on making it a weekly event.
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