» Ciclavia a Success
On Sunday, the inaugural Ciclavia shut down 7.5 miles of Los Angeles streets for biking, walking and other non-automobile fun.
Streets normally clogged with cars and SUVs became two-way thoroughfares of the self-propelled. People of all shapes and ages turned out — weekend warriors rode swiftly on their fine-tuned bikes, young kids on training wheels labored to keep up with their parents, an elderly couple smiled broadly as they kept at a leisurely pace.INFY and I rode the route from downtown to Hel-Mel and back and had a great time. We were both pleasantly surprised by the turnout and how smoothly everything went. Looking forward to the next one.
It all made for a strangely quiet, serene scene. The city’s police and fire departments reported no major incidents.
