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Articles and Testimonials from CicLAvia's 10th Anniversary

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The First CicLAvia Mini Map Is Here; Cyclists to Enjoy a Mile-Long Watts Route – Alysia Gray Painter, NBC Los Angeles, March 10, 2023
Angelenos Bear the Cold for CicLAvia – CBS Los Angeles, February 26, 2023
LA Ale Works Debuts West Coast IPA "seek-la-VEE-ah," on Friday evening, February 10, Ivy Station, Culver City, to Benefit CicLAvia – Brewbound, January 31, 2023
CicLAvia's New 'CicLAminis' Will Spotlight Pedestrian Adventures – Alysia Gray Painter, NBC Los Angeles, January 23, 2023
SMC Interaction Design Bachelor's Degree Students Lend Special Touch to CicLAvia 2022 – Associated Press, Santa Monica Daily Press, January 3, 2023
How To LA: Taking Back LA's Streets with CicLAvia – NPR, KPCC, December 7, 2022
Things to Do This Weekend: CicLAvia Visits South LA – Alysia Gray Painter, NBC Los Angeles, December 1, 2022
CicLAvia - South LA Set for Dec. 4 – Los Angeles Sentinel, December 1, 2022
CicLAvia - South LA: Miles of car-free open streets as temporary park space – Our Weekly Los Angeles, November 30, 2022
Inside SoCal: CicLAvia – Erica Olsen, CBS Los Angeles, October 23, 2022
CicLAvia Returns to Downtown LA, 7 Miles of Streets Closed to Motorized Vehicles – ABC 7, October 9, 2022
CicLAvia Closes Seven Miles of Streets in Downtown LA – CBS Los Angeles, October 9, 2022
CicLAvia Returns to 'Heart of LA' on Sunday – NBC Los Angeles, October 8, 2022
CicLAvia Rolls Through the Heart of L.A. this Sunday – Lina Lecaro, LA Weekly, October 7, 2022
CicLAvia Cierra Las Calles en el "Corazón de Los Ángeles" – Telemundo 52 News Los Angeles, October 7, 2022
CicLAvia: People-powered mobility lets you see LA differently – Steve Chiotakis, KCRW, October 6, 2022
7 miles of Downtown L.A. streets to close for CicLAvia – Vivian Chow, KTLA, October 8, 2022
Parts of Hollywood go car-free for CicLAvia on Sunday – CBS Los Angeles, August 21, 2022
CicLAvia Will Roll Through a Bevy of Hollywoods – Alysia Gray Painter, NBC News Los Angeles, August 21, 2022
CicLAvia open-streets festival goes Hollywood – Spectrum News 1, August 21, 2022
CicLAvia open-streets festival goes Hollywood. Here's what you need to know – ABC Eyewitness News, August 21, 2022
It’s the 40th CicLAvia on Sunday, as East meets West in Hollywood – Steve Scauzillo, Los Angeles Daily News, August 19, 2022
These ‘only in L.A.’ adventures are the perfect last hoorah for your summer – Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2022
CicLAvia returns to South Los Angeles for open-streets event Sunday – Spectrum News 1, July 9, 2022
CicLAvia returns to South Los Angeles this Sunday – CBS Los Angeles, July 8, 2022
CicLAvia to Roll Along Western in South LA – Alysia Gray Painter, NBC Los Angeles, July 7, 2022
CicLAvia Is Back. Ditch Your Car And Enjoy South LA On Open Streets – Ryan Fonseca, LAist / KPCC, June 30, 2022
South LA CicLAvia Draws 20K-Plus Participants – KFI AM640, December 6, 2021
CicLAvia Returns to South LA for Open-Streets Event – Kathy Vara, NBC Los Angeles, December 5, 2021
CicLAvia Hits South LA This Weekend. Bicycles, Skateboards, Wheelchairs Or Unicycles Welcome – Sharon McNary, KPCC | LAist, December 3, 2021
December's CicLAvia community bike ride takes to Crenshaw Corridor – Kristopher Gee, Spectrum News, December 3, 2021
CicLAvía celebrates diversity and the community's return to the streets of Los Angeles – Jorge Luis Macías, La Opinión, October 11, 2021
CicLAvia returns to LA, attracting thousands of cyclists – Lydia Pantazes, Spectrum News, October 11, 2021
CicLAvia Returns To 'Heart Of LA' That Debuted 10 Years Ago – CBS Los Angeles, October 10, 2021
Photos: Bike-happy CicLAvia event rolls back into Los Angeles – Los Angeles Daily News, October 10, 2021
10th Annual CicLAvia Event – Phillip Ige, KTLA News, October 10, 2021
Roll, run or walk in downtown this Sunday. CicLAvia returns to ‘Heart of LA’ route for 10th anniversary – Chery Glaser, KCRW, October 8, 2021
Weekend: CicLAvia Rolls Through the 'Heart of LA' – Alysia Gray Painter, NBC Los Angeles, October 7, 2021
Go Metro this Sunday to CicLAvia — Heart of LA – Anna Chen, Metro: The Source, October 5, 2021
CicLAvia is Back! – Keri Freeman, DTLA Weekly, October 4, 2021
CicLAvia Returns for First Time Since Before Pandemic – NBC Los Angeles, August 16, 2021
CicLAvia Returns In Wilmington After 1-Year Break Due To Pandemic – CBS News Los Angeles, August 15, 2021
CicLAvia returns in more than a year — with pop-up vaccination clinics – Matt Guilhem, KCRW, August 12, 2021
The open street bike festival known as 'CicLAvia' is back after a one-year hiatus. – Michaela Pereira, Good Day LA / Fox 11 Los Angeles, August 9, 2021
What to Do This Summer: Los Angeles – Finn-Olaf Jones, The New York Times, July 30, 2021
CicLAvia Announces New Events, Beginning In August – Olivia Richard, LAist, July 4, 2021
CicLAvia is returning to Los Angeles County – Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, July 3, 2021
3 CicLAvia bike festivals to take place this year in L.A. County – KTLA, July 3, 2021
CicLAvia Celebrates 10 Years of Open Streets and Public Health – Abel Weiss, DTLA Weekly, July 2, 2020
CicLAvia Helping Expand Al Fresco Dining In Neighborhoods Hit Hard By COVID-19 – Olivia Richard, LAist, May 23, 2021
LA Turns to the Open Streets Experts at CicLAvia to Expand Outdoor Dining Program – NBC Los Angeles, May 20, 2021
CicLAvia Working With Los Angeles To Expand Al Fresco Outdoor Dining Program – My News LA, May 20, 2021
The Notion of Disrupting Aging – bUneke Magazine, February 16, 2021
Best friends for 65 years: A bike-loving L.A. couple shares advice for a long marriage – Rachel Schnalzer, The Los Angeles Times, February 12, 2021
How to keep that Valentine’s Day feeling year ‘round – Lisa Olivia Fitch, Our Weekly Los Angeles, February 11, 2021
Ten Years of CicLAvia Lead to Many Changes in Road Safety – Nic Cha Kim, Spectrum News 1, December 28, 2020
As businesses adjust to Covid-19, a new take on an old question: Who owns the sidewalks? – Dayna Evans, The Counter, November 5, 2020
CicLAvia joins the High Line Network – The High Line, July 2, 2020
CicLAvia – 2020 ULI Urban Open Space Awards Special Mention – ULI Americas, May 20, 2020
Romel Pascual on CicLAvia’s 10 Years of Reimagining Public Streets – The Planning Report, May 19, 2020
L.A. just had its longest stretch of clean air since 1980 – Elijah Chiland, CurbedLA, April 3, 2020
7 Los Angeles streets that should go car free – Alissa Walker, CurbedLA, January 28, 2020
20 Los Angeles Headlines from the Future – Alissa Walker, CurbedLA, January 13, 2020
Reimagine What Your Streets Can Be with CicLAvia Executive Director Romel Pasqual – The Movement, June 12, 2019
Feature Story on CicLAvia Super Fan Swee Ool – Kristopher Gee, Spectrum News 1, March 4, 2019
Culver City Mayor Small Discusses Promoting People-Friendly Streets – Jada Montemerano, Spectrum News 1, March 5, 2019
Interview with CicLAvia Executive Director Romel Pascual – Inside the Issues with Alex Cohn, Spectrum News 1, February 7, 2019
1800 performers as Ciclavia celebrates the LA Philharmonic – Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Southern California Public Radio, October 1, 2018
CicLAvia’s Celebrate LA! offers city views at a slower pace – Sarah Farvot, Daily Breeze, September 30, 2018
10 Events in Los Angeles that Give Us Major FOMO – Corey Marfitt, College Magazine, June 25, 2018
18 LA things to look forward to in 2018 – Alissa Walker, Curbed LA, December 29, 2017
Mega CicLAvia: Disney Hall to Hollywood Bowl – Alysia Gray Painter, NBC Los Angeles, November 10, 2017
10 cities that put cars in park for a day – Larry Bleiberg, USA Today, June 10, 2016
This 11-year-old wants L.A.'s streets to be safe for everyone — not just cars – Matlock Grossman, The Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2016
CicLAvia improves air quality in LA neighborhoods, study finds – KPCC, October 2015
As CicLAvia Grows, Angelenos Do Too – KCET History & Society, October 19, 2014
CicLAvia boosted sales for businesses along route, UCLA research shows – Alex Boekelheide, UCLA Newsroom, October 1, 2013
City Walk: CicLAvia – KCET, April 2013
CicLAvia Rules! How Bicyclists Made L.A. a Better Place – Hillel Aron, LA Weekly, April 5, 2012
An estimated 100,000 turn out for L.A.'s inaugural CicLAvia event – Joel Rubin, The Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2010

Press Releases

As CicLAvia Announces Its Return to Open Streets Events in the Coming Months, Mayor Garcetti and LADOT Rely on the Nonprofit’s Expertise in Open Streets Planning for the City’s – hopefully permanent – L.A. Al Fresco Program – May 19, 2021
CicLAvia kicks off its 10-year anniversary season with an event in South Los Angeles – February 23, 2020
CicLAvia–The Valley event on December 8 closes the 2019 season – December 8, 2019
CicLAvia celebrates UCLA’s Centennial with a six-mile event, CicLAvia–Heart of LA – October 6, 2019
Morning Ceremony to Kick Off CicLAvia—Meet the Hollywoods – August 13, 2019
CicLAvia to Debut New Route through City of West Hollywood, Hollywood and East Hollywood– August 6, 2019
CicLAvia to Celebrate 200 Miles of Car-Free Streets Traveled with Kickoff Ceremony – June 25, 2019
CicLAvia Celebrates Its Role Inspiring a Healthy, Sustainable L.A. as it Surpasses 200 Miles Traveled – June 21, 2019
CicLAvia Heads to the Heart of the Harbor with LA2050 – April 18, 2019
CicLAvia to Launch 2019 Season with Return to One of LA’s Favorite Routes – February 26, 2019

Videos of Past CicLAvia Events

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