Cyclovia Tucson: it’s really happening!
Most of my readers know how excited I am about this. I even visited Bogota, Colombia last year to participate in and learn about their Ciclovia, which to this day is the largest and most impressive in the world. Here in Tucson, ours is just a fledgling operation, but it is going to be a really good start!
I know it is hard to see, but here is the route:
The highlighted streets in the map (Fourth Ave from Congress to Seneca, Seneca to Mountain, Mountain through the University on Highland to University, and then back up to Fourth) will be closed to all motorized traffic on Sunday, April 18 — and thus open to YOU and your family to ride your bike, walk, rollerblade, cartwheel, or do what you do, safely and with all your friends.
Various activities including music, dance, yoga, a climbing wall, and other cool stuff (including bike repair stations) will be found along the route, all free. If you live along the route and want to do your own thing, do so!
We are still looking for sponsors for this awesome event, so if you own a business or work in one that might be interested in showing support for a great event that encourages healthy activity, walking, biking, alternative transportation, and the virtues of living in a culture where it is okay to go outside and meet your neighbors, please consider being a sponsor!
And if you are on facebook, become a fan so we can help get the word out.
The Cyclovia Tucson website (a work in progress, but already quite useful) is at www.cycloviatucson.com.
–Erik Ryberg
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
bigger map
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9153/26492323845138444289907.jpg
awesomeness
March 4th, 2010 at 8:10 am
I drew the route using RunThere.com. According to what I drew,it’s a 5.12 route, starting and finishing at Maynard’s Market. Here’s a link: http://runthere.com/routeview.php?rtnum=43970&from=fitblog
March 4th, 2010 at 11:13 am
[...] of the city’s vaunted bikeways. Evidently, LA isn’t the only regional city to host a ciclovía; Tucson is holding one, too. A two-year doping ban for former Rabobank and Silence-Lotto pro rider Thomas Dekker. British [...]
March 5th, 2010 at 11:43 am
cool logo!
March 6th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
We’ll be heading out next weekend to Sunday streets in San Francisco. A small group of us will bike train bike to enjoy the scenery and hopefully the good weather.
http://sundaystreetssf.com/