Hang up the car keys and forget about your ride-share apps, CicLAvia—Heart of LA returns to downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, October 13, and between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., the streets will belong to the riders.
Presented by Metro, CicLAvia is a 56thcar-free open streets event connecting several of the most important and historic Los Angeles neighborhoods, which include Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Downtown LA, Echo Park, the Arts District, and Little Tokyo.
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Imagine riding, skating, or drifting over the 6th Street Viaduct en route to Echo Park Lake through the Historic Core of DTLA, alongside 100,000 or so fellow participants. Some may jog, some may ride, skate, run, or walk the 7.5-mile route, with five hubs filled with plenty of activities and programs along the route, this is CicLAvia—Heart of LA.
Always free, CicLAvia participants just show up anywhere along the route at any time to enjoy the open streets and to take the time to explore the ‘Heart of LA.’
Hubs offer family-friendly activities, restrooms, free water refilling stations, free basic bike repair, bike parking, and first aid. Free pedicab rides are also available at each information booth.
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Hubs are walking zones (bike dismounts) and meeting points along the route with the Chinatown Hub located on North Broadway near Chinatown’s historic Central Plaza.
Visit the Downtown Weekly booth at the Chinatown Hub to pick up a copy of the latest issue and for chances to win great prizes and special discounts from our DT Kingdom Members.
“Heart of LA is CicLAvia’s anchor route,” says CicLAvia Executive Director Romel Pascual. “It’s where the inaugural CicLAvia took place in October 2010, and the route we return to every fall. Each year the route varies slightly to see more of our beautiful city from outside the confines of a car.
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For 2024 we’ll be going back over the spectacular 6th Street Viaduct, one of LA’s most celebrated and iconic landmarks. We will also travel a bit farther into Boyle Heights along E Cesar Chavez Ave. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Metro and LADOT for this 56th CicLAvia, the 14th Heart of LA (HOLA) route.LA.”
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Inspired by Bogotá’s weekly ciclovía, CicLAvia has been temporarily closing streets to car traffic and opening them as public parks in Los Angeles since 2010. Now, with more than 319 miles of open streets, these beloved, always free to attend events are a celebration of L.A.’s diverse and vibrant communities. CicLAvia car-free streets connect all of us to the neighborhoods where we live, work, shop, learn, and play.
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Active participants at CicLAvia use people-powered mobility to navigate public streets in a safe and joyful way. Along the way there is shopping at local businesses, access to cultural and architectural gems, using open streets as spaces to connect with each other, and making a positive impact on the environment by creating a more sustainable and climate resilient city and region. Over the past 14 years CicLAvia has helped communities re-imagine a greener and cleaner Los Angeles, while also promoting equitable transportation options, healthier lifestyles, and closer connections to community.
Only people-powered vehicles are allowed. No electric scooters, electric skateboards, hoverboards, electric unicycles, motorcycles and other non-people-powered vehicles are allowed at CicLAvia. Class 1 e-bike pedal-assist allowed. Class 2 e-bikes are allowed when the throttle is powered off. Class 3 e-bikes are allowed when pedal-assist is powered off. Motorized wheelchairs are allowed.
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CicLAvia is a nonprofit organization committed to introducing Angelenos to the vibrant civic and cultural treasures throughout Los Angeles. CicLAvia highlights important issues to all Angelenos – from environmental health and air quality improvement to access to safe and open parks, physical and mental well-being.
CicLAvia has captured o the imagination of more than 2-million people who have traveled together along more than 319 miles of streets. CicLAvia builds a unifying social fabric, joyously connecting culturally diverse neighborhoods and neighbors to each other through open streets. CicLAvia is not just about cycling, it’s also about multiple modes of people-powered transportation. Whether one walks, strolls, skates, jogs, scooters, or bikes, CicLAvia creates so many incredible moments and experiences enjoying our city streets together. www.CicLAvia.org
