CicLAvia

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title: "CicLAvia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cycling-events-in-the-united-states", "transportation-in-los-angeles-county,-california", "cycling-in-los-angeles", "sports-in-los-angeles", "organized-events-in-los-angeles", "festivals-in-los-angeles", "bike-paths-in-california", "2010-establishments-in-california", "open-streets-events", "recurring-sporting-events-established-in-2010"] description: "Open streets festival in Los Angeles, California" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CicLAvia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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CicLAvia () is a nonprofit, car-free streets initiative in Los Angeles, California. The organization temporarily closes streets to motor vehicles to make them accessible to vendors and the public. It occurs several times a year on new and repeating routes.

The event is completely free to the public. “Based on the Ciclovía model from Bogotá, Colombia, it’s when organizers, city and county officials close a stretch of city streets to all motorized vehicles and open up the roadway for people to bike, skate, run, stroll, ride a scooter and just enjoy the neighborhood, close up. Nothing electric is allowed except for the following: E-bikes with pedal-assist—but other e-bikes must have the throttle powered off—and motorized wheelchairs.”

Upwards of 100,000 people attend individual CicLAvia events,

History

The First CicLAvia

The first CicLAvia event, on October 10, 2010 opened a stretch of streets from East Hollywood through downtown Los Angeles into Boyle Heights. Over 100,000 people turned out, exceeding organizers’ expectations. The event itself was inspired by Ciclovia, a similar, annual open streets event taking place in Bogota, Colombia since 1974.

10-year anniversary

CicLAvia celebrated 10 years of Los Angeles events on October 10, 2021. The route included Downtown Los Angeles and surrounding neighborhoods. The birthday event celebrated over a decade of open streets in which people could bike, skate, run, walk, skateboard, and spectate. In the event's 10-year history, there have been 35 CicLAvias, more than 1.8 million participants (averaging 53,000 participants at each event), and nearly 226 miles of open streets in L.A. County.

Route history

Over 50 subsequent CicLAvia events have taken place in communities across Los Angeles County, usually covering a 5-10 mile stretch of city streets. Some of the most commonly used locations used are Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, South Los Angeles, Culver City, Thai Town, Hollywood, West Hollywood, and Wilmington, while previous locations also include Pasadena, Glendale, and the Southeast Cities. The longest event to date was the April 2013 CicLAvia—To the Sea, which ran 15 miles from Downtown Los Angeles to Venice Beach.

The popularity of CicLAvia has also led to other open streets events in Los Angeles County. A San Gabriel Valley-focused event called 626 Golden Streets (renamed to Active Streets in 2024) launched in 2017 and has held seven events since it began. The City of Long Beach has held an open streets event called Beach Streets since 2015, with the most recent event taking place in 2024. And from 2016-2019, the City of Santa Monica held an annual open streets event called COAST.

List of CicLAvia routes

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No.	Date	Event name	Miles	Notes
1	2010-10-10	Heart of LA	7	Included Hel-Mel, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, and Hollenbeck Park.
2	2011-04-10	Heart of LA	7	Included Hel-Mel, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, and Hollenbeck Park.
3	2011-10-09	Heart of LA	10	Included Hel-Mel, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, Hollenbeck Park, Piñata District (and El Pueblo/Fire Fighter Museum).
4	2012-04-15	Heart of LA	10	Included Hel-Mel, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, Hollenbeck Park, Piñata District (and El Pueblo/Fire Fighter Museum).
5	2012-10-07	Heart of LA	10	Included Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, Chinatown, Expo Park, Little Tokyo, and Civic Center/Historic Core.
6	2013-04-21	To the Sea	15	Included Mid-City, Civic Center, Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, Culver City, Venice, Palms, and Mar Vista.
7	2013-06-23	Iconic Wilshire Blvd	6	Included Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, Koreatown, Miracle Mile, Fairfax, and Mid-Wilshire.
8	2013-10-06	Heart of LA	7.5	Included Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, Chinatown, AA Firefighter Museum Hub, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, Civic Center, and Piñata District.
9	2014-04-06	Iconic Wilshire Blvd	6	Included Downtown Los Angeles, MacArthur Park, Koreatown, Miracle Mile, Fairfax, and Mid-Wilshire.
10	2014-10-05	Heart of LA	10	Included East LA, Boyle Heights, Downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Civic Center, Historic Theatre District, and Echo Park.{{cite web
11	2014-12-07	South LA	6	Included Leimert Park, King Estates, Historic South Central, and Expo Park.{{cite web
12	2015-03-22	The Valley	6	Included North Hollywood Arts District, Universal City, the historic Campo de Cahuenga, Studio City Farmers Market and Sportsmen’s Lodge.
13	2015-05-31	Pasadena	3.5	Along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.
14	2015-08-09	Culver City Meets Venice	6	Included Mar Vista Farmers Market, Abbot Kinney and Venice Beach.
15	2015-10-18	Heart of LA	6	Included Boyle Heights, the Arts District, Little Tokyo, Civic Center, Chinatown, Historic Core.
16	2016-03-06	The Valley	4	Included Pacoima, Arleta, North Hills East, and Panorama City.
17	2016-05-15	Southeast Cities	10	Included Huntington Park, Walnut Park, South Gate, Florence-Firestone, Lynwood, and Watts.
18	2016-08-14	Iconic Wilshire Boulevard	3.5	Included Koreatown, Westlake, and Downtown Los Angeles.
19	2016-10-16	Heart of LA	5.75	Included Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Downtown Los Angeles, and Westlake.
20	2017-03-27	Culver City Meets Venice	6	Included Culver City, Mar Vista, and Venice.{{cite web
21	2017-06–11	Glendale Meets Atwater Village	3	Included Glendale and Atwater Village.
22	2017-08-13	San Pedro Meets Wilmington	7	Included San Pedro and Wilmington.
23	2017-10-08	Heart of LA	6	Included Chinatown, Downtown Los Angeles, Echo Park and Boyle Heights.
24	2017-12-10	Iconic Wilshire Boulevard	4	Included Koreatown, Westlake, and Downtown Los Angeles.
25	2018-04-22	Heart of the Foothills	6.5	Included City of San Dimas, the City of La Verne, the City of Pomona and the City of Claremont.
26	2018-06-24	The Valley	4	Included Panorama City, Arleta and Pacoima.
27	2018-09-30	LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia: Celebrate LA!	8	From Walt Disney Concert Hall to Hollywood.
28	2018-12-02	Heart of LA	6	Included Chinatown, Downtown Los Angeles, and Boyle Heights.
29	2019-03-03	Culver City Meets Mar Vista + Palms	6.5	Included Culver City, Mar Vista and Palms.
30	2019-04-28	Wilmington	2.25	In Wilmington.
31	2019-06-30	Mid City Meets Pico Union	4	Included Angelus Vista, Arlington Heights, Harvard Heights, Mid City, and Pico Union.
32	2019-08-18	Meet the Hollywoods	6.5	Included West Hollywood, Hollywood, and East Hollywood.
33	2019-10-06	Heart of LA Celebrating UCLA100	6	Included Westlake, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Boyle Heights, and Downtown Los Angeles.
34	2019-12-08	The Valley	5	Along Sherman Way from Canoga Park through Winnetka to Reseda.
35	2020-02-23	South LA	6	Included South Central, Florence-Firestone and Watts.
	2020-04-26	Mid City Meets Venice		Canceled due to COVID pandemic.
	2020-06-14	Glendale Meets Atwater		Canceled due to COVID pandemic.
	2020-08-16	The Valley		Planned to include Pacoima, Arleta, and Panorama City. Canceled due to COVID pandemic.
	2020-10-11	Heart of LA		Canceled due to COVID pandemic.
	2020-12-06	South LA		Planned to include Leimert Park, Exposition Park, and South Central. Canceled due to COVID pandemic.
36	2021-08-15	Wilmington	2.25	From Banning Park to Wilmington Waterfront Park.
37	2021-10-10	Heart of LA	6	In Downtown Los Angeles.
38	2021-12-05	South LA	5.3	Included South Central, Exposition Park, Leimert Park and Crenshaw.
39	2022-07-10	South LA	3	Included Vermont Square, Harvard Park, Chesterfield Square, Exposition Park, and King Estates.
40	2022-08-21	Meet the Hollywoods	6.6	Through Hollywood and West Hollywood.
41	2022-10-09	Heart of LA	7	In Downtown Los Angeles.
42	2022-12-04	South LA	7.25	From Expo Park through South Central and Florence-Firestone to Watts.
43	2023-02-26	The Valley	5	Included Canoga Park, Winnetka, and Reseda.
44	2023-04-16	Mid City meets Pico-Union	4	Included Mid City and Pico Union.
45	2023-05-21	CicLAmini—Watts	1	Through Watts.
46	2023-06-18	South LA—Vermont Ave.	6.2	From Expo Park through Vermont-Slauson and Westmont to Jesse Owens Park.
	2023-08-20	Koreatown meets Hollywood		url=https://www.ciclavia.org/koreatown_meets_hollywood23
47	2023-09-17	CicLAmini—North Hollywood	1	Along Chandler Blvd, Lankershim Blvd, and Magnolia Blvd.
48	2023-10-15	Heart of LA	7.8	In Downtown Los Angeles.
40	2023-12-03	South LA—Leimert Park meets Historic South Central	6	Included Leimert Park and Historic South Central.
50	2024-02-25	Melrose	4	Included Fairfax, Larchmont, Melrose Hill, and East Hollywood.
51	2024-04-21	Venice Blvd	5.75	Included Culver City, Palms, Mar Vista, and Venice.
52	2024-05-19	CicLAmini—Wilmington	2.25	In Wilmington.
53	2024-06-23	South LA (Western Ave)	5	Along Western Avenue from Exposition Boulevard to Century Boulevard.
54	2024-08-18	Meet the Hollywoods	6.6	Included East and West Hollywood.
55	2024-09-15	CicLAmini—Lincoln Heights	1.16	In Lincoln Heights.
56	2024-10-13	Heart of LA	7.5	Included Boyle Heights, Chinatown, Downtown, Echo Park, and Little Tokyo.
57	2024-12-08	The Valley—Sherman Way	5	Included Canoga Park, Winnetka, and Reseda.
58	2025-02-23	West Adams meets University Park	4.1	Included West Adams, Jefferson Park, and University Park.
59	2025-04-06	Koreatown meets Hollywood	4.75	Included Hollywood, East Hollywood, Melrose Hill, and Koreatown.
60	2025-05-18	Pico Union	1.4	Pico Union area.
	2025-06-22	Historic South Central Meets Watts		Postponed.
61	2025-08-17	Culver City meets Venice	6.75	Included Culver City, Mar Vista, and Venice.
	2025-09-14	CicLAmini: San Pedro		Canceled and replaced by postponed Historic South Central Meets Watts route.
62	2025-09-14	Historic South Central meets Watts	6.25	Included Historic South Central, Florence Firestone, and Watts.
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Event

Details

Local businesses often get involved with the event, offering deals and specials along the route to take advantage of the increase in activity. At “hubs” throughout each route, there are typically food trucks, climbing walls, arts and crafts, and other games.

Partners

Los Angeles Metro provides funding to CicLAvia to support event planning, coordination, promotion, and other costs as part of a larger funding package for car-free streets. Other organizations work with CicLAvia for specific events, like the LA Phil and UCLA.

Impact

The goal of the nonprofit is to encourage public health, mass transit and vibrant use of public space through car-free street events. In addition to fostering bicycling and walking, LA Metro staff report that CicLAvia events coincide with a 10% or greater increase in rail ridership and system-wide increases in sales of day passes. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated the physical activity at a CicLAvia event, reporting that 45% of participants would have otherwise been sedentary, and recommending CicLAvia increase event frequency.

A UCLA study found a reduction in local crime by 40%, as well as additional benefits for local businesses along the route, which see sales increase anywhere from 10% to 57% on event days. A separate study measured the air quality impacts of a CicLAvia event in downtown Los Angeles, finding a substantial decrease in particulate matter and ultrafine particles along and near the route.

The event has also renewed calls to turn the intersection and portion of Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Hollywood & Highland Center into a public plaza, similar to Times Square.

References

References

1. (28 June 2019). "Opening the Streets of Los Angeles to Showcase Its Culture".
2. Scauzillo, Steve. (2022-08-20). "It's the 40th CicLAvia on Sunday, as East meets West in Hollywood".
3. (30 June 2019). "Bicyclists take to L.A. streets for latest CicLAvia festival".
4. (11 October 2010). "An estimated 100,000 turn out for L.A.'s inaugural CicLAvia event".
5. (14 January 2015). "The Angeleno Who Got CicLAvia Rolling Doesn't Just Produce Festivals; He Aims to Reshape L.A.". Los Angeles Magazine.
6. May-Suzuki, Christian. (11 November 2020). "CicLAvia celebrates 10th anniversary with fundraiser {{!}} Culver City News".
7. (8 August 2015). "CicLAvia 'Culver City Meets Venice': A guide to the route, deals, activities and more".
8. (8 August 2019). "Here's the route for CicLAvia's 'Meet the Hollywoods' event".
9. (31 May 2015). "Thousands turn out for first-ever CicLAvia in Pasadena".
10. (20 April 2013). "Miles of Streets Closed for 'CicLAvia To the Sea'".
11. "About - Active Streets".
12. "Past Events".
13. "Beach Streets".
14. "COAST Santa Monica's Open Streets Event".
15. "CicLAvia Events".
16. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
17. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
18. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
19. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
20. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
21. "CicLAvia—To the Sea".
22. "CicLAvia—Iconic Wilshire Blvd".
23. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
24. "CicLAvia—Iconic Wilshire Blvd".
25. "CicLAvia - The Valley".
26. "CicLAvia - Pasadena".
27. "CicLAvia - Culver City Meets Venice".
28. "CicLAvia - Heart of LA".
29. "CicLAvia - The Valley".
30. "CicLAvia - Southeast Cities".
31. "CicLAvia - Iconic Wilshire Boulevard".
32. "CicLAvia - Heart of LA".
33. "CicLAvia - Glendale Meets Atwater Village".
34. "CicLAvia - San Pedro Meets Wilmington".
35. "CicLAvia - Heart of LA".
36. "Ciclavia Iconic Wilshire Boulevard".
37. "CicLAvia Heart of the Foothills".
38. "The Valley".
39. "LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia: Celebrate LA!".
40. "CicLAvia - Heart of LA presented by Metro".
41. "CicLAvia - Culver City Meets Mar Vista + Palms".
42. "CicLAvia—Wilmington".
43. "CicLAvia—Mid City Meets Pico Union".
44. "CicLAvia—Meet the Hollywoods Presented by Metro".
45. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA Celebrating UCLA100".
46. "CicLAvia—The Valley".
47. "CicLAvia—South LA".
48. "Mid City Meets Venice".
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53. "CicLAvia–Wilmington".
54. "CicLAvia–Heart of LA".
55. "CicLAvia–South LA".
56. "CicLAvia–South LA".
57. "CicLAvia–Meet the Hollywoods".
58. "CicLAvia–Heart of LA".
59. "CicLAvia–South LA".
60. "Save the Date 2023".
61. "CicLAvia—The Valley".
62. "CicLAvia—Mid City meets Pico Union".
63. "CicLAmini—Watts".
64. "CicLAvia—South LA".
65. "Koreatown Meets Hollywood 23".
66. "CicLAmini—North Hollywood".
67. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
68. "CicLAvia—South LA".
69. "CicLAvia—Melrose".
70. "CicLAvia—Venice Blvd.".
71. "CicLAmini—Wilmington".
72. "CicLAvia—South LA (Western Ave)".
73. "CicLAvia—Meet the Hollywoods".
74. "CicLAmini—Lincoln Heights".
75. "CicLAvia—Heart of LA".
76. "CicLAvia — The Valley".
77. "CicLAvia—West Adams meets University Park".
78. "CicLAvia—Koreatown meets Hollywood Park".
79. "CicLAmini—Pico Union".
80. "POSTPONED: CicLAvia—Historic South Central meets Watts".
81. "CicLAvia—Culver City meets Venice".
82. "Save the Date 2025".
83. "CicLAvia—Historic South Central meets Watts".
84. (20 April 2013). "100,000 expected Sunday as CicLAvia rolls through L.A. to the sea".
85. "Metro Awards CicLAvia $2.35 Million for New Routes".
86. (28 September 2018). "L.A. Phil and CicLAvia join forces for Celebrate LA! Here's a guide to Sunday's citywide performances".
87. (23 June 2013). "CicLAvia gets underway on Wilshire Boulevard".
88. (14 September 2016). "Metro Moving Forward With $4 Million For 17 Open Streets".
89. (2016). "CicLAvia: Evaluation of participation, physical activity and cost of an open streets even in Los Angeles". Preventive Medicine.
90. "Economic Impacts of CicLAvia: Study Finds Gains to Local Businesses".
91. (2016). "Air quality impacts of a CicLAvia event in Downtown Los Angeles, CA". Environmental Pollution.
92. (2 March 2018). "Make the Oscars street closures permanent".

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