Sunday Parkways brings international Ciclovia tradition to Kansas City
This post is cross-posted from KCBike.Info.
On May 16th, Kansas City’s successful Car Free Weekends on Cliff Drive will expand onto the streets of the Old Northeast neighborhoods for a full-fledged Ciclovia called Sunday Parkways along Gladstone Boulevard and the Indian Mound.
Streetfilms video of Sunday Parkways in New York:
Following the lead of Bogotá, Columbia, cities around the world have begun regularly closing streets to automobile traffic and opening them to people. In Bogota they call it Ciclovia, and in other cities they use names like Sunday Parkways, Summer Street, Open Streets, etc.
The streets will be filled with people walking, bicycling, jogging, skating, etc.; and family-friendly activities like yoga, face painting, live music, food vendors, puppets, a dog show, bike skills clinics, and much more. The Parks Department and the City’s Bike/Ped program home to expand Sunday Parkways to include all six Council Districts and run monthly from May to October.
Sunday Parkways on Cliff Drive – details and schedule of activities.
Streetswiki article about Ciclovias.
Streetsfilm video of Ciclovia in Bogotá:
Streetfilms has more ciclovia videos from Chicago, San Francisco, Milwaukee, etc.
