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CicLAvia and the Rise of Bicycle Culture in Los Angeles
From East Hollywood to Boyle Heights yesterday, streets were closed so that cyclers, skateboarders or anybody who wasn't propelled by a motor could get acquainted in a leisurely way with a cross-section of LA neighborhoods. We hear voices from along the route and talk with Mayor Villaraigosa about what he says just could be the future of municipal transportation.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenFrom East Hollywood to Boyle Heights yesterday, streets were closed so that cyclers, skateboarders or anybody who wasn't propelled by a motor could get acquainted in a leisurely way with a cross-section of LA neighborhoods. We hear voices from along the route and talk with Mayor Villaraigosa about what he says just could be the future of municipal transportation. Also, a Saudi Prince down-sizes in Beverly Hills. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, we hear about some of the major stumbling blocks overcome in a last-minute deal to keep the federal government running, as well as different views of what all sides agree was just a preliminary confrontation.
Banner image: CicLAvia, October 10, 2010. Photo: © Gary Leonard/CicLAvia
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It's estimated that more than 100,000 people turned out yesterday to bike, skate, run or meander through seven and a half miles of streets closed to motorized vehicles from East Hollywood to Boyle Heights. CicLAvia was enthusiastically backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who rode with Lance Armstrong.
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