Articles Tagged ‘ciclavia’

Peddler’s Creamery comes to Downtown

By sara clayton · Daily Trojan

December 3, 2012 at 10:18 pm

Peddler’s Creamery comes to Downtown

A new ice cream joint with unusual flavors and churning methods opens this month on Downtown Los Angeles’ Main Street.

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USC should engage in city’s bike culture

By Francesca Bessey · Daily Trojan

October 9, 2012 at 7:58 pm

USC should engage in city’s bike culture

Los Angeles might have a notorious reputation as a driving city, but the city closed some of its roads Sunday in order to make room for vehicles that don’t guzzle gas. The occasion was CicLAvia, a semi-annual public festival designed to transform the congested, polluted streets of Los Angeles into a safe place to walk, [...]

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CicLAvia bikers pass by USC area for first time

By naomi mcpherson · Daily Trojan

October 7, 2012 at 6:27 pm

CicLAvia bikers pass by USC area for first time

Students participated in and helped organize the event, which closed off streets for bikers.

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HAUTE HIGHLIGHTS

By BERNARD LEED and CARRIE RUTH MOORE · Daily Trojan

October 3, 2012 at 10:27 pm

CicLAvia Sunday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m – 3 p.m. Various locations Feeling restricted by the crowded Trousdale bike lanes? Head to Downtown this weekend for CicLAvia, a city-wide event that gives bike lovers room to roam. Now celebrating its fifth year, CicLAvia originated in Bogota, Colombia more than 30 years ago in order to [...]

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Haute Highlights

October 5, 2011 at 9:23 pm

CicLAvia If you thought Carmageddon — that time the 405 closed, leaving absolutely no cars on the road — was a blast, just imagine the fun in store with the surface streets intentionally shut down. Started as a health initiative in Bogotá, Colombia in an attempt to fight against the city’s persistent pollution, CicLAvia has [...]

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Bicycles prove a popular alternative to cars in new event

By Nicholas Slayton · Daily Trojan

October 11, 2010 at 5:12 pm

Bicycles prove a popular alternative to cars in new event

Colombian export gets Angelenos out of their autos.

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Los Angeles streets to close Sunday

By Jared Servantez · Daily Trojan

October 7, 2010 at 5:55 pm

Los Angeles streets to close Sunday

The CicLAvia festival will close much of East Hollywood.

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Cycling event gets Angelenos out of cars

By Sarah Bennett · Daily Trojan

October 5, 2010 at 10:37 pm

Cycling event gets Angelenos out of cars

After serving as the epicenter of California car culture for more than half a century, it’s no wonder Los Angeles residents only take to the streets for Lakers championships and riots. Sunday, however, will hopefully change all that as a seven-and-a-half-mile stretch of Los Angeles asphalt gets closed off to cars and opened up to [...]

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