[HN Gopher] Bogota's open streets program is the oldest and most...
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Bogota's open streets program is the oldest and most successful
Author : rntn
Score : 35 points
Date : 2024-12-22 18:53 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| slowmovintarget wrote:
| City: Bogota
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| "Open": Opens its streets to cyclists, skaters, pedestrians every
| Sunday.
| riffic wrote:
| it's called a "ciclovia" and it's popular in Los Angeles and
| many other places.
| readthenotes1 wrote:
| Bogota is generally a fairly dismal city, but taking the card off
| some streets turns into a joyful festival...
| neilv wrote:
| Photos still look pretty grim, due to the car infrastructure, and
| the lack of foot infrastructure, but I'm guessing cars would be
| grimmer.
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| For part of the year, one "parkway" along the river here
| (actually used like a congested highway) is closed off to cars
| for part of one weekend day. Without cars, it's great with
| walkers, bicyclers, families. Even though there's no amenities
| for people on foot, it's still _much_ nicer than the people-
| hostile monstrosity that 's normally operating there. I can only
| imagine if it was a park area designed for foot&bikes, with all
| the businesses and such oriented around that.
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| But I just heard good-sounding news, about part of it (mainly
| next to Harvard): https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/12/13/dcr-
| will-start-teari...
| milleramp wrote:
| In Los Angeles we call it CicLAvia. It's a rolling party and
| riding on streets that are normally bike unfriendly is great.
| It's crazy the perspective difference between biking vs driving
| through the city. I highly recommend it.
| Vinnl wrote:
| I wonder how many of the enthusiastic participants, if the event
| hadn't existed yet and would be proposed now, would actually
| oppose it. Sometimes change is hard.
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