Comments on: Viva Streets and Ciclovia

By: Darryl is Loving the Bike

Darryl is Loving the Bike — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:08:00 +0000

Thanks Timo. There was no intention of offending anyone with the comments, so I’m sorry that it came across that way. I agree, whatever you want to call it…opening up the streets to people is a fantastic idea.

By: Timo Forsberg

Timo Forsberg — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:53:00 +0000

Love the post on ciclovias, but must take exception to the claim that “here in North America most places have changed the name to Viva Streets.” We North Americans exhibit an exuberant heterogeneity in naming our events: Portland’s is Sunday Parkways, San Francisco’s is Sunday Streets, NYC has Summer Streets, LA has CicLAvia, and so on.
But to be fair, our Latin American mentors use various names as well – Guadalajara has Via RecreActiva, Mexico City has the Paseo Dominical Muevete en Bici, Quito has the Ciclopaseo, etc.
And for good reason – “ciclovias” means “cyclepaths” in Spanish. The Wikipedia article about active street events used to point to Mexico City’s cyclepath page . Whatever you call it, opening up streets to people is a great idea!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:35:00 +0000

What a great idea. Have fun, but unfortunately I can’t make it over to Austin.

By: Karin

Karin — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:29:00 +0000

We don’t have one of these in our city, but we should. It sounds like fun.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:22:00 +0000

Yes, I will be there and bringing my bike of course.