Sunday, January 23, 2011

NYR 1-23-10

Bogota has a "Ciclovia" on Sundays and holidays where the city closes about 75 miles (although I read somewhere it was 100 miles) of streets (including major thoroughfares) to traffic and allows those closed streets to be used by runners, cyclists, and rollerbladers. Wikipedia says that each week, the Ciclovia is used by some 2,000,000 people. Other cities around the world now hold Ciclovias, but Bogota is cited as the original.

We have not partaken of the Ciclovia because Jimmy sold his two bikes in Brazil (from lack of use) and didn't have a replacement yet and Mac's and my bikes were in bad shape after the shipment and we hadn't done anything to fix them.

Jimmy bought a new bike this weekend and fixed ours so we all went out to cycle on the Ciclovia today. It was so beautiful - sunny and about 70 degrees at the time we were out -and we all had a great time, although my legs will feel it tomorrow.

For living in a city that sees the value of having a Ciclovia and our finally using it, I am truly thankful.

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