Ciclovia film
"J.H. Crawford" <[email protected]>
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Hi All, Uli Nehls and Rick Risemberg both sent this to me, independently of one another. I though everyone should get it. The film is only 10 minutes long, and rally worth watching Best, Joel Uli said: I guess you have seen this already, but if not I think it is a must: http://local.theoildrum.com/node/3333#more Great Film, and someone who participated in Bogota described that Ciclovia day "simply one of the most moving experiences I have had in my entire life." Rick's message said: Beautiful example of the joy of carfree streets! Ciclovia: Bogotá, Colombia Posted By Clarence Eckerson, Jr. On 1st December 2007 @ 01:23 In Best Practices, Peñalosa, Bogotá, Colombia, Quality of Life, Public Health, Bicycling, Car-free Parks/Streets, streetfilms Recently, I had the opportunity to travel with comrades Karla Quintero (Transportation Alternatives) and Aaron Naparstek (Streetsblog) to Bogotá, Colombia to document some of the amazing advances going on in the livable streets movement there. On Sunday we spent the entire day - from 5 AM 'til nearly 5 PM - riding bicycles around the city courtesy of the Ciclovia, a weekly event in which over 70 miles of city streets are closed to traffic where residents come out to walk, bike, run, skate, recreate, picnic, and talk with family, neighbors & strangers...it is simply one of the most moving ... Article taken from StreetFilms - <http://www.streetfilms.org>http://www.streetfilms.org URL to article: <http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/ciclovia/>http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/ciclovia/ [I think most of Rick's message is quoting someone else.] ----- ### ----- J.H. Crawford Carfree Cities [email protected] http://www.carfree.com