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- Early bird catches the worm and the empty pavement. Photo by Dave Sotero/Metro.
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- Southbound Gold Line in late morning. A manageable bike situation. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- The scene at noon looking west on Wilshire. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Some downtown dance moves. Photo by Dave Sotero/Metro.
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- Looking east from MacArthur Park to the downtown skyline. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- The mandatory dismount zone in front of the Tar Pits. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- This dude was trying to load an air mattress on the back of his bike. If it wasn’t for CicLAvia, he would probably be dropping a mattress from a pickup truck onto the freeway. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- A subway is blooming?! The mock subway car parked on Wilshire near the Tar Pits. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Cyclist in front of the wall surrounding the exploratory shaft that will be dug this summer for the Purple Line Extension. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Metro’s Jody Litvak offers a primer on the Purple Line Extension at the Metro booth, which distributed good cheer and pamphlets throughout the day. Photo by Metro.
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- Oh how artsy! Someone knows how to work aperture priority on their cheapo DSLR. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Of course, I take my DSLR to CicLAvia and the best picture I get is a hummingbird in front of the Page Museum at the La Brea Tarpits. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Awesome pic! Photo by LA Wad, via Flickr creative commons. http://flic.kr/p/eUkFn5
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- And your point, sir? Photo by Dave Sotero/Metro.
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- Nice display of Oscar statuettes outside the future Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at Fairfax and Wilshire. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Of course, CicLAvia wasn’t all about cycling. Photo by LA Wad, via Flickr creative commons. http://flic.kr/p/eUagCn
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- Many cyclists felt compelled to show their bikes The Rock. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Nice bike rig as seen in K-Town. Photo by LA Wad, via Flickr creative commons. http://flic.kr/p/eUmN1s
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- Cyclists on the stretch of Wilshire that bisects MacArthur Park. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Bikes co-mingling on the bridge over the 110 freeway. Traffic was light — whenever I have to take the 110 on a Sunday afternoon, it’s clogged like a hairy drain. Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.
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- Metro buses detouring off Wilshire and onto Fairfax. Photo by Dave Sotero/Metro.
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- Noon crowds at the western end of CicLAvia. Photo by Dave Sotero/Metro.
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- Riders at Wilshire and Western, opposite the Purple Line terminus (for now). Photo by Dave Sotero/Metro.
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- Nice colors once the sun burped out yesterday. Photo by Marie Sullivan/Metro.
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- Another view of how awesome it was yesterday. Photo by Greg Spotts, L.A. Bureau of Street Services.
I hope everyone had a great time at CicLAvia yesterday and please enjoy the above photo gallery.
A few quick thoughts:
•Congrats to the folks at CicLAvia and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation for keeping the bike traffic moving. Bikes only had to stop for cross-traffic on a handful of streets. Woot woot!
•I’m pretty sure that I traveled that stretch of Wilshire faster on my bike than I have in my car.
•In fact, I suspect the road moved more people efficiently on bikes than it does cars — because each car requires so much space.
•Hey city of L.A.: those middle and henceforth unpaved lanes on Wilshire are a little rough on a road bike. And I thought they were bumpy on a bus.
•If there is an over/under wager on ridership for the first phase of the Purple Line Extension between Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/La Cienega, I’ll take the ‘over’ please.
•Great post by Kevin Roderick at LAObserved on the many interesting and historic structures along yesterday’s route.
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Here are some pictures I took of Ciclavia Wilshire! Enjoy!
http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/thread/276/ciclavia-wilshire-june-2013
But who authorized construction on one of the only four routes crossing Wilshire during Cyclavia? Western northbound was down to one lane between ninth and eighth streets.