In these days in Milan, the Public Administration is having hard time deciding if blocking the private traffic during the next City Marathon or not. It seems so difficult to ask citizens (or probably those "angry drivers") to have an "open air Sunday"...

And my mind goes to the Ciclovia in Bogotà: it is a temporary recursive event which takes place every Sunday and holiday in the main streets of the city from 7 a.m to 2 p.m. 

Those streets are closed every Sunday to become huge bike lanes.

I'm talking about an event that takes place SINCE 1976!!! and is spread over more than 120 km, approximately involving 2 million people (30% of city population)…

Ciclovia was the model of many other carfare streets all around the globe (Italy excluded!) and were immediately accompanied by Recrovias, areas in which Aerobics and Yoga teachers and musicians give lessons.

An example of how to change the lifestyle of our cities with events which change also our sense of belonging to a community, improve our wellbeing and create new  jobs (watch the "bikewatchers" in the video).

And we are discussing to close few streets in the day of an international event...

Ciclovia: Bogotá, Colombia from Streetfilms on Vimeo.