Closing California Roads for Bikes
Springtime is a popular season for shutting down streets and turning them into bicycle roadways. On Sunday, April 21, 2013, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. join in the Los Angeles cicLAvia (ciclavia.org), where over 100,000 people get out and ride, car-free! A grassroots movement to encourage bike riding hosts two events each year in a city in which only 1% of commuters take their bikes to work (same as New York.)
San Diego is hosting CicloSDias (ciclosdias.com) on Sunday, August 18, 2013, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The route is 30th Street @ K Street, Logan Heights thru Golden Hill, South Park, North Park to City Heights.
San Francisco Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 9, 2013 is the premier city-wide bike event of the year! Tens of thousands of people join the masses to hop on a bike and pedal to the office.
During the week of May 12-19, 2013 other California cities are set to experience road closures the ultimate bike race called Amgen Tour of California (amgentourofcalifornia.com). An estimated 2 million people will line the roads and racing route in one of the four largest bike races in the world (here’s interesting trivia from last year).
Amgen Tour of California 2013:
Stage 1: Sunday, May 12 – Escondido round-trip, 104.3 miles length
Stage 2: Monday, May 13 – Murrieta to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, 126.1 miles length
Stage 3: Tuesday, May 14 – Palmdale to Santa Clarita-Magic Mountain Parkway, 111.8 miles length
Stage 4: Wednesday, May 15 – Santa Clarita to Santa Barbara, 84.7 miles length
Stage 5: Thursday, May 16 – Santa Barbara to Avila Beach, 116.4 miles length
Stage 6: Friday, May 17 – San Jose-Individual Time Trial, 19.6 miles length
Stage 7: Saturday, May 18 – Livermore to Summit of Mount Diablo, 93 miles length
Stage 8: Sunday, May 19 – San Francisco (winds through San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito, Highway 1, Point Reyes National Seashore, Occidental and Santa Rosa race finish line,) 86.2 miles length
