Reclaiming the streets for the bicycle on Sundays!

Seville celebrates a series of car-free events leading up to the Velo-city conference.

Seville, January 18, 2011 – Imagine each Sunday the main streets of your city are blocked off for car traffic. Imagine that pedestrians, families with their kids, runners, skaters and cyclists take over the streets. At the same time, stages are set up in city parks. Clowns, artists and musicians entertain people through various performances. Viva la Ciclovida!!

Just last Sunday the Ronda Histórica, a very busy and much frequented street in Seville, was closed to all car traffic for five hours. Thousands of citizens and visitors of Seville were able to enjoy themselves cycling, roller-skating, running or going for a walk on a street that is otherwise reserved for motorized traffic. The main beneficiaries of this third edition of Ciclovida were the many children who had taken to the streets to play traditional games, ride their bikes or listen to storytellers. It is obvious that Ciclovida is starting to gather momentum in Seville, as the participation to the third edition of this event saw a significant increase.

The vivacious Ciclovida movement arrived in Seville just in time to lead up to the Velo-city Conference that takes place from the 23rd – 25^th of March 2011. From Seville the Ciclovida movement will hopefully conquer Europe’s city streets muy rapido, and give rise to a ‘network’ of new and exciting experiences.