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LocalSouth @localsouth.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Thrilled to support the return of #OpenStreets to Langa! As the headlines said back in 2015: Langa opens her streets and her heart. This time, the @cityofct.bsky.social will roll out regular temporary closures of Lerotholi Av as legacy of the event we’re calling #OpenLanga. Watch this space!

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Ethan Kent @ethankent.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🚲 Joined Marcela Guerrero Casas of @localsouth.bsky.social Local South for a discussion of #CapeTownOpenStreets with Young Urbanists South Africa.

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LocalSouth @localsouth.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

#ciclovia50 “reminds us that the trajectories of cycling cities are both connected & separate, as shared problems give rise to different solutions and learning from elsewhere requires ‘translation’ and adaptation to local conditions” - Thomas Van-Laake urbancyclinginstitute.org/ciclovia-at-...

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Ciclovía at 50: Thinking cycling histories from Bogotá - Urban Cycling Institute

Written by guest authors:Thomas van Laake, doctoral researcher at the University of ManchesterHenk-Jan Dekker, post-doctoral researcher at CIRED The early 1970’s marked a critical juncture in the hist...

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LocalSouth @localsouth.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

This time last week, we were getting ready for the big #Ciclovia50 celebration in Bogotá. Half a century of #openstreets inspiring cities around the world. Excited about the global movement growing & taking on the next 50 years! @mikelydon.bsky.social @carlosefe.bsky.social @sergemont.bsky.social

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LocalSouth @localsouth.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Still buzzing with joy from yesterday's incredible #Ciclovia50 celebration in Bogotá! Extra special because Cape Town was officially represented by the amazing Mzi, who rocked the stage. 🌟🚴‍♂️ #Ciclovia50años #openstreets #capetown #globalsouth youtube.com/shorts/s9TqL...

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Mzikhona Mgedle at Ciclovia50

YouTube video by Local South

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LocalSouth @localsouth.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Today Bogotá’s iconic Ciclovia turns 50. We celebrate by launching a new OpenStreets Africa platform thelocalsouth.com/open-streets... #ciclovia50 #ciclovia50años #openstreets @mikelydon.bsky.social @sergemont.bsky.social @carlosefe.bsky.social @itdp-hq.bsky.social @goetheinstitut.bsky.social

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Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

2007, Bogota Ciclvoia: @penalosag.bsky.social tells Streetfilms about how "Baywatch" 😀 was the most popular show in Colombia in the late 2000's so they used that as a tool to recruit 100s of volunteers to manage the expansion of their open streets! 😀 A funny funny moment and clever! #ciclovia50

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LocalSouth @localsouth.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

"Ciclovia is like having access to a living laboratory... to study how a city in the Global South with significant challenges has succeeded in creating a car-free environment, even if just for a few hours each week." #ciclovia50 #ciclovia50años #openstreets www.weforum.org/stories/2024...

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Ciclovía at 50: the lessons from Bogotá's car-free streets

On 15 December 1974, residents in Bogotá, Colombia, closed 5 kilometres of a major city road to cars for a few hours. Ciclovía or Open Streets was born.

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Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This December we will be celebrating Ciclovía's 50th anniversary in Bogotá. It will be a tribute to the citizen-driven and experimental roots of Ciclovía, which started on Dec 15, 1974 as a visionary response to the increasing dominance of car-centric urbanism 🚴‍♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovía50 tinyurl.com/4n38t96m

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Ciclovía 50 años: pasado, presente y futuro de las ciudades - Facultad de Ciencias Sociales | Universidad de los Andes Colombia

En diciembre de 2024 se cumplen 50 años de la Ciclovía de Bogotá. En el marco de esta celebración, buscamos llevar a cabo un encuentro para un público académico, practicante y ciudadano, nacional e in...

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Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

After 50 years, the legacy of Ciclovía remains as relevant today as ever. Beyond promoting physical exercise, it invites us to reimagine cities and urban life where cars no longer take center stage 🚴‍♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovia50 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘The tranquility frees you’: Bogotá, the city that shuts out cars every week

Born out of an anti-car protest in 1974, the Colombian capital closes many roads to cars every Sunday, leaving them free for bikes, skates and pedestrians

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Sergio Montero @sergemont.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Bogotá’s Ciclovía has also been a source of inspiration for bicycle activists, citizen groups, planners and mayors in more than 400 cities worldwide. Its global spread is a fascinating story of local and global actors, networks, and agendas 🚴‍♂️ 🌍 #Ciclovia50 tinyurl.com/mrpv3wej

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(PDF) Worlding Bogotas Ciclovia: From Urban Experiment to International "Best Practice"

PDF | “Best practices” are either celebrated as inspirational examples that can spur policy change and learning in other places or critiqued as... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...

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