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#1 2023-04-05 11:35:01

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San Diego and Houston close streets to car traffic

https://www.houstonpress.com/news/five- … d-11512688

https://www.gaslamp.org/promenade/

Think it'll ever happen here (besides Sixth Street overnight)?

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#2 2023-04-06 18:39:29

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Re: San Diego and Houston close streets to car traffic

MichaelBluejay wrote:

https://www.houstonpress.com/news/five- … d-11512688

https://www.gaslamp.org/promenade/

Think it'll ever happen here (besides Sixth Street overnight)?

We've done it for one day, "Ciclovia" style, under the name Viva Streets -- for the 6th street or Mueller areas -- but it's been a while.

But to do it permanently?  UT did it with Speedway, but other than that?  No time soon, anyways.

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#3 2023-04-06 19:21:27

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Re: San Diego and Houston close streets to car traffic

I took my family to the Ciclovia.  Good times.

With Speedway, they also closed it to *bicyclists*.  That ruined a thoroughfare for me.

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