San Antonio’s Síclovía Transforms a Busy Road into a Free Outdoor Playstreet Event

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In 2011, San Antonio started Siclovia–an event that closes off a busy road to street traffic, in order to open it up to cyclists, skaters, and pedestrians.

The free event was a huge success and has served as a way to promote fitness, and awareness of the obesity problem in San Antonio. Since 2011, Siclovia has become a yearly tradition in San Antonio and the number of people who attend the event has continued to grow.

According to this article from Bike Texas, in 2012, the event drew close to 40,000 participants. The response has been so overwhelming that two events were planned during 2013.

Now the YMCA has taken charge of organizing San Antonio’s yearly Siclovia.

The idea for Siclovia comes from the original closed streets event–ciclovia–which first took place in Bogota, Colombia, close to 30 years ago.

Not only do events like these promote physically activity, but they also demonstrate the benefits that alternative modes of transportation and complete streets, have to offer.

Learn more about Siclovia by visiting the Siclovia home page.