In Charleston South Carolina they are closing off a business district to cars on the second Sunday of each month allowing pedestrians and cyclists to take to the streets for years I have felt that Washington DC would do well to try something like this...
Georgetown... Capital Hill... even Bethesda Avenue in Bethesda http://charleston.thedigitel.com
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we're aiming for round 2 in atlanta next month...streets alive...its coordinated by the atlanta bicycle coalition or campaign...they call themselves both.
very cool!
I am not sure if our main bicycle advocacy group has such things on their agenda
DC [and DDOT in particular] has attempted to do something like this for the past few years - but DC Emergency Management Agency, MPD and others have a real problem with roads being closed for certain reason. I've heard that several blocks of either K St and 14th St NW were proposed, but shot down by city higher-ups. It's really too bad - this could work here, but instead we get a few hundred feet of a little used park in SE [See the 'feet in the street' event]
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