{"id":2264,"date":"2007-12-10T00:23:59","date_gmt":"2007-12-10T05:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/ciclovia_bogota\/"},"modified":"2007-12-10T00:23:59","modified_gmt":"2007-12-10T05:23:59","slug":"ciclovia_bogota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2007\/12\/ciclovia_bogota\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciclovia: Bogot\u00e1, Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/archives\/ciclovia\">This<\/a> is awesome:<br \/>\n<object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" height=\"369\" width=\"450\" data=\"http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/flvplayer.swf\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/flvplayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"displayheight=349&#038;file=http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/cicloviafinal-_768k.flv&#038;image=http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/ciclovia-poster.jpg&#038;overstretch=true&#038;showfsbutton=false&#038;showdigits=true&#038;backcolor=0x22313c&#038;frontcolor=0xbfced8&#038;lightcolor=0xc1d72e&#038;volume=90&#038;autostart=false&#038;logo=http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/wp-content\/themes\/streetfilms\/images\/streetfilms_watermark.png&#038;link=http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org&#038;title=Ciclovia: Bogot\u00e1, Colombia OFFSITE&#038;id=704&#038;callback=http:\/\/www.streetfilms.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/streetfilms\/statistics.php\" \/><\/object><br \/>\nFrom the film maker:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Sunday we spent the entire day &#8211; from 5 AM &#8217;til nearly 5 PM &#8211; riding bicycles around the city courtesy of the Ciclovia, <strong>a weekly event in which over 70 miles of city streets are closed to traffic<\/strong> where residents come out to walk, bike, run, skate, recreate, picnic, and talk with family, neighbors &#038; strangers&#8230;it is simply one of the most moving experiences I have had in my entire life.<br \/>\n. . .<br \/>\nWhat immediately comes to mind when I think back to our trip were the ubiquitous smiles on everyone&#8217;s faces wherever we went. Nearly 1.8 million Colombians out using the Ciclovia and Recreovia to de-stress, get healthy, and connect personally with their fellow citizens. Young or old, rich or poor, pedestrian or cyclist &#8211; in Bogot\u00e1 everyone loves the Ciclovia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What if Ciclovia caught on in America?  Imagine the opportunity it would provide for people to connect with their cities.  Heaven forbid&#8211;it might prompt residents to go downtown on Sundays!<br \/>\nMore importantly, it would encourage Americans to get more exercise.  Given the growing obesity rates in the United States, that&#8217;s no small feat.<br \/>\nThis is a win-win idea for everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2007\/12\/ciclovia_bogota\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Ciclovia: Bogot\u00e1, Colombia\"><p>This is awesome: From the film maker: On Sunday we spent the entire day &#8211; from 5 AM &#8217;til nearly 5 PM &#8211; riding bicycles around the city courtesy of the Ciclovia, a weekly event in which over 70 miles of city streets are closed to traffic where residents come out to walk, bike, run, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}