Hats off to the progressive leaders of San Diego for staging their first CicloSDias. It actually takes a little getting used to having complete right of way in the streets for one day. Plenty of entertainment and even shopping on the way. Lots of volunteers helping out -- San Diego has an active cycling community and they were everywhere.
While I was riding, I was thinking about what would happen if we closed Old Town Temecula to car traffic for part of day on Sunday. We could let cyclists and walkers own the streets for a few hours, set up entertainment, food booths, shopping booths, whatever we want.
The name Temeciclovia came to mind, but you know how ideas pop into your head on rides. Is there a better name? Is there support? Would it work? Time to put Temecula on the map.
Here is an incentive: Riverside is thinking about the same thing, according to news stories. Riverside already has buttons to let cyclists trip the traffic lights and cross busy streets, a dedicated bike path/on street lane system and circumnavigates the city, and a bike consultant who actually rides a bicycle and has great ideas for improvements.
Are we going to let the city to the north, and the city to the south have a great event like this and do nothing? Where is our competitive spirit? They can do it, we can do it, right?
