CicLAvia, Sunday Oct. 7

CicLAvia, the twice-yearly bicycling/skating/walking/just-hanging-out event where 10 miles of city streets are given over to non-motorized traffic, will walk and roll through the heart of Los Angeles this Sunday, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event, which effectively showcases the youthful, multicultural, irreverent energy of urban Los Angeles, visits sites including Downtown's Historic Core, Olvera Street, Chinatown, Mariachi Plaza, Little Tokyo, and MacArthur Park and Exposition Park.

Although CicLAvia draws mostly bicyclists, there are activities for others as well. Downtown's new Grand Park will will have activities for families with very young children. Walkers can participate in a parade down Figueroa. Olvera Street is hosting a Mole' Festival. And Curbed LA has created an architectural guide to historic buildings along the route.

More than 100,000 people are expected to participate. I will be there as faculty adviser to GCC's Coalition of Urban Cyclists. If you want to drop by and say hi, we plan to meet in front of L.A. City Hall at noon. I'll be captaining a white tandem.

For details, go to the CicLAvia website or to the event's Facebook page.