Cyclovia is an event whereby downtown city streets are closed off on a Sunday in order to allow cyclists, runners, walkers, free use of the streets. Tucson's and Bogata's Cyclovia is an excellent model:

For more information, go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELa5CHsUepo

and/or

http://www.cycloviatucson.org

I know that Phoenix City officials have been planning a Cyclovia event for a while and I wish to encourage them and hope the idea can spread to the different Planning Villages within the city.