This month’s CicLAvia will be in Chinatown, Little Tokyo and Mariachi Plaza

The car-free open streets event known as CicLAvia will roll through Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Mariachi Plaza and MacArthur Park, and they are calling it “Heart of LA.” 

It will be 7.15 miles of open streets and people can walk, jog, bike, roller skate, skate or just hang out. 

Participants can show up anywhere along the route between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“CicLAvia—Heart of LA” includes four hubs filled with activities and programs along the route. Hubs are walking zones (mandatory dismounts) and meeting points along the route, which include the MacArthur Park Hub located on West 7th St adjacent to MacArthur Park; Chinatown Hub located on N Broadway north of College St; Little Tokyo Hub located on S Central Ave south of 1st St; and Mariachi Plaza Hub located on 1st St east of S Boyle Ave. Hubs offer free family-friendly activities, restrooms, free water refilling stations, free basic bike repair, bike parking, places to sit and meet up with friends and family, and first aid. Free pedicab rides are available at each hub’s information booth.

Theroute is accessible via many different forms of transportation. There is not one place to start or finish. Read more about getting to the route through these links: Hubs, Metro, Bike Share, Parking for the event, Group Meet-Ups: Walk/Run Clubs, Feeder Rides, Bus Detours, and Help Getting to CicLAvia.

“Returning each October to where CicLAvia started in Los Angeles is always nostalgic but there’s also always something new along the route to explore, see, taste, enjoy,” says CicLAvia executive director Romel Pascual. “We have some extra special things planned for this event, which marks CicLAvia’s 15th birthday.”

A special exhibit In partnership with Caltrans honors 15 years of CicLAvia with memorabilia, photos, and maps from every route since the first event. This exhibit is free and open to the public. Visit the Norma Dorsey Museum at Caltrans District 7 Headquarters (100 Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012) Monday-Friday between 9am-5pm, and from 9am-1pm during CicLAvia on Sunday, October 12.

Inspired by Bogotá’s weekly ciclovía, CicLAvia has transformed streets into car-free spaces to walk, bike, roll and connect across Los Angeles since 2010. 

Only people-powered vehicles are allowed. No electric scooters, electric skateboards, hoverboards, electric unicycles, motorcycles and other non-people-powered vehicles are allowed at CicLAvia. Class 1 e-bike pedal-assist allowed. Class 2 e-bikes are allowed when the throttle is powered off. Class 3 e-bikes are allowed when pedal-assist is powered off. Manual and motorized wheelchairs are allowed. Learn more here.

Sunday, October 12, between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

The 2025 CicLAvia Season concludes on November 23 with CicLAvia—Melrose Ave.

For more information, visit www.ciclavia.org/ciclavia_heart_of_la25or contactinfo@ciclavia.org and 213-355-8500.