2024-11-05T16:08:09-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/139550931/car-free-events-significantly-improve-air-quality Nicholas Korody 2015-10-22T20:29:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/xv/xv5ftp1krqa4461y.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>CicLAvia [is] a series of one-day events organized by a local nonprofit in which neighborhood streets are closed to motor vehicles so that people can walk and cycle freely... Now, a study by the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has found that the event significantly reduces air pollution along the CicLAvia route and even on other streets in the communities where the event is held.</p></em><br /><br /><p>For more information on CicLAvia, visit their <a href="http://www.ciclavia.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website.</a></p>