Medellín’s night Ciclovía

Open streets, but at night Medellín’s night Ciclovía is a cool twist on the open-streets idea. Instead of only closing roads on Sunday mornings, the city also opens part of the highway corridor on Tuesday and Thursday nights, usually from 8 to 10 pm , for cycling, walking, running and skating. The programme is organised by Medellín’s public sports and recreation institute, INDER . A main road changes function This is not a quiet side street. It is one of Medellín’s main north-south traffic corridors along the river. For a few hours, part of that road space changes function completely: less ca…