Here's What It Looks Like When Cars Are Banished From the Streets of the Valley

Worst-ever day of business for Hand Car Wash. #CicLAvia http://t.co/C1zhhAr58w pic.twitter.com/4Xg4WmdCCN

— Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) March 22, 2015

There was quite a turnout yesterday to ride bikes, walk, and play on fives and a half miles of Lankershim and Ventura Boulevards, for the twelfth installment of CicLAvia in Los Angeles and the first time the event has crossed the hills into the notoriously car-friendly San Fernando Valley. Official attendance numbers won't be out for weeks, but an LAPD watch sergeant said they counted 20,000 attendees at 2 pm, says the Daily News. (Unofficial early estimates are around 100,000, says CBS LA.) The sight of people frolicking in the streets seems especially weird in the Valley, which many attendees noticed; one rider said a carless Ventura Boulevard looked "surreal." We've rounded up the best shots of bikes and pedestrians taking over these usually car-ful arteries—prepare to be shocked!

Yesterday's @CicLAvia, aka #CicLAvalley, was a great way to end my b-day week. Riding down Ventura Bl. was surreal. pic.twitter.com/7Fi2wridJy

— Martin Duran (@MartinjDuran) March 23, 2015

Traffic on Laurel Canyon Blvd looks great #CicLAvia @CicLAvia #cicLAValley #bikeLA #mydayinla pic.twitter.com/4aO5YK7YzS

— MCM (@MCMHandles) March 22, 2015

#CicLAvia in the #CicLAValley #BikeLA

A photo posted by Joe Anthony (@ohaijoe) on Mar 22, 2015 at 12:48pm PDT

Yesterday's adventure #CicLAvia #ciclavalley #someonecyclers #someoneposse #welldone #socal #caliLocal

A photo posted by ibeone (@yo_mari0) on Mar 23, 2015 at 8:46am PDT

Bikes as far as the eye can see. N9t a car in sight. The way it should be #CicLAvia #ciclavalley #cycling

A photo posted by John (@john2mnynumbers) on Mar 22, 2015 at 4:44pm PDT

Congratulations to everyone who took part yesterday in valley debut #liveconca #CicLAvia #celebratetoday #ridingLA #march23 #brokenspokes #sanfernandovalley

A photo posted by @concavodka on Mar 23, 2015 at 5:23am PDT

Parking protection in action #PopUpChandler #bikeLA #streetsforpeople @LADOTBikeProg @CicLAvia @LAGreatStreets pic.twitter.com/6e0enSEw7c

— David Somers (@dsomers74) March 22, 2015

Ventura Blvd, no cars. #CicLAvia pic.twitter.com/vdxUzw6pbp

— Militant Angeleno (@militantangleno) March 22, 2015

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