On Sunday, June 18, 2023 from 10 am to 2 pm, King Street East was closed to vehicle traffic and opened for residents to walk, cycle, roll up and down the street. Nearly 4km of the most used roadway in the city was closed for the event.
Background info about open streets:
Open Streets are programs that temporarily open streets to people as additional public space, closing them to cars. These events typically have a family-friendly festival type atmosphere. The first one was conducted in Bogota, Columbia in 1974. The Cyclovia (translated to “Cycle-way”) closed major streets to vehicular traffic on Sundays, and still runs today with 122 km of roadway included in the program. Hamilton has run Open Streets-style events since 2010 but this is by far the largest to date.