title: Ciclovía participation and impacts in San Diego, CA: the first CicloSDias.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ciclovía or Open Streets initiatives support physical activity through cycling/rolling, and walking/running. We evaluated San Diego's first Open Streets event, CicloSDias, to document attendance, reach and marketing, and effects on social cohesion, businesses, and physical activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The comprehensive evaluation consisted of a city-wide survey 1 week before and after the event (n=805), counts of event attendees, and surveys of event attendees (n=713) and businesses (n=26).
  
  
  RESULTS
  An estimated 8311 people attended the event. Attendees had an average of 144 min (SD=85) of physical activity, 97% met the 30 min/day guideline, and 39% met the 150 min/week guideline during the event. 27% of attendees would have been inactive without the event. Awareness of the event was 10% before and 26% after the event. When comparing event attendees to San Diego residents, Latinos and non-White race/ethnicities were under-represented. Restaurants/pubs, services, and most retail stores excluding liquor stores and food markets reported positive or neutral impacts on business.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Open Street initiatives are promising ways to promote physical activity and are desired by the community. Positive effects were observed for physical activity, social cohesion, and businesses, though reach should be expanded to include more underserved community members. Evaluating Open Streets is important for sustaining and improving these efforts.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: jkengelb@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Jessa K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Engelberg
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: jacarlson@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Jordan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: miblack@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Black
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego, CA 92115, USA. Electronic address: sryan@mail.sdsu.edu.
authors.forename: Sherry
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: jsallis@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sallis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001642:Bicycling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002140:California; D002947:Cities; D003132:Commerce; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D012420:Running / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012931:Social Environment; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016138:Walking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Bicycling; Built environment; Open streets; Physical activity