Here’s something to cure your post-summer blues: after three long months, CicLAvia is back this Oct. 6, allowing bicyclists, pedestrians, skateboarders and others the rare opportunity to explore miles of L.A. city streets sans cars.

The planned “Heart of L.A.” route consists of 7.5 miles of protected roadways in downtown Los Angeles that will be open to the public for free from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Spurs branching from MacArthur Park, Central/14th Place, Chinatown, and Mariachi Plaza will converge along Spring Street, so bring your running shoes, roller blades, or unicycles (seriously!) and retread the route that started it all.

While the course includes 12 crossing points for vehicular traffic, street closures will impact Metro Bus routes beginning 9 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m. Sunday evening.  Metro bus lines impacted by CicLAvia are: 2, 4, 10/48, 14/37, 16, 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 40, 45, 51/52, 53, 55, 60, 62, 66, 70, 71, 76, 78/79, 83, 84/68, 92, 96, 460, 487, 603, 720, 733, 745, and Metro Silver Line. Metro passengers should expect bus detours and delays, including temporary bus stop relocations along the route.

To avoid delays due to street closures, and for a CicLAvia that’s auto-free from start to finish, customers are encouraged to go Metro to any of the eleven Metro Rail stations along the event route. Enhanced service with longer and more frequent trains is planned to accommodate increased ridership.

Don’t forget, gates at Metro Rail stations are now latched and customers must have a valid TAP card and TAP before boarding every line. Avoid long lines at TAP vending machines by loading fare or a pass on your TAP card in advance. One-way fare is $1.50 per line or $5 for a Day Pass. Bicyclists should use the wider ADA fare gates and NOT the turnstiles or emergency exit swing gates. Additionally, bikes are prohibited on escalators, and should be transported instead via elevators or stairs at all rail stations.

For more information on routes and connections, use the Trip Planner or call 323.GO.METRO.

By the way, Metrolink will have two Bike Cars on select Antelope Valley, San Bernardino, Orange County Line trains. The trains with two Bike Cars are listed in the schedule below. These Bike Cars are designed to hold 18 bikes each and space will be limited to a first-come, first-serve basis.

If you’re planning on attending, take lots of photos and tweet us @metrolosangeles or tag us on Instagram @metrolosangeles. We love photos of bikes on transit!