Coming this weekend to L.A.: A freeway without cars, if only for a few hours

Twenty years after its first run, ArroyoFest will again shut down a stretch of the 110 Freeway between Los Angeles and Pasadena for a car-free celebration.

A rare occurrence is set to unfold Sunday morning on the Arroyo Seco Parkway: No cars will be allowed. Instead, the stretch of the 110 Freeway that snakes its way through South Pasadena and Northeast Los Angeles — usually crammed with motorists — will be people-powered and reserved for pedestrians, bicyclists and anyone else who wants to explore the area from a new perspective. The celebration known as 626 Golden Streets ArroyoFest is a sequel to the first ArroyoFest, held 20 years ago.

, which will run through 3 p.m. ArroyoFest organizers relied on grant funding from Metro and multiple agencies to coordinate the freeway closure. The Arroyo Seco Parkway was first opened in 1940 — becoming the first freeway in the Western U.S., according to the California Historical Society. It was originally designed to carry about 27,000 cars a day, but it now has 100,000 daily commuters traversing the winding curves and narrow offramps.

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