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Kids on wheels to rule in Comstock Summer Parkways event tonight

Amaya Martin, 9, left, Jacob Lawrence, 10, (in back) and Jose Lawrence, 7, spent the day decorating themselves and their bikes in a slash of Hawaiian color for the Spokane Summer Parkways event on Wednesday night. The car-free event for walkers, bikers and other human powered transportation followed a loop between Manito and Comstock Parks on the South Hill. Spokane Summer Parkways is an idea inspired by an event in Bogota, Columbia called Ciclovia (meaning
Amaya Martin, 9, left, Jacob Lawrence, 10, (in back) and Jose Lawrence, 7, spent the day decorating themselves and their bikes in a slash of Hawaiian color for the Spokane Summer Parkways event on Wednesday night. The car-free event for walkers, bikers and other human powered transportation followed a loop between Manito and Comstock Parks on the South Hill. Spokane Summer Parkways is an idea inspired by an event in Bogota, Columbia called Ciclovia (meaning "bike path" in Spanish) and similar events in other parts of the world. The focus is on recreation, fitness, and community. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Revew)

BICYCLING -- The streets will be vehicle-free and kids and families on foot, bikes and other wheels will rule as another Spokane Summer Parkways  takes over the pavement tonight, June 21, on the South Hill at Comstock-Manito Neighborhood, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

The event is designed for families to walk or ride streets free of motor vehicles, with games and contests. Free.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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