On Aug. 18, people will have to navigate some major streets in Hollywood and West Hollywood on their own two feet.

The Meet the Hollywoods CicLAvia event will close 6.5 miles of streets – about 2.5 miles in West Hollywood – to cars, motorcycles and electric scooters. Instead, people can bike, walk, roller skate, skateboard or use any other non-motorized option. CicLAvia will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., though the streets will be closed to cars from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be nine points for cars to cross the route, though the cars will not be permitted to travel on closed streets.

The West Hollywood City Council voted 4-1 to approve the event at its May 20 meeting. Councilman John Duran voted against the plan because “it’s a great idea, just not in one of the most dense areas of Southern California.” He said the street closures go “too far” and create too much of a disruption.

“I think it’s an incredible burden on our residents and their ability to travel freely on a Sunday in the summer,” Duran said.

The other council members, however, said as long as the concerns of the business community – especially businesses that would be negatively impacted by a day without cars – were heard, CicLAvia would be a great way to get people out from behind their steering wheels and innto face-to-face communication, which could help develop a better sense of community.

“It’s important to remember that these are our streets. It’s our public space, and we forget how much public space we give up to cement and cars,” Mayor Pro Tempore Lindsey Horvath said.

The street closures will start at the intersection of Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards, then travel east down Santa Monica Boulevard to Highland Avenue, where the route turns north. At Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, the route turns east again and travels along Hollywood Boulevard to the intersection with Vermont Avenue.

Similar CicLAvia events have been attended by more than 50,000 people, according to West Hollywood’s staff report, and on Aug. 18, the city plans to host information booths at two activity hubs, one near Plummer Park and another at Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards.

For information, visit ciclavia.org.