Helmeted dog on bike in Mexico City : NPR

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Every Sunday, Mexico City closes Paseo de la Reforma, the country’s most important street, to automobile traffic.

This means that every week, more than 100,000 people hop on bikes, skates and rollerblades to travel through some of the Mexican capital’s most iconic neighborhoods.

It’s my favorite weekly ritual in a city full of rituals, because it showcases the enormity and diversity of this city.

I saw gangs of clowns and flocks of vatos on lowrider bikes. You see families, runners and older ladies dancing Zumba in the shadow of the Angel of Independence statue. The city and its tribes are on full display.

Last weekend, I met Benji, an 8-year-old puppy who has been riding in his owner’s basket for two years. And like the good puppy that he is, he always wears a helmet and sunglasses.

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