The cycling group Critical Mass turns 15 years old this month! It all began in San Francisco in September 1992 as a bunch of bike commuters getting together for a ride, and quickly turned into a global cycling phenomenon with chapters in most major cities worldwide, as well as many smaller locales. The last Friday of every month, cyclists gather for a ride, often snarling traffic by accumulating in numbers that can't be ignored, to reclaim the streets on behalf of human-powered transport and at least temporarily reverse the traditional cars-first hierarchy of the road. Critical Mass has been credited in some places with linking fellow alt-transportation enthusiasts who then together manage to advance pedestrian and bike-friendly initiatives in their city. In other locations, it's a popular rolling party. Whatever it is, it's a blast. Happy 15th!
Sweet 15
Cycling group Critical Mass celebrates 15th anniversary, keeps on pedaling 1
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Posted 11:34 AM on 27 Sep 2007
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akbeancounter Posted 3:31 am
02 Oct 2007
In other words, to make enemies of those who might otherwise be friends, to declare one's self immune to traffic laws, and to serve as a soapbox for the wingnuts who give environmentalism a bad name.
-- A.
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