Critical Mass in NYC
Time’s Up! New York City hosts an afternoon of discussion and video from New York’s storied Critical Mass.
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This Week in Livable Streets Events
By Aaron Bialick |
This week, SPUR features a discussion on the importance of the arts and the future of the Bay Bridge, new and experienced cyclists match up in the East Bay, and get your spook on in the park this Halloween. Here are the highlights from the Streetsblog calendar: Tuesday: SPUR hosts a lunchtime forum to talk about […]
A Car Becomes a Weapon in Brazil; Pedestrians Shortchanged in Detroit
By Angie Schmitt |
Here’s a taste of what members of the Streetsblog Network are talking about today. Motorist attack on Porto Alegre Critical Mass a grim reminder of the automobile’s destructive power: WalkBikeJersey comments on the shocking attack on a Critical Mass ride in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As Damien Newton at Streetsblog LA wrote yesterday, two people are […]
A Lost Decade for San Francisco’s Critical Mass?
By Chris Carlsson |
Critical Mass rolls down Lombard Street, July 2007. Photo by Chris Carlsson Well, no. We’ve had a great run in the 2000s. Averaging between 750 and 3000 riders on any given month, the birthplace of Critical Mass keeps going strong, in spite of the total lack of promotion or organizing during this past decade. But […]
Is Sunday Streets the Next Critical Mass?
By Dave Snyder |
Flickr photo: Michael Bolger Though it occurred for just four hours on two miles of streets in the Mission, this week’s Sunday Streets event has transformed the livable streets movement in some of the same ways that Critical Mass transformed San Francisco’s bicycle rights movement in the early 1990s. “Even better than Critical Mass,” was […]
Reviewing the Policing of Critical Mass
By Chris Carlsson |
Now that the new police chief has announced he is going to "review" department procedures with respect to Critical Mass, I think it might be a good time to "review" the history of the relationship between Critical Mass and the police. I have to emphasize that this relationship has evolved in the context of a […]
Ruminations of an Accidental Diplomat: Critical Mass at 20
By Chris Carlsson |
Editor’s note: Next Friday is the 20th Anniversary of Critical Mass. The following is an excerpted version of an introductory essay from Chris Carlsson, one of the founders of Critical Mass, who co-edited the new book Shift Happens! Critical Mass at 20, a compilation of essays on the movement from authors around the world. Critical […]