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September 20, 2008
- Consistent with a plan for addressing climate change due to CO2 emissions, Laguna Beach residents attempted to re-introduce cycling as an alternative mode of transport in this city suffering from a blight of automobiles. Like the city of Worms in Germany, Laguna Beach attracted 35 cycling participants to the start of a 7 mile route through the town, from Victoria Beach in the south to Emerald Bay in the North. The route follows the quiet back streets of this town from end to end, noteworthy since none of the route uses conventional streets normally congested with automobiles such as the Pacific Coast Highway. Promoters and riders alike plan to ride their bikes between CM events to promote cycling in this formerly cycling friendly town.
August 8, 2008
- A small revolution for this rather sleepy yet carfriendly German town: The very first Critical Mass in Worms attracted 35 participants, from young children to aged people. Fighting for some free space in between the motorized masses there's yet more to come... See also [1] (in German).
May 17, 2008
- About 390 Aliens participated in Vienna's Critical Mass this month. Thus the Alien CM has been the biggest ride in Vienna up to now. Read more on the Vienna Critical Mass website (German).
"aliens against autoholism! - Critical Ma
srs flies again!" in Vienna - Riga Critical Mass in the media, seven people were arrested in the ride on April 25, 2008. See also the Wikipedia article
Critical Mass and [2].
May 15, 2008
- Critical Mass in NYC without police? In the Friday ride in April it came true. Reports: Village Voice, Onnyturf.com, Bikeblog. Video: Team Spider blog.
April 20, 2008
- Today on Sunday: Budapest Critical Mass with many thousands of riders will be held, see also Budapest Times. Update (April 21): About up to 80,000 riders participated in the ride. See also [3] (including a great photo).
Mass bike-raising in Budapest on April 20, 2008
April 18, 2008
- Background report on Cafebabel.com (European magazine): Bike traffic: return of the scorchers by Christina Peters (Translation from Kate Hollinshead; original article in German: [4])
March 19, 2008
- Maybe a very early predecessor of Critical Mass: "The Great San Francisco bicycle protest of 1896." Read the article on Processed World: [5] (PDF). A short overview can be found here: [6].
December 23, 2007
- Feature article by Todd Balf: "Critical Mess - The monthly ride known as Critical Mass may just change the world", published on bicycling.com.
- The article is an exploration of the Critical Mass scene in San Francisco and London (Chris Carlsson is also featured).
October 01, 2007
- In the San Francisco 15th anniversary ride on September 28, 2007 many 100 cyclists claimed the streets. [7].
6.25 at the Plaza, San Francisco celebrated 15 years of Critical Mass
September 24, 2007
- Up to 30,000 cyclists attented the Critical Mass ride in Budapest on Car free day (September 22, 2007). See [8].
September 23, 2007
- Glossop (United Kingdom), a small town with a resident population of around 32,000, had it´s first Critical Mass one week ago on September 14, 2007. 14 cyclists took part in this ride. See also [9] and [10].
September 22, 2007
- September 21, 2007: Critical Mass Vienna has a slogan for the monthly ride: "500+". They want to reach the amount of around 500 cyclists also as a reaction to Viennas police bike control in August 2007. See Critical Mass Vienna homepage (German) and [11] (german).
- Update: Vienna Critical Mass didn't reach the "500+" but as many as 380 cylists took part in the Friday ride. It has been the biggest Critical Mass ever in Vienna. See also [12] (German).
September 20, 2007
- September 28, 2007: Nevertheless Berlin massers have difficulties currently even reaching a Criticial Mass, it´s the 10th anniversary of their bicycle rides. See [13] (German).
September 19, 2007
- September 28, 2007: Critical Mass turns 15 - The 15th anniversary of Critical Mass bicycle rides in San Francisco.
- September 2007: Chicago celebrates its 10th anniversary with four happy Fridays, including a "T-Shirt Printing Party !!!" and the "Chicago Critical Mass 10th Anniversary Ride". See [14]
