Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Critical Mass

Dodging the Police and Hanging at the Pier: Santa Monica Critical Mass

By Damien Newton | Aug 4, 2008 | 17 Comments

Brigitte Lauren and Lauren Larken Brave the Streets at Last Friday’s Santa Monica Critical Mass (Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a monthly series of ride reports on Critical Mass from throughout the region. In April it was a family ride in Pasadena. In May, I cruised the downtown with 200 of my closest […]

Seattle Critical Mass Assault a Flashpoint in Bike v Car Culture

By Damien Newton | Jul 29, 2008 | 17 Comments

Riders from This May’s Seattle Critical Mass Last Friday, during Seattle’s Critical Mass ride, a Subaru station wagon ran over some cyclists. The reasons for the incident are up for debate as cyclists claim the driver acted irrationally and plowed into the cyclists without provocation. The driver claims that cyclists were attacking his car and […]

NYPD Thug Attacks Cyclist without Cause. Cyclist Goes to Jail

By Ben Fried | Jul 29, 2008 | 3 Comments

Words fail when watching this clip of an NYPD officer forcibly knocking a Critical Mass rider to the pavement last Friday. The assault was caught on video by a bystander in Times Square. Compounding the injustice, reports Gothamist, is what happened next: A representative for TIMES UP! tells us that the cyclist in this video […]

Cyclists Ride the Freeway from 101 to 110

By Damien Newton | Jul 9, 2008 | 5 Comments

Some of you may remember our friendly neighborhood Crimanimalz and their freeway bike rides. Now a different group of cyclists has followed their example and made a video of riding the freeway from the 101 to the 110 during a recent Friday evening rush hour. Meanwhile, the Crimanimalz were busy doing their own ride on […]

Riding the Westside with Venice Critical Mass

By Damien Newton | Jun 30, 2008 | 4 Comments

(Editor’s note: this is third in a monthly series of ride reports on Critical Mass from throughout the region. In April it I rode Pasadena. In May, Los Angeles. This month was going to be Costa Mesa, but I decided to put it off until the fall so instead it’s the nascent Venice Critical Mass.) […]

Downtown LA Critical Mass

By Damien Newton | Jun 2, 2008 | 3 Comments

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on Los Angeles area Critical Mass rides. The purpose of the series is to create a first hand ride guide for riders who are looking to join the CM movement to help them select the best rides for their skill and commitment levels. Because the various […]

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