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San Francisco Critical Mass, April 29, 2005. Critical Mass is a form of direct action in which people travel as a group on bicycles at a set location and time. The idea is for people to group together to make it safe for each other to ride bicycles through their streets, based on the old adage: there's safety in numbers.
'Bike the Bridge' - Cycle rides across the Ambassador Bridge. [18] Bike to Work Day - This annual Detroit Greenways Coalition event is part of the national Bike-to-Work Day effort. [19] Criterium Detroit City - The inaugural race was July 9, 2010. [20] Critical Mass - the last Friday of each month. [21] An estimated 375 people took part in June ...
On July 25, 2008, Critical Mass prevented a motorist from driving from a curbside parking space into cyclists [78] in Seattle's Critical Mass on East Aloha. The motorist made statements to Seattle police that he drove away, hitting bicycles and riders (one of them an attorney), [ 79 ] [ 80 ] and told the press that he "freaked out and ...
A feeder ride is a bike ride where a group of cyclists get together to ride to a destination which is itself the starting point of a major bike ride event. Critical Mass rides and Ciclovia events typically attract feeder rides.
The name 'Kidical Mass' is a pun on the Critical Mass cycling event and 'kid' meaning 'child'. The name was first used for a ride in Eugene, Oregon which took place 18 April 2008. [2] [3] Kidical Mass rides now take place in cities around the world.
Planning began in 2012 to establish a bicycle-sharing system in Detroit, headed by Lisa Nuskowski, the eventual founder of Detroit Bike Share. The system, eventually named MoGo, commenced operations on May 23, 2017, with a ceremonial ride in which cyclists rode the system's 300 original bicycles from a central location to their assigned docking ...
An electric van demonstrates how wireless charging works during an event on 14th Street in Detroit on Nov. 29. The city removed a bike lane to accommodate the country's first wireless charging ...
Reclaim the Street, Time's Square: this action and the monthly critical mass rides led to Time's Square's eventual denial of cars. 1988 Reclaim The Streets, which started in England, is a way drawing attention to the fact that the urban design of cities was not only meant for cars, but for the community. This was done through direct action, art ...