Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Critical Mass

Help Put an End to Parade Rules and Police Tactics That Target Cyclists

By Streetsblog | Aug 1, 2008 | 3 Comments

Last Friday’s assault on a Critical Mass rider — and the attempted cover-up that followed — has heightened public attention on police misconduct against cyclists. If you, or some other cyclist you know, have been the subject of selective enforcement or inappropriate police action, lawyers from the Five Borough Bike Club would like to hear […]

Cop Assaults Critical Mass Rider. Charges Filed Against Cyclist.

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2008 | 72 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 […]

At Critical Mass, Reverend Al Calls for NYPD Accountability

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2008 | 8 Comments

The Reverend Al Sharpton, the family of Sean Bell, and an all-star cast of civil liberties advocates joined cyclists in Union Square last Friday for one of the more anticipated Critical Mass rides in recent memory. The gathering, which filled up the south end of the park, came three weeks after the Reverend led hundreds […]

Opposition Mounts to NYPD Assembly Rules; Rally Tonight

By Brad Aaron | Mar 28, 2008 | 7 Comments

As the City Council takes up legislation to lift NYPD rules against public assembly, cyclists and advocates will hold a rally and press conference before tonight’s Critical Mass ride. From BikeBlog: Critical Mass participants will be joined by a diverse group of videographers, artists, activists and politicians outraged over NYPD regulatory constraints on the civil […]

Mendez Bill Would Overturn NYPD Parade Rules

By Brad Aaron | Mar 27, 2008 | 9 Comments

A cyclist is ticketed during Critical Mass last spring City Council Member Rosie Mendez has introduced a bill to overturn the NYPD’s parade permit rules, which require groups of over 50 to obtain a permit before assembling. Enacted a year ago, the rules were seen as a way for the city to subvert Critical Mass […]

The Battle for Britain’s Roads

By Ben Fried | Jan 15, 2008 | 9 Comments

Streetsblog reader George Henik directs our attention to the excellent new BBC documentary "Road Rage," a British version of Contested Streets — minus the advocacy — that examines the intensifying conflict between motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians in the UK. The Beeb describes the situation as a war of succession: For 40 years, Britain’s motorists have […]

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