Press Coverage

Indymedia September 1, 2007 By roger m http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2007/09/90396.html For the 3rd month in a row, NYC had a terrific hassle-free Critical Mass. It was the 3rd anniversary of the mammoth (5000 est.) Republican National Convention Critical Mass. The police presence at Union Square was substantial and intimidating. But for the 3rd month in a row… read more

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The Path Of Least Congestion  NY Times July 18, 2007 By David Haskell http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/opinion/18haskell.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print   CONGESTION pricing came to a halt after a head-on collision with Albany on Monday. The New York State Senate decided not to take up Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to charge a fee to drivers entering the busiest parts of… read more

New York Brutus July 15, 2007 By Mika Yoshida & David G. Imber read more

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Critical Mass History Timeline Project OnNYturf Blog May 3, 2007 By Will James read more

From: http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-2007-04-26-voa40-66773462/564447.html VOICE OF AMERICA By Adam Phillips New York 30 April 2007 Phillips Report (MP3) – Download 1.1MB  As private cars, taxis, trucks and other motor vehicles continue to clog New York City streets, a growing number of Big Apple residents are hopping on their bicycles to get around town. Doing so, they say,… read more

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Villager by Jefferson Siegel April 4 – 10, 2007 Tension was palpable among cyclists ready to start the Critical Mass ride as they gathered at Union Square before the monthly event last Friday evening. Last week’s Critical Mass ride was the first held under a new police regulation requiring a permit for any gathering of… read more

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Village Voice blog March 31, 2007 by Sarah Ferguson http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2007/03/critical_mass_t.php Friday night’s Critical Mass bike ride was played as a First Amendment “showdown” over the NYPD’s new parade rule, which requires groups of 50 or more to get a permit to be on the streets. Predictably there were arrests—three to be exact—along with 46 summonses… read more

L Magazine By Adam Klasfeld March 31, 2007 http://www.imediaethics.org/news/5-03-07/report.htm When I decided to write an article about participating in March’s Critical Mass ride, I was almost certain that I was going to be arrested. After all, it was the first ride since the NYPD rewrote the parade rule to criminalize rides of 50 or more… read more

Bloomberg Likes San Gennaro – And police Spying  The Gothamist March 28, 2007 By Jen Chung http://gothamist.com/2007/03/28/bloomberg_likes.php Though not necessarily together. The Mayor believes in zeppole and fair games, telling reporters: “I understand the frustration of the community, who has their streets blocked and a lot of noise at night. On the other hand, it… read more

City Decides Time’s Up For Mass Lawsuit  The villager March 28, 2007 By Julie Shapiro http://thevillager.com/villager_204/citydecidestimesup.html  After a two-year legal battle, the city of New York has dropped its lawsuit against Time’s Up! The lawsuit, filed March 22, 2005, targeted the monthly Critical Mass bicycle rides in Manhattan, in which large groups of cyclists ride… read more

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Bicyclists Give Gift To A Chief Who Gave Them Hell The villager February 28, 2007 By Jefferson Siegel http://thevillager.com/villager_200/bicyclistsgivegift.html   For two and a half years, police have chased cyclists in the monthly Critical Mass rides. Last Friday, participants turned the tables, leaving the traditional Union Square starting point on foot and marching directly to… read more

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Cyclists and advocates rain on parade-permit rules The Villager February 7, 2007 By Jefferson Siegelhttp://www.thevillager.com/villager_197/cyclistsandadvocatesrain.html Last Wednesday, a group of several dozen, including politicians, attorneys and cyclists, braved the cold wind in front of Police Headquarters to voice outrage at the department’s revamped parade-permit regulations — which will go into effect at this month’s end.… read more

Thursday, January 11, 2007 By Nik Kovac They ranged in age from ten to 60, and they lived in every corner of the city, from St. Albans to Williamsburg, but all 14 of them have this in common: during 2006 they died while riding bicycles. “Ride with us,” announced Time’s Up, a two-decade-old advocacy group,… read more

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Another judge denies injunction on Critical Mass http://www.thevillager.com/villager_147/anotherjudgedenies.html The Villager February 22-28, 2006 Jefferson Siegel Last week a State Supreme Court judge issued a key ruling against the city’s attempts to halt the Critical Mass bike ride and force the cyclists to obtain a permit for their monthly event. Soon after the decision was released,… read more

Call Any Vegetable http://www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0620,tudor,73225,15.html Village Voice May 16, 2006 By Silke Tudor The weatherman threatened the city with rain on Saturday but there seems little menace in the featherweight clouds shuffling across the pale May sky. Eventually, the growing heat of the afternoon sun coerces me into Tompkins Square Park, where I sprawl out on… read more

Double-parkers clog new bicycle lanes on Grand St. http://www.thevillager.com/villager_190/doubleparkersclognew.html By Lori Haught Community Board 3 passed a resolution in the spring saying it did not support bike lanes on Grand St. But by November, the city Department of Transportation had installed the lanes. Citing its extensive research, D.O.T. said Grand St. was the area’s safest… read more

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http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_187/havenshatters.html Downtown Express | Volume 19 | Issue 30 | December 8 – 14, 2006 By Lincoln Anderson In a city where speeding cars and trucks rule the road and bicyclists ride at their own risk, the Hudson River Park bike path would seem to offer one of the safest places to cycle. Yet the… read more

Editorial Bike path terror http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_187/editorial.html One would think bike paths are safer than city streets for bicycles. And one would hope a bike path that’s clearly separated from the street by a planted median with a low wall, such as the Hudson River bike path, would be even safer. But, tragically, just within the last… read more

Drunk driver on Hudson Park bike path mows down cyclist http://www.thevillager.com/villager_188%20/drunkdriveronhudsonpark.html By Lincoln Anderson In a city where speeding cars and trucks rule the road and bicyclists ride at their own risk, the Hudson River Park bike path would seem to offer one of the safest places to cycle. Yet the death of bicyclist Eric… read more

W. Side Memorial Planned For Cyclist December 4, 2006 AM New York By Justin Rocket Silverman read more

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$1.3M Spent to Fight CM AM New York November 16, 2006 Justin Rocket Silverman read more

The New Yorker | 2006-11-13 by BEN MCGRATH In the fall of 1971, two years after the Stonewall Rebellion, sixteen months after Kent State, and a couple of weeks after the prison riots at Attica, a few hundred bicyclists rode down Fifth Avenue and on to City Hall, demonstrating for the institution of dedicated bike… read more

Ghost Riders Village Voice October 25, 2006 By Keisha Franklin read more

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New York Historic Ride New York Magazine September 6, 2006 read more