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2006-01-09 Wheels Of Rememberence
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2006-01-09 Wheels in the Air for Fallen Cyclists – The Sun
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2006-01-09 Tribute to Fallen Riders – Metro NY
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2006-01-09 Cyclists Ride to Remember the Fallen – AM New York
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2005-12-26 NYE Party Ride – The New Yorker
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2005-12-22 NY Police Covertly Join Protest Rallies – NY Times
December 22, 2005 New York Police Covertly Join In at Protest Rallies http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E5D91430F931A15751C1A9639C8B63&scp=1&sq=New%20York%20police%20covertly%20join%20in%20at%20protest%20rallies&st=cse By JIM DWYER Undercover New York City police officers have conducted covert surveillance in the last 16 months of people protesting the Iraq war, bicycle riders taking part in mass rallies and even mourners at a street vigil for a cyclist killed… read more
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2005-12-22 Bike Business Increases in Wake of Strike – NY Sun
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2005-12-22 Better Behave – AM NY
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2005-12-21 Stopped in Their Tracks – Newsday
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2005-12-15 Time’s Up Bike Liberation Ride – Time Out NY
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2005-11-29 Reasonable Demands – Ride Magazine
“Reasonable Demands” Released by Time’s Up! http://www.ridezine.com The Ride Magazine Issue 129 December 9-11, 2005 New York–Time’s Up!, a New York City-based environmental group that uses events and educational programs to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city, has issued a set of demands to the city about the future of metropolitan biking. Their main… read more
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2005-10-01 Bicycling is Not a Crime – Satya
Bicycling is Not a Crime: The Satya Interview with Bill Di Paola http://www.satyamag.com/oct05/dipaola.html October, 2005 By Sangamithra Iyer Time’s Up! is New York City’s direct action environmental organization run entirely by 150 or so volunteers. Their goal is to raise awareness about how our actions affect the environment and, over the past 18 years, Time’s… read more
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2005-10-01 Since When Is Bicycling a Crime – Plenty
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2005-10-01 Defending Mobility Rights – Carbusters Magazine
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2005-08-24 Clowns With Tickets – Metro NY
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2005-08-08 Three Deaths In Six Weeks – The Ride
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2005-07-25 Bike RIders Want Answers – Metro NY
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2005-07-05 Police Captiain Warns Cycling Activists – Park Slope Courier
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2005-06-01 NYC Lags Behind in Making Streets Safe – Villager
Editorial New York City lags behind in making streets safe for bikes http://www.thevillager.com/villager_109/editorial.html Each month for the last 10 months, another installment of the Critical Mass vs. police saga has unfolded. Critical Mass says its goal is to promote nonpolluting bicycling by showing its presence on the streets in numbers and by temporarily displacing auto… read more
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2005-Spring – Altogether Now! Let’s Get Green – Brooklyn Gardener
Altogether Now! Let’s Get Green Brooklyn Gardener Spring/Summer 2005 By Robin Simmen read more
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2005-03-28 NYPD – Criminalize Critical Mass – Democracy Now
Go to: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/28/1434209 for video links. Monday, March 28th, 2005 NYPD Attempts To Criminalize Bike Riders Taking Part in Critical Mass On Friday, police arrested 37 riders and confiscated dozens of bicylcles. Last week, the city filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the group TIME’S UP! from promoting or advertising events that the city alleges… read more
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2005-02-25 – Critical Mass to Ride Despite Warnings – Metro NY
Critical Mass to Ride Despite Warnings Metro NY February 25, 2005 By Gabby Warshawer read more
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2004 Letter – Year in Review
December 2, 2004 Dear Friend, As you’ve probably have seen in the news, bicycling has come under attack in New York City. At the same time, according to recent surveys, the city has experienced a 30% increase in cycling over the past 4 years. Through its leadership and promotion of group rides, which provide a… read more
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2004-12-31 Still We Ride – New York Rat
Still We Ride The New York Rat December 31, 2004 read more
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2004-12-30 Wheel’em Off To Jail – Daily News
Wheel’em off to jail http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/opinions/wheel-em-jail-article-1.635750?print December 30, 2004 NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, December 30, 2004, 12:00 What’s worse than hordes of bicyclists riding rampant through midtown streets? Hordes of drunken bicyclists riding rampant through midtown streets that are jam-packed with New Year’s Eve revelers. Which is why the cops must be prepared to make… read more
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2004-12-30 New York City Critical Mass Celebrates Court Victory – Web
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2004-12-16 – Seventh Annual New Years Eve Party Ride – Time Out NY
Seventh Annual New Years Eve Party Ride Time Out NY December 16, 2004 read more
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2004-12-04 Riding is More Fun Than Wrapping Lights in the Heights – Bicycling
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2004-11-24 Class-action suit file on R.N.C. arrests and Pier 57 – The Villager
Class-action suit file on R.N.C. arrests and Pier 57 http://thevillager.com/villager_82/classactionsuitfiled.html Gotham Gazette Novemeber 24, 2004 By Lincoln Anderson A group of protesters and bystanders who were arrested during the Republican National Convention in late August and early September on Monday announced the filing of a class-action lawsuit against New York City, Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner… read more
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2004-11-22 Cycling In The City – Gotham Gazette
Cycling In The City http://old.gothamgazette.com/article/iotw/20041122/200/1189 Gotham Gazette November, 22, 2004 by Mark Berkey-Gerard Cyclists riding across the Brooklyn Bridge. New York City has 480 miles of bike lanes and paths, including one over each East River bridge. Stu Cohen has not been involved in any of the police clashes or court cases or competing City… read more
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2004-11-03 Police Lose and Crack Down – Villager
After court loss, police crack down on bike group http://www.thevillager.com/villager_79/aftercourtloss.html The Villager November 3rd, 2004 By Lincoln Anderson If the Critical Mass bicyclists thought they had won some protection with a federal judge’s rulings in their dueling lawsuits with the city last week, Friday night’s events proved that assumption wrong – and left the bikers… read more
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2004-11-3 CM At Ctitical Point – The Villager
Critical Mass At Critical Point The Villager November 3, 2004 http://thevillager.com/villager_79/editorial.html If there was any question that Mayor Bloomberg and the Police Department have decided to take on the monthly Critical Mass bike ride, the events of last week left no doubts. First, the city — in a counterclaim to a lawsuit filed the previous… read more
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2004-11-02 Attention Cyclists! – Counterpunch
To Control the Event Attention Bicyclists! http://www.counterpunch.org/davis11022004.html Counterpunch November 2, 2004 By James Davis Apparently, once you displace whatever is in the road you are traffic. With this in mind 1000 cyclists gathered at Union Square in New York for the annual Halloween Critical Mass bicycle ride. Participants were rakish as ever but found themselves… read more
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2004-10-30 Police Critical Of Bikers – NY Daily News
Police Critical of Bikers – Nab 33 The NY Daily News October 30, 2004 By David Epstein http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/police-critical-bikers-nab-33-article-1.618984 COPS ROUNDED up 33 bicyclists who strayed from the designated path of last night’s Critical Mass ride, authorities said. A day after a federal judge denied an NYPD request to stop the event, police handed out flyers… read more
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2004-10-30 33 Arrested in Cyclist Demonstration – NY Times
October 30, 200433 Arrested in Mass Cyclist Demonstration http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/nyregion/30cycles.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=33%20arrests%20in%20mass%20cyclist%20demonstration&st=cse By THOMAS J. LUECK A day after a federal judge denied the city’s request to block a monthly Critical Mass bicycle protest ride in Manhattan, more than 1,000 people took part in the ride last night. When it was over, tensions with the city had hardly… read more
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2004-10-01 Cyclists Win Initial Injunction CM – Ride Magazine
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2004-09-25 Nine Cyclists Arrested – NY Times
9 Cyclists Are Arrested in Protest The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/nyregion/25bike.html September 25, 2004 By Lydia Polgreen and Colin Moynihan Nine people were arrested last night and 40 bicycles were seized as about a thousand cyclists hit the streets in the monthly Critical Mass bicycle protest ride, the police said. The cyclists filled the canyons… read more
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2004-09-19 Caught – New York Newsday
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2004-09-01 Thou Doth Protest – The Villager
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2004-09-01 Activists’ Guide to the RNC
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2004-08-30 No to Bush – Salon.com
We the People Say No to Bush Salon.com By Michelle Goldberg August 30, 2004 Monday http://www.salon.com/2004/08/30/sunday_protests/ New York’s East Village looked like a police state. By 10 p.m. Friday night, cops in riot gear lined Second Avenue. A police helicopter flew overhead, strafing the neighborhood with its spotlight. Inside Saint Marks Church, a sanctuary for… read more
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2004-08-30 Jammin’ On 7th – Daily News
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2004-8-28 149 Busted In Pedal Pests – New York Post
149 Busted in Pedal Pests’ Tour De Farce New York Post August 28, 2004 By HEIDI SINGER and ZACH HABERMAN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/item_8YUgBH59OlSQXpQuLuakmL Police arrested 149 bicyclists last night during citywide protests just days before a wave of activists is expected to storm on the Republican National Convention, officials said. Bike riders had snaked through Manhattan… read more