Cyclists make peace Nov 20, 2009
I lived in San Francisco when Critical Mass began, and was dismayed to see that it was a WPB bicycle activist that caused the CM Website to cease to exist as a result of a profanity laced email to the website owner ... I am recently retired NYPD and in NYC there has NEVER been a case of a motorist found guilty in an incident involving Critical Mass. (The Palm Beach Post)
Get onya bike, but don't let the road lobby 'greenwash' you Oct 15, 2009
They should be tackling the insane pro-car and pro-dangerous climate change policies of the Brumby Government and the road lobby head on, start to organise cyclists at the grass-roots, like critical mass does and get them to stand up for a sustainable future. debbie | melbourne - October 15, 2009, 11:00AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Recycling the urban spaces Oct 4, 2009
This has generated a fair amount of heat and noise, whether during the monthly Critical Mass rides (17 years old and still going strong) or during the episodic controversies over bike lanes, parking, Octavia Boulevard planning and other bike-oriented changes ... Chris Carlsson, a co-founder of Critical Mass, co-directs an online history of San Francisco, where you can see those old photos of a treeless San Francisco at foundsf. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Land of hope and glory Sep 26, 2009
It is easy to be swept away by the enthusiasm of Marsh and other relatively recent arrivals, such as Karen Grega, chief executive of the local business association, who believes ''critical mass'' has been achieved. Fortunately perhaps, I missed the pregnancy and arrived in time for the birth,'' she says, surveying the construction activity while enjoying a coffee in Jacaranda Square, the designated new town centre. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
* Cycle city Copenhagen is the future Aug 1, 2009
I realized, perhaps belatedly, while freewheeling happily down the Torvegade Bridge on my way to see the self-proclaimed free state of Christiania (dont bother, its just hippies and graffiti and dope, and the only dirty part of the city), that a kind of tipping point or critical mass has been reached, and passed. After a certain mileage of cycle tracks and lanes has been established, theres really no need to keep going, no need for any more. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Canadian startups in Silicon Valley find innovation, cash Mar 26, 2009
There s a critical mass of people you can turn to in the building, he said. Plug and Play is also very well-connected to the financing community. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
