Critical Mass
Sign in to saveinformal cycling action where many people travel as a group on bicycles at a set location and time
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- Subclass of
- cycling advocacy
- Movement
- car-free movement
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- in opposition to
- motonormativity
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- Critical Mass (bicycling event)
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- CriticalMass
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- has goal
- mobility transition
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- critical mass
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Critical Mass events highlight the numbers of people who want to use their bicycle on the streets, but are usually unable to do so without risking their safety. They are a call to action to councils, governments and road planners to properly and thoughtfully design in the safety of all road users, including those who would prefer to walk and cycle, instead of prioritising motor traffic above all else.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Critical Mass” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.