Jim Ferraris of the bicycle patrol. We know what it's like to ride in a gutter or get clipped by a car. Wenzel It should be relatively easy to set up a Critical Mass ride. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania About 75 bicyclists took over the streets of central Philadelphia for an hour and a half on Sept. 29, demanding better conditions for city cyclists. Participants gathered at City Hall and rode through the streets en masse, holding up midday traffic and handing out a list of their demands to pedestrians and motorists, including a network of bike lanes to be built in the city, bike access to mass transit, and an end to bike bans on a major downtown street and the University of Pennsylvania campus.
Cyclists plan to hold monthly actions until their demands are met.
CM Terms corking As the group rides into an intersection, one or two bicyclers stop in front of the waiting cars, effectively corking the intersection until everyone rides by. This keeps motorists from considering inching forward when their light turns green. No one need take responsibility but everyone can take credit. A route can be agreed upon in this way also. This usually gets the horns honking.