Critical Mass: Down With Gas
Last Updated (Sunday, 28 February 2010 04:02) Written by lucho Sunday, 28 February 2010 03:06
Cyclists gathered friday to demonstrate their power in traffic and to protest the incredible social and environmental destruction caused by cars. Cars are one of the worlds largest producers of greenhouse gasses, and play a big part in our global addiction to oil, an addiction that causes nations to kill and wage war upon each other throughout the world. Many anthropologists including prominent urban psychologist Jane Jacobs also blame the automobile for creating urban sprawl and the alienation that has destroyed community life. But some people here in Victoria have had enough. With numbers of no more that 20-30, the critical mass bike ride was able to block off major traffic routs throughout the capital including both the Bay St and Johnson St bridges.
Critical Mass is a grassroots reclamation of public space held world wide the last Friday of every month. People are invited to enjoy the safety and comfort in the carfree space that is create by simply riding together! Bicycles, skateboards, and any other form of human powered locomotion are welcomed. The critical mass bike rides in Victoria meet at 6:30 in Centennial Square the last friday of each month.