{"id":1682,"date":"2010-10-28T21:09:45","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T04:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2015-02-14T19:15:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T03:15:39","slug":"good-news-for-new-york-city-critical-mass-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/good-news-for-new-york-city-critical-mass-cyclists\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News for New York City Critical Mass Cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seems that New York police are not overly fond of Critical Mass riders. Apparently they make a habit of harassing, ticketing, detaining, arresting, confiscating bicycles, and even injuring New York Critical Mass participants.<\/p>\n

The good \u2013 and quite amazing \u2013 news is that New York City agreed recently to pay out almost a million dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by 83 Critical Mass cyclists in 2007. Some cyclists got $500; one got as much as $35,000.
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Oooh … gotta keep an eye on those scary people on their 20 pound bicycles!<\/p>\n

I have to say that this kind of angry, punitive approach contrasts sharply with my impression of the Vancouver Police<\/strong> during Vancouver’s Critical Mass<\/a> last month. It seemed to me that the two policemen on bicycles<\/strong> were there more to protect than to monitor. Which is as it should be.<\/p>\n

Critical Mass is a peaceful demonstration that minimally disrupts traffic just once a month, while making a point that really needs to be made: cyclists have the right to take up road space.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Critical Mass in New York City has a particularly proud record. Cycling in this city was much more dangerous in the 1990s, with few bike lanes. Critical Mass emerged in Manhattan as a way for cyclists to promote cycling safety and visibility by cycling together in a group, and it quickly grew. Just as in Vancouver, the ride attracts all kinds of cyclists, from all strata of society: families, bike messengers, kids, social activists, children and grandmothers.<\/p>\n

Lawyer David B. Rankin<\/a>, one of the lawyers who represented the cyclists, expressed the optimistic hope that the city\u2019s policies toward the Critical Mass cyclists have now changed:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that the cyclists and the N.Y.P.D. can figure out a way to work together.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s hope that Critical Mass cyclists and the New York Police Department can indeed figure out a way to work together. Perhaps the N.Y.P.D. should take a trip up to Vancouver and observe how it should<\/strong> be done.<\/p>\n

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