Where is Nottingham Critical Mass heading?
Concerned Cyclist | 28.01.2006 20:12 | Culture | Ecology
Having attended the Critical Mass rides in Nottingham for the last year, I really started wondering what it is all about after the ride this last Friday. I find the rides choatic, stressful and dangerous. It's dark, wet and friday night and I don't think Critical Mass should just be about blocking traffic for the sake of it. People in the ride should stick together and we should make sure everyone's ok. At the moment the route is unclear. At each junction people in the front of the ride argue and shout at each other and it all just feels like hard work and not really enjoyable. Why do we continue to go down the widest roads where we continue having the same kind of accidents, month after month? If we were enough that would be great. But I don't think we are.
The Critical Mass is supposed to be a celebration of cycling and other forms of non-polluting transport. It should be creative, positive, colorful, engaging. There should be music, dance, costumes, flags, banners, sillyness and should be inviting for new people to get involved with. It should be a way for people to get engaged with issues in a creative and positive way. It should be about informing people why we do what we do and make sure we're noticed for that.
Critical Mass should be exciting and fun. Let's make sure it is.
More info about Critical Mass, please visit:
http://www.critical-mass.org/
Critical Mass should be exciting and fun. Let's make sure it is.
More info about Critical Mass, please visit:
http://www.critical-mass.org/
Concerned Cyclist
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