Critical Mass
The last Friday of the month, every month, 7:00 p.m.
starting at Union Square North, Washington Square Park, Tompkins Square Park, Madison Square Park (and several other locations, apparently). Come along for the ride!
TIME'S UP! is now sponsoring screenings of Still We Ride! (the documentary film about Manhattan Critical Mass). Arrange your own free screening!
Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road. Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly the same reason. New York City's first Critical Mass was in 1993.
April 2007 will be the 14th birthday of Critical Mass in NYC. Happy birthday!
Upcoming Rides:
Ride Themes:
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Critical Mass scenes from BikeSummer, 2003. |
 Critical Mass on the Brooklyn Bridge, no problem, 2001. Here's what others have to say about Critical Mass:
Village Voice Best of New York 2003: Best Disruption of Traffic
On the last Friday of every month, bicyclists (and in-line skaters) riding under the decentralized CRITICAL MASS umbrella gather in 325 cities across the world and take over their streets. New Yorkers gather at Union Square North at 7 p.m. and ride for about two hours, wherever their wheels take them. -Nick Catucci
To the editor of Bicycling magazine:
"Thanks for letting me know about the best ride of my life, New York City's Critical Mass (Ride, Nov.). We rolled into Times Square a couple thousand strong and 10 blocks long, including riders from Boston, California and Japan. I've lived here my whole life and have never seen the city like this."
--Jason Godoy, New York City, March 2004 issue
 Critical Mass at a fountain in Central Park, 2003. Critical Mass is not like a TIME'S UP! ride with leaders and routes. It is traffic using the streets. TIME'S UP! works on themes and after-parties to make Critical Mass more fun.
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