Greetings one and all, It was another successful ride for Critical Mass. The ride meandered through downtown, Dinkytown, threatened to go to St. Paul and eventually managed to wind to Uptown and back to downtown (again).
I'm not good at estimations, but my best guess is 150-200 riders (no arrests). The mayor was with us at the beginning of the ride, but dropped out afer about a mile. I'm speculating, but I believe he left soon after we crossed the Hennepin Ave bridge when some riders chose to ride against on-coming traffic. Personally, I would prefer the Mass wouldn't do that, but there are differences of opinion. If that truly is when the mayor left I can understand his conundrum (with the Police tailing us the whole way trying to restrain the mass from travelling into on-coming lanes). Nonetheless, I appreiciate the mayor making an appearance. He was the first to donate money towards the cause of "free bikes for kids" (donations to be passed along to the Yellow Bike Coalition). Overall, the ride was uneventful - stayed (usually) in the correct lanes of traffic , and only caused slight delays to those choosing to burn fossil fuels. Jim McGuire Como _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
