Modesto Critical Mass is Back!

!Smash the Autocracy!

MODESTO CRITICAL MASS
When: Every last Friday of every month
Where: In front of Brendan Theater, 10th & J.St. Place
Time: 5:00pm

~Spanish~
Masa Critica Modesto
Celebracion de bicicletas
Se reune en downtown Modesto
En la plaza de la esquina de calle 10 y la J
Cada ultimo viernes de el mes a las 5pm
"Viaje diario y celebre cada mes"
Rompa Con La Autocracia !


What is Critical Mass?
Critical Mass, an international event held in hundreds of cities on six continents, occurs on the last Friday of every month when bicyclists spontaneously come together to ride the ordinarily car-clogged streets of their cities. Critical Mass focuses on the rights of bicyclists and the rights of pedestrians on their own streets. It also brings attention to the deteriorating quality of life--starting with the toxic levels of air and noise pollution--that cars create for cities.


Cyclists are just as much traffic and have just as much right to be on the roads and travel at their own speed as anyone else. Moreover, cars clog up the streets all day, every day, so a lot of cyclists doing the same on a limited scale once a month cannot be a great source of complaint. Indeed, Critical Mass often finds itself held up by the traffic jam caused by motorists going about their "usual" business.

Critical Mass's aim is to make people take notice of cyclists as road users. Although some obstruction of "normal" traffic occurs, we are only seeking to raise the profile of cycling, and put cycling and transport issues on the agenda so that they will not be ignored.

We're not blocking traffic, we are traffic!