[*BCM*] cambridge

[Lee Peters]

On Friday night we were in Brookline, too.  We have gone to JP a number of
times also, but not this past.  CM doesn't get planned, it just happens .

Critical Mass seems to like attention.  We go through Harvard and Central
Sq.'s; people clap for us and cheer.  Harvard Sq. also has the tunnels.
Those sweet tunnels.

The ride went on for a long time after we passed Cambridge Five-0.

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-----Original Message-----
From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
[mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org]On Behalf Of
Pete Stidman
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 12:15 AM
To: Ian Thistle; Boston Critical Mass
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] cambridge


Coming to JP or other Boston Neighborhoods would make
alot more sense since Both Cambridge and Brookline
have far better facilities for bicyclists, while
Boston doesn't seem to have a single bike lane and the
racks are mostly rusting out.

If anyone does plan to come to JP, let me know.  It
would give me a good reason to ride along.

-Pete

--- Ian Thistle <idiotkid at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've always thought we shoudl take the mass south
> through Jamaica Plain or
> Brookline instead of always taking teh same route
> through Central and
> Harvard squares...
>
> On 6/26/05, Julia Asherman
> <weelittlebopeep at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > To my knowledge no one was ticketed, although it
> seemed like they really
> > wanted to ticket us and realized it was impossible
> to ticket that many.
> > They told us all to wait and that we ran red
> lights, should be in the bike
> > lane, etc., and then when the light was green they
> didn't let us through.
> > They held us there for a couple of minutes while
> the light was green, and
> > we
> > eventually just went through. It seemed like the
> only place they were told
> > to patrol was that intersection, and there were
> many cars (both police and
> > personal) parked in the bike lane which were
> completely ignored by the
> > cops.
> >
> > -julia
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: criticalmass at ianw.org
> > Reply-To: Boston Critical Mass
> <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> > To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> > Subject: [*BCM*] cambridge
> > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:06:52 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> > Speaking of crackdowns, was anyone here on this
> friday's mass?
> >
> > I was in the front of the pack as we got to the
> intersection of Mass Ave
> > and Prospect Street in Central Square, and the
> cops were waiting for us.
> > The light was red, so we all stopped, and the cops
> started "suggesting"
> > that we should all be in the bike lane, since we
> were blocking traffic.
> > This was certainly impossible, given the density
> of bikes. When the light
> > turned green, me and 20 or so others passed
> through the intersection, only
> > to look back and see that the cops had walked into
> the middle of the road
> > to block it off and started shuffling everyone to
> the side. I'm not sure
> > what happend after that, since my friend and I
> took that as a sign that we
> > were no longer welcome in Cambridge, and split for
> the BU bridge.
> >
> > Were there any tickets issued? How many? Can
> anyone give a better
> > eyewitness testimony?
> >
> > It's worth noting, from my point of view, that one
> of the cops' cars was
> > double-parked, and was blocking the bike lane.
> It's also worth noting
> > that there were children in the mass, wearing
> their helmets and riding
> > along with an adult chaperone, enjoying themselves
> quite a bit. I wonder
> > if they were ticketed...
> >
> > -Ian
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