From levitan@u.washington.edu Wed May 28 02:23:57 1997 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.70.24]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.04/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id CAA56066 for ; Wed, 28 May 1997 02:23:56 -0700 Received: from dante06.u.washington.edu (levitan@dante06.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.8]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.04/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id CAA19998; Wed, 28 May 1997 02:23:54 -0700 Received: from localhost (levitan@localhost) by dante06.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.04/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id CAA55266; Wed, 28 May 1997 02:23:54 -0700 Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 02:23:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "D. Murphy" To: husky racing team cc: "E. Mccormick" Subject: Critical Mass Seattle Rides Again! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII here's some good info to kick off the weekend... dan _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ levitan@u.washington.edu _/ _/ "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder." -unknown _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/RIP SG 85-97_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > > This friday is not only Puget Sound Bike to Work Day, it's also CRITICAL MASS! > > -------------- > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > MAY 27, 1997 > > CONTACT: NIC WARMENHOVEN > (206) 324-7530 days; (206) 528-8105 eves > nic@oz.net > > > "CRITICAL MASS" BIKE RIDE TO CAP OFF THIS FRIDAY'S > PUGET SOUND BIKE TO WORK DAY > > > SEATTLE -- This Friday, May 30th, Puget Sound commuters will take part in > two events that celebrate bicycling as a healthy, environmentally sound > alternative to driving a car: the eighth annual Puget Sound Bike to Work > Day and Seattle's tenth Critical Mass Bike Ride. > > People trying out or continuing bicycle commuting as a transportation > alternative on Friday will get free food and prizes from roadside > "checkpoints" all over the region in the morning, and then will mass > together for a huge ride through downtown Seattle at the end of the work > day. The ride begins at 5:30 p.m. at Westlake Park (4th & Pine), circles > through downtown, and continues into the city's neighborhoods. > > The afternoon event, a fun monthly ride called "Critical Mass," is part of > a worldwide movement of cyclists to promote the visibility and viability of > non-motorized transportation. On the same afternoon, similar rides will > take place in Portland, San Francisco, Washington DC, London, Sydney, and > elsewhere. > > The joyful parade of bicycles through downtown and neighborhood streets at > rush hour is meant to draw attention to the many advantages a bike has over > a car in an urban commute. Bicycles make their riders healthy through > exercise, use non-polluting renewable energy, make less noise than cars, > and require less space (in roads, parking and garages) than cars. Bicycles > also save money; on average, Americans spend 20 percent of their income on > cars, including maintenance, repairs, insurance, and licensing. > > Previous Critical Mass rides in Seattle have drawn over 200 participants > per ride; as the weather improves and the daylight hours grow longer, this > record is expected to be broken. In San Francisco, where Critical Mass > began five years ago, the monthly ride regularly draws over 1,000 > participants. > > Critical Mass has no leaders or organizers, and is promoted by the regular > participants in the ride on a voluntary basis. The route of the monthly > ride is decided by consensus of the ride's participants. > > Puget Sound Bike to Work Day is jointly produced by the Cascade Bicycle > Club and NowBike. Neither CBC or NowBike has any affiliation with Critical > Mass. For more information on Puget Sound Bike to Work Day, call 224-9252, > or 522-BIKE. > > -- .