CCM Site Quote List

... cycling is a remedy for dyspepsia, torpid liver, incipient consumption, nervous exhaustion, rheumatism and melancholia.

The ordinary horseless carriage is at present a luxury for the wealthy; and although its price will probably fall in the future, it will never, of course, come into as common use as the bicycle.

...this awful state -- sponsored tyranny of the automobile ... dominance on our public roadways will be adjusted for the greater good with a larger group presence, aka Critical Mass, more quickly than with one lonely individual/individualist at a time...In the tradition of strength in numbers (women getting the vote, women owning property, the entire civil rights struggle...) our time has come as bicyclists. Stay together! Join Critical Mass.

Many people have a difficult time imagining life without their car--even as they bemoan pollution, traffic congestion and their sedentary lifestyle. Fortunately for me, not owning a car is as much habit as ideology.

A decision making system/political philosophy that "zerocratises" the democratic process in order to circumvent the need to appoint leaders. Often but not exclusively used in conjunction with xerocracy. (Like Anarchy but without the anarchists).

We conceived Critical Mass to be a new kind of political space, not about PROTESTING, but about CELEBRATING our vision of preferable alternatives, most obviously in this case bicycling over car culture.

Today Critical Mass occurs in over 100 cities around the world. In the real world, you need only ride a bicycle and you have reduced: air pollution, noise pollution, overconsumptive land usage, marine oilslicks, millions of animal deaths, the incidence of heart disease, the road toll, your monthly transport budget. Your personal gain is nothing compared to the benefits you offer to the greater community.