Critical Mass in danger of dying in S.F.

San Fransisco, the city that berthed the movement, may be shutting Critical Mass down.  In 1992, in an effort to bring attention to cyclists' rights, SF's biking community started a monthly semi-organized group ride.  They called it Critical Mass.  Since then the idea has spread to just about every major metropolitan area, and now San Fransisco's  Police Cheif is thinking about ending it all.

"It is a mass of people that causes massive problems and San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon is questioning its existence. "We definitely are looking at the process, evaluating it, looking at where we can improve," said Police spokesperson Lyn Tomioka. The idea that this could be one of the last Critical Masses in San Francisco, delights some of the officers who have to protect it. "I think that if we have our chief behind it and he wants to do it, I'm sure there's going to be an end in sight," said Sgt. Neil Swendsen."

From GOOD.

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