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Jun 26 2010
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Metro's Unfair Fare Hike |
On Sunday, Metro fare hikes will go into effect. Mike Golash, a recently retired Metro employee, described these fare hikes as "outrageous." He asks why the federal government and businesses which benefit the most from Metro are not asked to pay their fair share. The Verizon Center, for example, sits directly atop the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro, greatly enhancing its value. Yet it is the riders who must bare the budren of higher fares. As Mike Golash points out, "The system benefits big business much more than it benefits the average worker." Audio
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Jun 10 2010
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Bikeit! Rides through Rochester! |
Come out Monday June 14th at 6pm for a potluck at the Flying Squirrel Community Space to meet bicycle riders on their way out to the US Social Forum in Detroit. This will be a great opportunity to learn more about what activists in the upstate NY area are working on and to learn more about the US Social Forum. Who is going on this ride?
The Finger Lakes BikeIt Ride is open to all residents in the Finger Lakes area who are passionate about biking to the US Social Forum in a large group of people committed to social & environmental justice, community service and mutual aid. We will likely have riders from Ithaca, Syracuse, and Binghamton, as well as from several smaller towns in the area.
The Finger Lakes BikeIt Ride is open to all residents in the Finger Lakes area who are passionate about biking to the US Social Forum in a large group of people committed to social & environmental justice, community service and mutual aid. We will likely have riders from Ithaca, Syracuse, and Binghamton, as well as from several smaller towns in the area.
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May 30 2010
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Ghost Bike Appears in Fairfax for Slain Cyclist |
A ghost bike has appeared in Fairfax County at the location where 18-year-old Abdelouahid "Abdul" Chadli was killed by an SUV, on Friday, May 21.
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May 12 2010
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Protests Against MUNI Cuts and Fare Hikes |
The Muni Riders and Drivers Expanding Coalition, made up of low income families, youth and elderly organizations in San Francisco, have united to demand an end to MUNI service cuts, demanding MUNI seek more progressive sources of revenue, and an end to MUNI and SFPD "saturation" checkpoints on buses. Last week they held their first public action on the steps of City Hall. A new protest will be held on May 12th at 1pm at City Hall.
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May 09 2010
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Estimated 100 ride in Critical Mass |
DC Critical Mass rides are growing, just like that oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico that more bicycle use could have prevented. On May 7, an estimated 100 riders took to the streets, winding through Downtown and Georgetown. Video
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Apr 12 2010
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Radical History Bike Tour Rolls through Houston |
Thanks to everyone who came out to our Radical History bike tour! More that 30 people came out to ride with us and learn about the history of some of the social movements that have taken place in Houston. The day was beautiful, the feedback was positive, and we hope to host another ride in the not too distant future. We are really greatful to Ester King, Gloria Rubac and Lenwood Johnson for speaking to us about social struggles in Houston, as well as to Bohemeos for hosting the afterparty and Urbane Guerilla and Alex for performing.
We’d also like to thank Zack for putting together this great compilation video of the presentations that were made as part of the bike tour. If you couldn’t make the ride, this video is the next best thing. Photos from the Ride.
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Apr 09 2010
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Ashland CarShare Anniversary Party Friday! |
The Ashland CarShare Anniversary Party will feature live music, food, drinks, and a raffle. It will be an opportunity to meet the Board of Directors, learn more about car sharing, and socialize with like-minded people. This milestone is a cause for celebration in our community.
April 9, 2010
8:30pm-closing
Standing Stone Brewing Company, 101 Oak St., Ashland, Oregon
Live music provided by Andy Combs and the Moth and Flown in Fresh
Suggested donation: $10
April 9, 2010
8:30pm-closing
Standing Stone Brewing Company, 101 Oak St., Ashland, Oregon
Live music provided by Andy Combs and the Moth and Flown in Fresh
Suggested donation: $10
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Apr 05 2010
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the 2010 Sunday midnight ride season has begun! |
Approximately 50 cyclists participated in the first major Sunday midnight ride of the season tonight. If you would like to join in next week, meet up at Holly Farms on the corner of College and Allen.
All are welcome, Buffalo is beautiful at night time, and the company is awesome.
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Mar 30 2010
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Portland Police Assault Protesters with Bicycles! |
Everyone who was assaulted by the police in tonights march should file charges against the officers who assaulted them. They jailed someone for assaulting a police officer with a bike, then the same week use the same tactic against civilians. We have video of the police using their bicycles as weapons against unarmed nonviolent protesters. Even the mainstream media posted video of the police hitting people with their bikes. Lets get a roll call of all the assaulting officers, they were all repeat offenders. Lets coordinate some actions against the Portland Police Bureau. Infringing on freedom of assembly, and freedom of speech, use of excessive forces, assault...
We can't just let them get away with these tactics!
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We can't just let them get away with these tactics!
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Mar 07 2010
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Critical Mass Miami: Tweed Ride Coral Gables March 20th at 9 am |
Critical Mass Miami: Tweed Ride Coral Gables March 20th at 9 am
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Mar 02 2010
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MTA, City & State to Students: Drop Dead |
Now that it's $2.25 and rising, there's a pretty penny to be made from 585,000 new fares, not to mention planned cuts to Access-A-Rides for the disabled, at least 1,100 layoffs of MTA workers, and maybe another fare hike for good measure. It's all about "gap closing," as the MTA's 2010 Budget coins its program of deficit reduction via service reduction. Yet there are other gaps, other deficits that recent events have brought to the attention of the public (and they implicate the City and the State as much as the MTA).
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Feb 27 2010
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BUTCHER OF FARELESS SQUARE QUITS TRIMET BOARD IN PORTLAND OREGON |
Bob Williams, along with another Portland, Oregon, TriMet transit agency board member, quit this week in the face of recent protests and pickets over austerity measures by this $2.5 billion transit agency -- including gutting downtown Portland's so-called free zone, 'Fareless Square.'
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Jan 11 2010
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Gus Ganley Wins $70,000 Settlement Resulting From August 2007 Critical Mass |
Another legal victory! The Minneapolis City Council Ways & Means Committee has just approved a $70,800 settlement in a case filed by Gus Ganley and his attorney, Jordan Kushner, resulting from the August 31, 2007 Critical Mass ride. That was the Critical Mass ride one year before the RNC, which the Minneapolis Police decided to use as a test case, beating, arresting, tasering, and macing a number of the participants for no cause. Gus was among those arrested, maced and abused. He was held overnight and eventually charged with assaulting a police officer and obstructing the legal process using force - both gross misdemeanors - and fleeing a police officer, a misdemeanor. On April 14, 2008 he was acquitted of all charges, after a one week trial and five minutes of jury deliberation. Videos and testimony showed that the cop who arrested him was lying.
More Info: PDF of Settlement/Background Info from City Attorney's Office | Related: Bicycles and hauling trash, recyclables and delivering packages
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Jan 11 2010
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Bicycles and hauling trash, recyclables and delivering packages |
Bicycles are proving their worth as ecologically-friendly ways to do necessary tasks in modern society.
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Dec 27 2009
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Transit Riders Union Pickets Portland Business Alliance Wed Dec 30th @ 9am |
On Wednesday, Dec. 30th, at 9 a.m., transit activists, anti-oil war activists, clean air advocates, anti-global warming organizers, and others, are picketing (bring you own picket signs, but we will have some, as well!) Portland Business Alliance over PBA's ongoing push to cut and gut TriMet's Fareless Square.
So far, only Lynn Lehrbach, on the TriMet board, has voted with the 1,400 transit riders who turned in petitions against cutting Fareless Square, to the unelected TriMet board, to save Fareless Square and fight other transit service cuts (TriMet is cutting both bus and MAX service, even as they keep building more light rail and streetcar lines, prioritizing capital projects from Obama stimulus money over providing bus service to workers, unemployed, students, seniors and the poor).
Just say no to TriMet and PBA's war on the poor -- Save Fareless Square!
http://www.savefarelesssquare.org
So far, only Lynn Lehrbach, on the TriMet board, has voted with the 1,400 transit riders who turned in petitions against cutting Fareless Square, to the unelected TriMet board, to save Fareless Square and fight other transit service cuts (TriMet is cutting both bus and MAX service, even as they keep building more light rail and streetcar lines, prioritizing capital projects from Obama stimulus money over providing bus service to workers, unemployed, students, seniors and the poor).
Just say no to TriMet and PBA's war on the poor -- Save Fareless Square!
http://www.savefarelesssquare.org