TURIN CRITICAL MASS

Critical Mass is a spontaneous and self-run meeting of thousands of cyclists invading the streets that are usually used by cars, exploiting the strength of the number of participants (mass). If the mass is sufficient (that means critical), non-cyclist traffic is stopped also along big arteries.

This idea was born in San Francisco in 1992 and spread quickly in thousands of cities in at least fourteenth countries, Critical Mass is a clear sign of protest that claims the use of alternative means of transport in order to fight the diffusion of traffic and pollution, and to establish bases for the mobility of the future: ecologic and sustainable future.
In Turin, Critical Mass, is pretty active, always updated and in the first row for fighting in the name of the ciclability of the city. In the last weeks, for example, it has been the only critical voice against the proposal of abolition of the new cycling tracks in downtown. During two days of protest, they have massively invaded those cycling tracks, showing that they should not have to be abolished, but improved and respected, remembering to all detractors that ecologic and sustainable mobility is a sign of civilization more than only common sense.

You can find Turin Critical Mass every first Saturday of the month at 4,00 p.m. and every third Tuesday of the month at 9,00 p.m. in piazza Palazzo di Città.

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