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This was a Critical Mass event, which is why the bicyclists are taking up all of the street as a way to reclaim the streets and protest the lack of safety for riders under usual conditions. It's not legal, but protests are never useful if they're fully legal now, are they.

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[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world -2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's the thing, I actually agree with you and these cyclists. Cars DO take up way too much space and we're way too dependent on them. I 100% support better urban development that's more sustainable and pedestrian friendly. That being said, I don't see things like this as a meaningful way to achieve results. If it was an organized protest that actually gave people a heads up that this would be happening then that's fine, but just randomly forming up cyclist mobs to takeover streets is still dangerous and unnecessary.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Protests have to be disruptive to be heard. If they weren't disruptive, people would ignore them.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Disruptive and dangerous are two different things. Rosa parks sitting at the back of the bus is a disruptive protest, cycling as an unorganized mob into oncoming traffic is dangerous.

Cars aren't disruptive and dangerous are they?