Editing Critical Mass (cycling) (section)

=== Critical Manners ===
[[File:World of Coke cycling.jpg|thumb|Critical Mass riders in [[Atlanta]]]]

In San Francisco, an event known as "Critical Manners" was created as a response to Critical Mass. Critical Manners rides through the city on the second Friday of the month, with riders encouraged to obey all traffic laws such as stopping at red lights and signaling.<ref>{{cite news
 |last        = Steve
 |first       = Rubenstein
 |title       = Critical Manners takes a stand for sharing, harmony, red lights.
 |work        = San Francisco Chronicle
 |date        = April 14, 2007
 |url         = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGB6P8R1U1.DTL
 |access-date  = July 2, 2007
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070712000808/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F04%2F14%2FMNGB6P8R1U1.DTL
 |archive-date = July 12, 2007
 |df          = mdy-all
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Critical Manners ride starts at 6&nbsp;pm|author=Steve Rubenstein|date=April 13, 2007|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/13/BABADIGEST4.DTL|access-date=February 23, 2008|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622112919/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F04%2F13%2FBABADIGEST4.DTL|archive-date=June 22, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Tucson, Arizona holds the Tuesday Night Community Bike Ride as their alternative to Critical Mass. The weekly ride encourages bicycle commuting and motor vehicle awareness in a peaceful and friendly way.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=102923
|title=Tucson on Two Wheels
|access-date=December 10, 2008
|author=Herreras, Mari
|date=November 8, 2007
|work=Tucson Weekly
}}</ref>

In 2007 there were conversations about starting Critical Manners in [[Portland, Oregon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bikeportland.org/2007/08/14/would-critical-manners-catch-on-in-portland/|title=Would Critical Manners Catch On In Portland?|access-date=November 16, 2009|date=August 14, 2007|author=Jonathan Maus|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928082441/http://bikeportland.org/2007/08/14/would-critical-manners-catch-on-in-portland/|archive-date=September 28, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to the Critical Mass book, a similar project known as Courteous Mass is described as "an alternative to Critical Mass."

An alternative ride named RideCivil formed in [[Seattle]] in late 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bikehugger.com/2007/10/critical_mannerds_ride_report.htm|title=Critical Man-nerds ride report|date=October 16, 2007|publisher=Bike Hugger|access-date=February 25, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018103806/http://bikehugger.com/2007/10/critical_mannerds_ride_report.htm|archive-date=October 18, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Rides are on the second Friday of every month, and focus on encouraging civility between motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattle.ridecivil.org |title=Seattle Ride Civil website |access-date=November 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510083752/http://seattle.ridecivil.org/ |archive-date=May 10, 2009 }}</ref>

The Mobile Social is an alternative ride in [[Atlanta]] sponsored by the [[Atlanta Bicycle Coalition]]. Rides start on 2nd Thursday of every month, meeting at [[Woodruff Park]] in downtown Atlanta and a focus on promoting local small business and cycling for commuting, social and civic engagement.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mobile Social Monthly Bike Ride | website=Downtown Atlanta, GA | date=November 12, 2020 | url=https://www.atlantadowntown.com/do/mobile-social-monthly-bike-ride | access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Darnell | first=Tim | title=Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Planning Major Midtown Event on Friday | website=Midtown, GA Patch | date=August 17, 2016 | url=https://patch.com/georgia/midtown/atlanta-bicycle-coalition-planning-major-midtown-event-friday | access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>

On June 12, 2009, an [[Indianapolis]] Critical Manners ride called "Courteous Mass" was launched<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theindycog.com/labels/Critical%20Manners.html|title=Courteous Mass, Critical Manners|date=June 3, 2009|access-date=November 1, 2010|publisher=INDYCOG|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717003654/http://www.theindycog.com/labels/Critical%20Manners.html|archive-date=July 17, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> but is no longer active as of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111752148046&ref=ts|title=Indianapolis Courteous Mass, Critical Manners Facebook page|access-date=November 1, 2010|publisher=Facebook}}</ref>

On August 14, 2009, there was a Critical Manners ride in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://criticalmanners.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/the-long-awaited-route/|title=The Long-Awaited Route|access-date=November 16, 2009|date=August 12, 2009|publisher=[[WordPress.com]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718092118/http://criticalmanners.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/the-long-awaited-route/|archive-date=July 18, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The ride consisted of between 70 and 100 cyclists riding through the downtown core, making all attempts to follow the rules of the road (stopping at red lights / stop signs, using hand signals to turn, using the right-most lane or bike lane when applicable). The event generated some coverage in the local media<ref>{{cite news |url=https://theprovince.com/travel/Cyclists+launch+rival+Critical+Mass/1850693/story.html |title=Cyclists launch well-mannered rival to Critical Mass |date=August 1, 2009 |access-date=November 16, 2009 |newspaper=The Province |author=David Carrit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028131345/http://www.theprovince.com/travel/Cyclists%2Blaunch%2Brival%2BCritical%2BMass/1850693/story.html |archive-date=October 28, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and was generally deemed a success by the participants, although there were some criticisms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://criticalmanners.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/we-did-it/#comments|title=We did it!|publisher=Wordpress|access-date=November 16, 2009|date=August 14, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922092708/http://criticalmanners.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/we-did-it/#comments|archive-date=September 22, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The ride only survived one outing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://criticalmanners.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/ride-postponed/|publisher=Wordpress|title=Ride postponed|access-date=November 16, 2009|date=September 9, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814023408/http://criticalmanners.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/ride-postponed/|archive-date=August 14, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[File:Critical Mass (Kathmandu, Nepal).jpeg|thumbnail|Critical Mass (Kathmandu, Nepal)]]