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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Bikes a Cheap Bailout from Strike
Apparently, the public transport strike really is getting more people on bikes. I'm in the market for a cheap (read: disposable) used bike so yesterday I stopped by my local bike shop. It's a tiny, window-front store and has space for no more than 20 bikes, including a few that are chained up on the sidewalk out front. They didn't have anything I wanted, partly because there's been a run on merchandise since the BKV strike began Monday. In five days, the store's sold at least 10 bikes to commuters desperate for a stop-gap alternative to BKV. A run like that is unheard of in January, the owner told me... read more
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Cyclists Strike Gold with Transit Slow-down
Budapest public transport workers went on strike this morning, leading to the predictable traffic jams and opportunistic truancies among city workers.
In Budapest, public transport commands a 55 percent modal share, which means a transit strike can have devastating consequences. However, transport cycling advocates anticipate these events with perverse glee because they force people to consider, and try out, alternative means of transport.... read more
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Hobbling into the New Year
It's been more than a month since my last post and, not coincidentally, several weeks since my last bike ride. In early December, during the single spell of truly wintry weather that we've had this season, I made an ill-advised ride down an ice-encrusted bike path and had a painful fall. When I had the crack up, I knew straightaway what reaction to expect from friends and colleagues: "What the Hell were you doing riding a bike in a sub-freezing temperatures on an icy path?" The short answer was, "going to work"... read more
Further Info on Critical Mass Budapest
Press Contact
Gábor Bihari
Volunteer Organiser - International Press
gabor@greenmedia.hu
+36 30 811-1621
Press Releases
Budapest Cycling Blog in English
Cycling Solution (Making the World a Better Place for Bicycling, Starting in Budapest) -- frequently updated by Greg Spencer:
www.cyclingsolution.blogspot.com
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EVENTS
HAPPY MASS ON THÖKÖLY ÚT, Wednesday, Oktober 14th, 5.00pm
Critical Mass Budapest is not just a protest, and it certainly isn’t a negativistic, City-Hall-cordoning, car-traffic-punishing movement only. We are more than willing to gather and applaud positive developments! As such, we invite all supporters to inaugurate with us the bike lane on Thököly út, Budapest, which was completed up to the safest and best international standards, and the fewest compromises known to us at this time. The planners of this road reconstruction had also consulted with the representatives of bicycling groups and all agreements were kept.
Assembling starts at 5.00 PM at the "Millenáris Velodrom", Szabó J. u. 3., Dist.14
Car Free Day 2009 announcement:
Critical Mass Bicycle Ride on Car Free Day, September 22, 2009
Budapest, Hungary
On Car Free Day 2009, Critical Mass Budapest will again organize a large scale ride to promote bicycling – one of the most environmentally friendly forms of travel – and to raise awareness about the need to improve cycling conditions in the city. tovább »
