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ground stations are marylebone on the bakerloo line and edgware road on the district no longer really a circle and hammersmith lines you can also contact the defence campaign via cm9support riseup net but in any case do turn up at the court in the coming days and show your support leave a comment sunday 24 february 2013 defend the critical mass 9 the 9 cyclists facing criminal charges after daring to be on the streets on their bikes on the last friday of the month last july appear in court on monday 25 february remember how the police purported to tell some of the london critical mass participants that month that they were banned from cycling north of the river and remember how people choosing to move around london by other means didn t face such attempted restrictions and remember how 182 cyclists ended up being arrested held overnight and their bikes impounded well 9 of those 182 cyclists are finally facing trial if you agree that cycling is not a crime and that cyclists who are simply cycling and not part of a demonstration should not be picked on then support the defendants the court case is likely to run for several days at least the trial takes place at westminster magistrates court 181 marylebone road london nw1 it s near the western end of marylebone road just before the old marylebone road junction and the flyover if for any reason you aren t arriving by bike the nearest underground stations are marylebone on the bakerloo line and edgware road on the district no longer really a circle and hammersmith lines there s expected to be a lot of cyclists around the court from 9am on the first day of the trial if you want to make contact with the defence campaign you can do so via cm9support riseup net but in any case turn up at the court any time in the next few days and show your support leave a comment friday 31 august 2012 critical mass alert you will probably remember the disruption of last month s critical mass bike ride by the police see the brief account below hence the importance of a good turn out this month ie friday 31 august to show that cyclists won t accept restrictions that aren t placed on other road users and aren t going to accept intimidation by the police and will insist on our right to move peacefully around our city by bike as usual wherever the mood takes us now read on in the last day or so information has emerged of what seems to be a new under cover attempt to disrupt the august cm ride an individual has asked for and received permission from the police to organise a bike ride on friday evening with a pre approved route starting at the same time and place as the regular cm ride ie meeting 6pm onwards under the south end of waterloo bridge by the river by definition this ride is not a cm event for which there are never advance plans for routes destinations etc there never can be a planned cm event since there is no one and no cm structure to take any such decision it s hard to think of any reason for this individual s personal application to the police other than as a deliberate attempt to cause confusion and to give the met an opening to disrupt or try to take charge of the ride again this month it was always going to be important to have a good turn out this month with this latest news that good turn out and our insistence on travelling where we want to without needing police permission is even more essential it would be helpful if people would urgently circulate this information as widely as possible and encourage cyclists to turn out on friday evening in the normal spirit of a free cm ride that requires no sanction from and accepts no control by the police and which ignores attempts by anyone to take control of the ride leave a comment tuesday 14 august 2012 the critical mass 182 defence meeting as reported previously there was a meeting being held last week in defence of the 182 cyclists arrested in london on friday 27 july when the met police worked themselves up into an olympics induced hysteria on the night of the opening ceremony of the games to save time in getting a report from that meeting published here it s easiest to just refer you to the report on the website of the counter olympics network it was con which initiated the meeting in liaison with green and black cross who are working on the defence of the 182 a key thing to note is the importance of those arrested linking up with green and black cross gbc so please spread this message far and wide if you were one of the 182 cyclists arrested on 27 july and aren t already in touch with gbc then e mail gbclegal riseup net as a matter of urgency leave a comment sunday 5 august 2012 defend the critical mass 182 most people reading this are likely to know about the arrest of 182 cyclists in london on friday 27 july for anyone who doesn t know the story of the last critical mass ride this is a succinct but nevertheless pretty accurate summary before the ride which attracted a typical summer crowd of many hundreds of the usual cross section of cyclists set off lots of police turned up in a spirit of olympic hysteria some of the police busied themselves giving pieces of paper to some but far from all of the cyclists present the paper purported to ban cyclists from going anywhere north of the river most of the cyclists eventually did cross the river however and hundreds of them went via stratford on their travels a lot of cyclists from one of the batches that went to stratford were rounded up by police there as were some cyclists who happened to be in the area and had nothing whatsoever to do with critical mass including a handful of arrests of cyclists elsewhere a grand total of 182 cyclists ended up in custody that night there are some reports linked on the unofficial of course since critical mass has nothing official by definition london critical mass website defence campaign meeting thursday 9 august the meeting is at 7pm at firebox 106 108 cromer street london wc1 this is a couple of blocks behind camden town hall on euston road just a few minutes from kings cross and st pancras stations the aim of the meeting is to facilitate the setting up of a defence campaign to help with practical or political or legal or other support for the 182 and to ensure that critical mass can continue without further legal molestation if you are sometimes a cm cyclist and or if you were arrested on 27 july and or if you re involved in a police monitoring group or a right to protest campaign and or if you re giving legal support to any of those arrested then you re warmly invited to this meeting the meeting is for anyone involved with or concerned about the arrests for more information about the origins of the meeting see http counterolympicsnetwork wordpress com 2012 08 04 defence campaign cm 182 please share information about this meeting with anyone who might like to know about it if you re interested but can t make thursday s meeting please send a message with the subject line defence meeting to bikesalive london com the message will be printed out and taken to the meeting leave a comment thursday 26 april 2012 oil that chain in the run up to the next bikes alive kings cross go slow on monday 30 april there are a couple of other london cycling events which you probably don t need reminding of but below we ll remind you anyway meanwhile how about printing off copies of this flier promoting next monday s action and maybe distributing some at those events and elsewhere between now and then just a brief recap of why we ll be back at kings cross on monday many cyclists have been unnecessarily killed and injured at kings cross in recent years transport for london tfl was repeatedly warned over a long period that the road design didn t match its own safety guidelines but it refused to act tfl told its traffic engineers to ignore cyclists when planning changes to the road layout changes being made now at kings cross are introducing new dangers for cyclists if you agree that peaceful direct action is a necessary part of our repertoire if we re to succeed in changing tfl s policies which put the throughput of motor vehicles ahead of the safety of londoners as a whole then please join us on monday with the elections for the london mayor and the london assembly just days away we need to show that the current situation will not be tolerated enough is enough please spread the word those of you who re members of facebook can do so via this page other imminent events friday 27 april being the last friday in the month will see the london critical mass bike ride hundreds of cyclists will gather by the riverside under the south end of waterloo bridge from 6pm onwards by 7pm the mass will be swooping through central london redressing the normal balance on the roads putting non motorised road users in charge on saturday 28 april the london cycling campaign has organised its big ride a merry event with a serious message about the demand for a better deal for cyclists on the capital s roads before the london elections the following thursday assemble at the marble arch end of park lane at 11am to set off at 12noon via hyde park corner piccadilly circus trafalagar square and parliament square to end with a rally on victoria embankment at 2pm for more details including of feeder rides see http lcc org uk pages the big ride links for your delight or your despair some reports from many such of the addison lee die in on monday http www thisislondon co uk news london 300 cyclists stage diein at minicab firm 7674969 html http youtu be aodo8ushi08 two useful rants commentaries about addison lee again from many http cyclelondoncity blogspot co uk 2012 04 boris johnson will he support addison html http www christianwolmar co uk 2012 04 time to boycott addison lee and an assortment of other items more wisdom from christian wolmar this time in the evening standard http www christianwolmar co uk 2012 04 for boris and ken the road is still king a cycling campaign round up from the times though with no mention of bikes alive on this occasion http www thetimes co uk tto public cyclesafety article3319795 ece another tragic addition to the statistics http www thisislondon co uk news london cyclist hit by car on spurs match day dies 7630354 html and for those who can read swedish http www effektmagasin se londoncyklisterna tar tillbaks vagarna trafikmaktordningen london cykelsakerhet staying in touch if you want to be on the list to get e mails with news from bikes alive or if you have any other questions e mail bikesalive london com and of course keep an eye on this website if you use twitter you can follow bikesalive see you all on monday evening leave a comment saturday 21 april 2012 busy mondays up until a few days ago the main information in this posting was intended to be the next bikes alive one hour go slow at kings cross 6pm 7pm on monday 30 april those of you on the bikes alive e mail list will have heard about this already if you aren t on the list and want to stay in touch e mail bikesalive london com and ask to be added further information about the 30 april event is below but first news of an urgent short notice event this coming monday 23 april die in at addison lee head office monday 23 april around 6pm probably most london cyclists will have heard about john griffin boss of minicab firm addison lee who this week instructed his drivers to use bus lanes in london promising that he will indemnify them against prosecution minicabs and other private hire vehicles can t legally use bus lanes most of which are open to proper taxis it seems that giving large sums of money to the tory party and having tête à têtes with ministers hasn t had a quick enough effect in his campaign to make himself even richer by getting the law changed in his favour so he s decided to just break the law anyway the result of such a change in the law would be to multiply the number of vehicles in bus lanes hence of course slowing down journeys for millions of bus passengers and greatly increasing the dangers for cyclists it s a testament to the poor standard of provision for cyclists in london that bus lanes are often the least worst place for us where we can for example get some respite from the often mind bogglingly awful driving seen from many addison lee drivers even worse john griffin went on to publish a factually inaccurate and victim blaming rant about the killing and injuring of cyclists on the roads a rant described by dr robert davis chair of the road danger reduction forum as a display of self pitying bigotry and victim blaming the kind of incendiary message that exacerbates law breaking behaviour by motorists some bikes alivers have responded to the addison lee boss by calling for a mass die in at which could effectively turn into a mass blockade of the company s headquarters within hours of the call going out the initiative was getting support even from quarters which normally don t look favourably on bikes alive type activities this might be because the action as billed is basically symbolic action but with large numbers it could turn into some peaceful direct action on the night the event has come about because of the outrage of many individuals groups and campaigns neither bikes alive nor anyone else prepared a detailed blueprint before calling for the action so come along with your own ideas to add to the occasion the addison lee head office is at 35 37 william road london nw1 a couple of blocks north of the euston underpass up hampstead rd the plan is to meet at 6pm on monday 23 april at the junction of stanhope street and william road and if there are lots of us at the junction of hampstead road and william road as well we ll then proceed to the addison lee offices for a die in make up bandages and fake blood welcome spread the word those of you who are members of facebook can do so via this page http www facebook com events 392495397451954 the next enforced traffic calming at kings cross bikes alive will be back at the lethal junction at kings cross on monday 30 april where we ll peacefully enforce a go slow for an hour from 6pm since we were last there a few weeks ago transport for london have been undertaking work on the junction however not only do these changes fail to address the dangers faced by cyclists they actually introduce new ones so we ll be actively confronting the results of official transport policies from 6pm to 7pm on monday 30 april just 3 days before the london elections the mayor elected that week will be responsible for transport for london tfl bikes alive will continue to take peaceful direct action until the mayor whoever it is reverses the tfl policies which prioritise vehicle throughput over the health safety and sanity of londoners as a whole for more background to the situation at kings cross and news of bikes alive s campaign of non violent self defence by cyclists see earlier postings below leave a comment friday 30 march 2012 events 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