[van-announce] Plan June Mass Mass

[Critical Mass Vancouver]

So, apparently, there is a gathering to begin to plan for the June 2006 
Massive Critical Mass. In case you didn't know, June is Bike Month. So, in 
June, we make an extra special effort have a really big Critical Mass Ride. 
This started a few years ago with the 1000 wheels Ride which was meant to 
have 500 riders but broke that goal with about 800. We didn't even need our 
fudge factor where 1 rollerblader counts for 8 wheels. Last year, it was 
called the 2000+5 wheels ride and there were 1200+ pedallers, skaters, 
pullers, pushers, agitators, joggers... It was super fun.

So of course this year we hope to surpass last year but there hasn't been a 
good name decided yet. Redsara suggested 20,000+6 which I think is maybe 
too ambitious but you never know. In Budapest they had an irregular CM with 
30,000 people and Budapest was not formerly known as a cycling city!

So come out and help make this June 30th, 2006 super duper spectacular. 
This Friday May 12 is the monthly MC3 ride. So, just before that, on a 
Friday when CM people are normally available, let's meet. The time is 6pm 
and the location is the big glass Gazebo next to Science World [Quebec and 
Terminal, Vancouver]. ALL are invited! There will probably be some more 
meetings. Or, host your own meeting that fits your schedule and announce it 
and invite us all to it! [It's Critical Mass so we're ALL in charge.] Bring 
your voice, warm clothes depending on weather, and your bike for a ride 
later on with the MC3. All are welcomed.

june is bike month
http://www.best.bc.ca/programsAndServices/bike_month/index.html
the 1000 wheels ride
http://www.ianpaterson.org/events/CM20030627/index.htm
last year's june 2000+5 wheels
http://vancouvercm.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_vancouvercm_archive.html
Budapest 30000 CMass
http://www.indymedia.org/en/2005/09/825163.shtml
MC3 bicycle riders
http://www.mcthree.ca/

PS: lets stop the roadbuilding for the olympic scandal to Whisters. No 
dynamite in eagle ridge! This is a good ally for the anti-highway through 
eastvan issue. Sadly, some of the eagle ridge organisers are proposing to 
settle for a car tunnel instead of ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE 
that actually make sense for TRANSPORTATION. Like a usable train route to 
whistler where each coach carries more than ONE PERSON! A train would be a 
good legacy. Build it on the existing road to save money and decrease car 
capacity which is good for everybody, especially people who drive cars. 
It's good that we can be a coalition with UNITY against roadbuilding but 
have a DIVERSITY of different views about the roadbuilding. It's too bad 
that sometimes in the name of coherent press releases only a single voice 
is expressed. Especially if it's a single voice that will pukely settle for 
a car tunnel.

The people in eagle ridge are at: http://www.eagleridgebluffs.ca/ [links to 
others there]
The highway expansion is opposed at: http://cche.vcn.bc.ca/ [links to 
others there]