Budapest Hosts Largest Critical Mass Ride
This year’s Earth Day Critical Mass ride in Budapest, Hungary had an estimated 50,000 participants according to the information web site All Hungary News. Budapest has a history of bicycle rides with large turnouts. The first Critical Mass ride in 2004 had 4000 participants. Other news services reported that the 2006 Earth Day Critical Mass ride had 30,000 riders, and the President of the Republic of Hungary, László Sólyom, was among the participants. Unlike Critical Mass rides in many other cities, the 14 kilometre route in Budapest was planned and publicized in advance, and this year’s procession was led by police vehicles.
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