New Haven Independent

Hundreds were recently spotted on a beautiful Friday afternoon assembling at the northeast corner of the Green. Then they moved up Chapel Street in a neat line.

It was the monthly ride of Critical Mass. They seemed as varied as the birds. Some rode with two hands, some with one; some were doing fine with the “Look, Ma, no hands” style, although one wonders whether such circus tricks belong on the street. Some wore helmets; many more, alas, did not.

On they moved, and another season when birds, bicycles, humans, and automobiles mix it up in the glorious spring, and summer begins. (Click here for a past debate among Independent readers, some of whom have a more critical view of the “masses.”)