**🚲More safe cycling infrastructure now!
📅Usually last Friday of every month
📍5.30pm, State Library, Swanston St, naarm Melbourne
critical mass
moonee valley26 June 2026MEET 5.30pm
@ State Library
Melb CBDSee below for pick up points
Join us Friday 26th June 2026 @ 5.30pm, State Library, Swanston St, naarm MelbourneRunning late? Find the ride, download or follow Critical MapsWhat is Critical Mass: How to keep safe on the ride? What is "massing up" and "corking✊ Critical Mass this month rides in support of active transport infrastructure in Moonee Valley and public housing in Flemington!🚲 400m. That's how much fully protected on-road bike lanes Moonee Valley has. Meanwhile, key routes connecting Moonee Valley to Maribyrnong and Merri-bek remain unbuilt, and our own counts on local roads consistently show ~90% male riders. The women in our community are voting with their wheels by staying off them. Ride with us at Critical Mass. Let's change that!🏢 Public housing is under attack. The ALP state government plans to demolish all 44 public towers across Melbourne and privatise the provision of housing to the most vulnerable in our society by gifting public land to developers. In the middle of a housing crisis, housing should be a human right, not a profit making enterprise for corporate pockets.We'll be riding from 5.30pm, State Library, Swanston Street with three pick-up points:1: 5.50-6pm approx: corner Chetwynd Street & Queensberry Street, North Melbourne.2. 6.15pm approx: corner Stubbs Street & Racecourse Road, Flemington, riding into Flemington estate for two speeches from organisers & residents.3. 6.40pm approx: corner Pin Oak Crescent & Kent Street, Flemington.Our destination is Moonee Valley Council offices for speeches then nearby establishment for a meal & drinks.Returning to the city? Moonee Ponds station @ Margaret/Hall Street💡 Post ride: create a mini mass with your new friends and ask around who's riding to Maribyrnong, Merribek, Darebin, Yarra etc.
Values
Critical Mass rides allow participants to show support for changes to the fabric of Melbourne. Some of the benefits of joining a ride include:Increased visibility: Large groups of people, more visibility, safety, and a show of what people want.Advocacy: Protest, shout, push, or politely ask. Rides give participants an outlet to have their voices heard.Community building: Make friends, meet likeminded people, share experiences, have fun, and install a sense of camaraderie amongst active transport users.Increased cycling: These rides show people that biking is a viable option.
Health: Moving your body is good for you. Bikes allow people from all backgrounds and all levels of ability to move around and stay healthy.Environment: Bikes are efficient, clean, and don't damage city streets or pollute the air. Need we say more?
Press Releases
Critical Mass is organised by individual organisations. If available, press releases will be available here.
Information for participants
Running late and looking for the ride? We are using CriticalMaps to track the ride.
How to keep safe on the ride? What is "massing up" and "corking"? Your questions answered.
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, on which we live, work, and ride. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging. Critical Mass rides take place on land that was stolen, and we acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.Designed and supported by Fobii
