85 bikes seized after authorities stop planned Bay Bridge takeoverhttps://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bikes-seized-bay-bridge-takeover/4060098/Authorities said they stopped a large group of cyclists that intended to take over the Bay Bridge on Saturday.
The California Highway Patrol said they alerted San Francisco police of a large group of cyclists riding recklessly on city streets, believed to be heading to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge to enter the roadway and take over the bridge.
Officials noted the cyclists were seen riding directly at moving cars, swerving in and out of traffic and coming close to pedestrians on city streets.
As CHP and San Francisco PD responded to the area, authorities said SFPD Real Time Investigations Center began tracking the group and updating the officers.
Eventually, the group entered the bridge riding the wrong way up the Harrisson Street off-ramp, according to police. There, they met a group of CHP and SFPD personnel.
The California Highway Patrol said 85 participants were detained, cited for riding a bicycle onto a freeway and released. 85 bicycles were also seized by law enforcement on scene, according to authorities.
Back in the 90s there was a group of bike riders, "Critical Mass", that did a monthly Friday evening commute hours ride through SF, intentionally
bleeping up traffic and harassing car drovers. I thought they finally went away, but maybe after 20 or 30 years they're indulging their nostalgia ... or tried to.
I'm sure there are Progs in SF and Sacto who are attacking CHP over this.
