Critical Mass New Orleans

MLK Day Community Bike Ride
Monday, January 19

Join Critical Mass NOLA for a commemorative bike ride honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in New Orleans.

Start: Congo Square
Meet: 12:00 PM | Roll: 12:30 PM

We'll visit six historic sites connected to Dr. King's time in New Orleans during a 3-hour, community-paced ride, with a scheduled restroom break.

This ride offers space to reflect on the late Martin Luther King's commitment to justice, dignity, and collective action-and how those values can continue to shape our city today.

All riders welcome.

Bring water, safety gear, and a bike in working order. The ride will be roughly 9 miles and will cover the Uptown-Downtown/Gentilly areas.

*Critical Mass Nola is a volunteer-led, informal community ride. All participants ride at their own risk and are responsible for their own safety.

More than just a historical event, the storming of the Bastille is a living testament to the power of grassroots action. This Bastille Day, we've organized a ride that channels that revolutionary spirit. Join us and be inspired to advocate against mass incarceration, inhumane immigration policies, environmental degradation-and for better bicycle infrastructure. We'll ride over the St. Claude Bridge as a Critical Mass and return the same way. The ride ends at the Saturn Bar, where we'll connect over drinks and conversation. Meet us at 6 PM at the French Market (Barracks Street side). We roll out at 6:30pm. Bring your friends, family, and coworkers as we celebrate the storming of the Bastille, the overthrow of oligarchy, and the pursuit of real democracy. We can't wait to ride with you!

INDUSTRY WORKERS RIDE — TUESDAY, JUNE 17 @ 7:30PM�📍 Meet at the Canal Street Ferry TerminalWhen industry workers can’t join the ride on Fridays, we shift the ride to meet them. This Critical Mass is for the bartenders, servers, line cooks, and dishwashers who keep the city moving—but are too often pushed to its margins.We’re joining forces with BestBank Bikes and West Bank Gravel Club for a solidarity ride across the river. The ride will be split into two parts:Part 1:�We’ll gather at the Canal Street Ferry Terminal at 7:30 PM and depart at 8 PM for a Critical Mass ride on the East Bank. We’ll return to the ferry terminal by 9 PM.Part 2:�We’ll catch the 9:15 PM ferry to Algiers. If it takes two trips to get everyone across, we’ll ride a loop while we wait. Once across, we’ll ride a West Bank Critical Mass and return to the East Bank as early as 11 PM.�Want to chill on the Point for adult beverages? The last ferries back to the East Bank depart at 11:30 PM and midnight.This isn’t just a joyride—it’s a statement.Starting June 15, the RTA is piloting extended ferry hours, running until 12:15 AM (up from the current 8:45 PM and 10:45 PM cutoffs). The goal is to see if it helps service industry workers—but the trial is being run during the slowest season, without input from the very workers it’s meant to serve.Without late-night ferry service, service workers are left with two-bus commutes (a commute that is a hour and a half, if and only if, each bus runs according to schedule and can be caught on time), rideshare fares that wipe out half a shift’s pay, or nights spent working just to afford to commute to work.If you want to support service industry workers who live on the West Bank—many of whom live there because it’s more affordable or it's where their family homes are—ride the ferry after 8:45 PM on a weeknight, or after 10:45 PM on a Friday or Saturday.By riding in solidarity with service workers, we are stating that:Mobility is dignity.�Public infrastructure should serve public need.�No one should have to pay to serve the city.Starting June 15, every late-night ferry ride is a vote for equity.�On Tuesday, June 17th let’s make a statement that transit and public infrastructure should serve the people!