"Hang the cyclists!" - Motorist demo against bike lane in Budapest

On the 13rd of december 2009, at the same time of the climate conference in Copenhagen, 16 motorists demonstrated against a new bike lane, built on one of the main roads of the city.
The organisation EMPAMO (Movement for Human Parking) started an offensive against the cyclist movement, calling them fascist (http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/10/03/hungary-cycling-is-chic-but-fascist/). This group has 13 members, and the video shows, how constructive they face the problems of urban traffic.
FYI there's a very old motorist club in Hungary, called Autóklub, with more than 300k members. They have no connection with this group.

By the wave of the Critical Mass, the sum of cyclists doubles every year in BP. In 2009 some smaller but important changes happened to help this kind of transportation. One of them was this bike lane. On the smaller boulevard about 70 parking lots were deleted, to give back the space for pedestrians and cyclists. The route also has a strong public transport use, and every- day traffic jams. Parking lots for delivery were constructed.

The Critical Mass Budapest is organised on the closest sunday to Earth Day in april and on the Car Free Day, in sept. The worlds biggest CM is abiding the law, has a good relationship with the local police.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q_45HGoo2w

original video by index.hu
subs: mcysh & aron

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• critical mass
• veronica moss
• empamo
• budapest
• bike lane
• bicycle
• auto
• motorist
• demonstration

[Threequalseven]

Europeans shouldn't compare themselves to Americans. European cities are compact and beautiful... they should feel lucky that they can just walk or bike wherever they want. Here in the states, you MUST drive a car to get even the most basic goods (hardware, clothes, food, etc). Often, there's no other choice!

[Feanor1031]

Egeszen hihetetlen!!! Mikor latjak be, hogy ez zsakutca, amirol beszelnek? A fovaros meghalt, nem tud tobb autot elviselni.

Eljen a kerekparos forradalom, aki meg ilyen pirmitiv, az dogoljon meg.

Yeah this is my beloved home, Budapest. Help me out of here!!!!!!!

[MoffSeerdon]

Látom a liberális mozgalmak is megtalálták kedvenceiket a bicikliseket. Mert szegényeket eeeenyomják... Mindjárt sírok. Takarodna az összes búza/biciklis/vegetárinánus/"M­agyarország csak egy szar, bezzeg Hollandia"-fan és persze a libsik is...

[GYUx2]

Köcsög pestinek meg letörne a dereka, ha nem autóval járna, hanem BKV-val - ha már van tömegközlekedés -, vagy mondjuk bringával vonszolná a hájas, kényelmes valagát a munkába!!!!

[CharlieRutan]

Motorists need to organize and lobby against the bike coalition. Whats happening in Budapest here is an excellent example of how peaceful action should be taken. Cyclists must PAY their fair share, OBEY traffic laws, and EXPECT punishment when they break those laws.

[milan01123]

Istenem ezen még mindig fetrengve röhögök:))) Ahogy a kezével matat a levegőben és mondja: "angol amerikai tudósok" :DDD Ez nagyon ott volt:)

[ekszn]

mennyire buták istenem:D:D

[xchopp]

Clearly they have never been anywhere near America..... sad, just sad.

[skoockum]

@Threequalseven "MUST drive.." I can't say that's much of rule from what I've seen... Seattle, Phoenix, Fresno, LA, SF, NY -- all easily done on a bike. I think the real problem lies in that good old fashioned American sense of entitled sloth.

[TemiZee]

Unbelievable......!!!

[Nosza61]

Ezt a beteg elmét, aki a filmet csinálta! Elfelejtette megkérdezni a kiskörúti lakókat és az üzlettulajdonosokat! Az EMPAMOnak nem sok köze volt ehhez, a felvonulást is mi szerveztük, akik ott lakunk és dolgozunk. Ostobácskák, most van egy használhatatlan bringasávotok, ahol állandóan rakodnak! Szánalmasak vagytok, a város valóban meghalt, és ti ölitak meg kétkerékagyuak!