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More than 1,000 cyclists ride through Los Angeles to protest traffic deaths

The Critical Mass ride traveled about 10 miles from Koreatown to Grand Park, ending with a die-in honoring people killed in traffic crashes.

Image credit: Downtowngal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0; archival October 2010 CicLAvia photograph on the Fourth Street Bridge, not the September 2026 Critical Mass ride

More than 1,000 cyclists gathered in Koreatown on Friday night for an L.A. Critical Mass ride and die-in calling for safer streets, ABC7 Los Angeles reported September 26. The roughly 10-mile ride began near Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue and continued to Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles.

What it means locally

Organizers said the Grand Park die-in lasted 220 seconds—one second for each person they count as killed by traffic violence in Los Angeles during 2026. Riders honored several recent and past victims, including 16-year-old Hernan Martinez, who was killed in a Hyde Park hit-and-run. L.A. Critical Mass and Streets Are For Everyone were among 43 community organizations that recently sent city leaders a letter seeking a local emergency declaration and broader street-safety action. The accompanying photograph shows a separate Los Angeles cycling event in 2010 and is not an image of Friday’s ride.

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