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hey, i thought it was a good mass - although didn't see the trouble with the cab. it was the first time ever that i saw no cops (and i've been doing the mass - irregularly - for a long time, and in many different cities around the world), so that was quite amazing. i thought most of the time holding up cars etc at junctions worked well, although the biggest problem was the people at the front. they kept on racing off and not waiting for the people at the back, meaning it all got hugely spread out. the other major mistake was turning into a one-way street - the wrong way - which was a single lane of traffic and loads of pedestrians. ended up confronted by a police van where there was a little bit of negotiation and then eventually people were allowed through and onto a side street (going the right direction) but only about two at a time. unsurprisingly, the group that rode off after this was only one or two hundred, instead of the many (close to a thousand?) people who had been there earlier.
all in all, for me, a fantastic mass - but then, i didn't see any real trouble (despite a taxi actually driving into me!)