Cambridge Bicycling Week opens officially on Saturday, with a parade beginning at 11 a. m. from Cambridge City Hall and winding its way, eventually, to the Common. Since Festival participants will be coming by all manner of transport except the automobile, the two events will naturally be coordinated. People can use the paints they bring to the Festival Plaza in the morning to paint their bicycles and then join the parade.
Mayor Vellucci waived aside the question of a permit, saying the streets are for the people and that the Festival was, after all, for all the people.
There will be no planned speeches at the Festival. A free speaker's platform, on the Hyde Park model, will be set up for anyone to rap about anything he wants to put other members of the community onto. Hearing that there wouldn't be a lot of talking, one law professor said, "Good, I'll be there. It sounds like something my children will enjoy, so I'm sure I'll enjoy it."
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