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Family and Supporters Honored Lisa Schalk Yesterday With a Ghost Bike Memorial
15 family members, friends and community members gathered to honor the fallen cyclist.
November 20, 2017
Klingenberg’s Shrine Has Been Removed; Friends Want a Permanent Memorial
Recently, for the second time, someone took away the flowers, candles, messages, drawings, and white-painted bike wheel that were placed at Oak and Michigan as a tribute to bike courier Blaine Klingenberg, who was fatally struck by a bus driver at the intersection on June 15. His friends and members of the cycling community say they want to install a permanent memorial nearby that won’t be at risk of being removed again.
November 1, 2016
Organizers of Friday Vigil: We Won’t Wait Until 2026 to Prevent Bike Deaths
In the wake of the bike/truck collision that took the life of Anastasia Kondrasheva on Monday, as well as several other recent bike fatality cases, this Friday activists are holding a candlelight vigil and ghost bike installation at the crash site. The organizers say they’re through waiting for the city of Chicago to make progress on its four-year-old goal of eliminating all traffic deaths. Instead, they’re demanding that major steps be taken immediately to prevent such tragedies, especially those caused by commercial drivers.
September 28, 2016