After drivers killed one teen on a bike, and critically injured another, on Long Avenue in Portage Park, it's now a safer Neighborhood Greenway - Streetsblog Chicago
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In October 2023, a sedan driver struck and killed Josh Anleu, 16, as he biked through the intersection of Waveland (3700 N.) and Long (5400 W.) avenues in the Portage Park community. At a ceremony that November to install a “ghost bike” memorial at the site, his mother Karen Buendia tearfully told the crowd, “If we,…
  • Cosmoooooooo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    Nothing changes until an innocent is violently murdered. Yet, there’s no protected bike lane, it’s just “Good luck, we painted a sign on the road!”

  • pinheadednightmare@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    So does putting bike lanes in the middle of the road, actually show improvements? I know where I live, mother fuckers use turn lanes as passing lanes, so they would easily use these as well….

    • azimir@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      If it’s just paint it’s not protection.

      Declaring space for bikes is a start, but until there’s a real barrier to protect cyclists (and even pedestrians) it’s just a suggestion that drivers don’t run you down.

    • AmazingAwesomator@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      it took me a moment to realize what you said and had to doubletake on the picture…

      why the fuck is the unprotected bike lane in the middle of the road?

      edit: also, double yellows on only one side. i understand its just paint, but still :/