6th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk
On Sunday, the NYC Street Memorial Project held the 6th Annual Memorial Ride and Walk. According to the New York City Department of Transportation, 151 pedestrians and 18 bicyclists were killed on the streets of New York City in 2010. Participants called for stronger measures to reduce traffic fatalities. The ride culminated by installing a "Ghost Bike" in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall for the unnamed pedestrians and cyclists killed in 2010.
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Leah Todd:</i> [00:08]
Today was the sixth annual memorial ride and walk in honour of cyclists
and pedestrians who have been killed in New York City since the beginning
of 2010.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Ryan Kuonen:</i> [00:19]
We’re here at the memorial for Neil Chamberlain at the corner of McGuinness
and Calyer. Neil is one the 151 pedestrians that lost their life
on the streets of New York City this year, and we’re walking in remembrance
of all of them to this spot where Neil was run over. </font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Will Sherman:</i>
[00:37] Today we ride and walk in honour of Timothy Campbell, Meg Felice
Charlop, Fuen Bai, Bob Bowen, Neil Chamberlain, Freddy Andres, Marcus
Ewing, Dayshan Geralds, Alprentice Gray, Jasmine Herron, Jerome E Johnson,
Jake McDonough, Neville, Dominic Perez, Diego Rodriguez, one unnamed
cyclist and countless cyclists and pedestrians whose deaths go unreported
and unrecognised every year. </font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Leah Todd:</i> [01:34]
And here at Brooklyn Borough Hall we have now converged, all the rides
have come together, and we have just honoured all those pedestrians
and cyclists whose deaths were never reported.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Caroline Samponaro:</i>
[01:42] Whether you’re biking, walking, taking transit, driving a
car, all New Yorkers have the right to travel safely. </font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Paco Abraham:</i>
[01:48] I rode on this ride because I don’t want this ride to have
to happen anymore. I want there to be safer streets already.
I mean we’re in front of Borough Hall right now, nice to have borough
president present and City Council and everyone just fully on board.</font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><i>Ryan Kuonen:</i> [01:58]
Pedestrians and cyclists are allies in this fight to make the streets
safer, and we need our leadership to recognise that when a street becomes
safe, it’s a good thing. </font> <br></p>
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